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Israel: Iranian Warships Sets Israel on High Alert - ThirdAge Fri, 18 Feb 2011 02:00:33 GMT+00:00

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Israel: Iranian Warships Sets Israel on High Alert
ThirdAge
Israel navy will be keeping a close eye on two Iranian warships set to pass through the Suez Canal and headed for the Mediterranean towards Syria. According to sources at Fox News, any warships passing through ...
Fate of two Iranian warships headed for Syria still unclearHa'aretz
Egypt: Iran naval vessels submit request to transit SuezJerusalem Post
Syria-bound Iranian warships stop in Red SeaJewish Telegraphic Agency
Wall Street Journal -The Associated Press -Bloomberg
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SYRIA: Activists protest police beating, call for investigation - Los Angeles Times Fri, 18 Feb 2011 02:40:15 GMT+00:00

SYRIA: Activists protest police beating, call for investigation
Los Angeles Times
According to staff at the Washington-based Freedom House, Syria's interior minister promised to hold police accountable for the beating. Syrian human rights groups have called for an investigation. Freedom House said in a statement that protesters ...
Syrian prisons 'crowded and plagued by corruption' says reportThe National

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Time for a Syrian Revolution - Huffington Post (blog) Thu, 17 Feb 2011 20:22:16 GMT+00:00

Day Press News

Time for a Syrian Revolution
Huffington Post (blog)
"I know we've had political differences, but there are only about a hundred people in Syria who care about political differences. We can easily throw them in jail," Hafez Assad told a political opponent he was trying to win over to his side, ...
Go-Slow Reforms, Repression Keep Lid on Potential Turmoil in SyriaThe Media Line
Syria to EU: tackle Israel, not Egypt for Middle East peaceEUobserver.com
Wary Syrians test Middle East 'domino theory'Financial Times
Day Press News -AFP -AOL News
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Syria sentences teen blogger to 5 years in jail - TMCnet Thu, 17 Feb 2011 20:51:10 GMT+00:00

France24

Syria sentences teen blogger to 5 years in jail
TMCnet
By AP , DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A Syrian court on Monday sentenced a 19–year–old blogger to five years in prison on charges of spying for a foreign country. The United States and international human rights groups have called for the release of Tal ...
Syria says jailed blogger worked for CIAAFP
Syria says jailed blogger worked for CIAAhram Online
Syria claims blogger worked for CIANEWS.com.au (blog)
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'Israeli army's video hints at Syria, Iran attacks' - The News International Fri, 18 Feb 2011 02:51:18 GMT+00:00

'Israeli army's video hints at Syria, Iran attacks'
The News International
The video, shown on Monday at a farewell ceremony for outgoing chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi, showed scenes from the bombing of a suspected nuclear reactor in Syria in 2007, and of the damage caused by the Stuxnet computer worm which ravaged Iran's ...


Syria rejects atomic watchdog's inspection request - The National Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:09:51 GMT+00:00

Syria rejects atomic watchdog's inspection request
The National
DAMASCUS // Syria has rebuffed an unprecedented personal request from the director general of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog for more cooperation in an ongoing investigation. A series of news reports this week revealed that Yukiya Amano, ...
Syria Could Build Atomic Energy Site Within DecadeGlobal Security Newswire
Syria eyes first nuclear power plant by 2020Power-Gen Worldwide

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Copper falls as high price deters sales - Jackson Clarion Ledger Thu, 17 Feb 2011 20:41:56 GMT+00:00

Copper falls as high price deters sales
Jackson Clarion Ledger
In energy trading, oil prices rose after Israel's foreign ministers said that Iran will send two warships through the Suez Canal on the way to Syria. Benchmark oil for March delivery rose 67 cents to settle at $84.99 per barrel; heating oil rose 4.58 ...

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Syria: Teenage Blogger Sentenced to 5 Years - New York Times Tue, 15 Feb 2011 07:30:38 GMT+00:00

France24

Syria: Teenage Blogger Sentenced to 5 Years
New York Times
The blogger, Tal al-Molouhi, a high school student who has been under arrest since 2009 and is now 19, had written articles saying she yearned for a role in shaping the future of Syria and supporting the Palestinian cause. Lawyers said the judge gave ...
Syria sentences teen blogger to 5 years in jailThe Associated Press
Syria Jails Teenage Blogger On Spying ChargesRTT News
Teenaged Syrian blogger sentenced to prison for “spying”International Business Times
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Submit this story - Huffington Post Fri, 18 Feb 2011 01:58:16 GMT+00:00

Submit this story
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An Arab-American born in Pennsylvania and raised in Washington, DC, I returned to Syria every summer vacation as a child. I'd never thought too much about the meaning of my mixed heritage until that terrible day on September 11th, 2001, ...

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Rights groups say Syrian authorities release activist who called for anti ... - The Canadian Press Wed, 16 Feb 2011 10:30:00 GMT+00:00

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Rights groups say Syrian authorities release activist who called for anti ...
The Canadian Press
DAMASCUS, Syria — Human rights groups say a Syrian activist arrested earlier this month for calling for anti-government protests has been released because of health problems. In a statement, nine local rights group said Wednesday that Ghassan al ...
Syria frees Islamist, on hunger strike since arrestReuters Africa
Syrian rights activist freed after hunger strikeRFI

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