Syrian newspaper welcomes UN veto
BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian state-run newspaper has welcomed the Russian and Chinese veto of a U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at…
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HRW calls for Palestinian residency rights
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — A Gaza-born woman recently sneaked into her native land through a smugglers' tunnel because the legal route…
Top Hamas member leaves Syria because of uprising
JERUSALEM (AP) — Hamas officials say a senior member of the Palestinian militant group has left Syria because of the government's…
Palestinians: Home sprayed with 'Death to Arabs'
JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinians say extremist Jews have scrawled their home in a West Bank village with offensive graffiti in retaliation…
Saudi women push challenge to driving ban
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi women leading a campaign against the kingdom's ban on female driving are calling on the courts to…
Attackers blow up gas pipeline in Egypt's Sinai
EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — An Egyptian security official says attackers have set off explosives along a gas pipeline in the country's Sinai…
Russia, China veto UN resolution on Syria
BEIRUT (AP) — Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at ending Syria's bloodshed, despite international…
Bush's `evil' trio holds sway over US decade later
It was the first State of the Union address after the 9/11 attacks, and America was leading an invasion of Afghanistan in pursuit of Osama…
AP Interview: US women call Egypt captors 'kind'
CAIRO (AP) — Their kidnappers gave them tea and dried fruit, and talked about religion and tribal rights. The California women were…
Iran launches new military exercises
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran began ground military exercises Saturday and defiantly warned that it could cut off oil exports to "hostile"…
