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One dead as protesters take a Baghdad highway: Iraq officials
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One dead as protesters take a Baghdad highway: Iraq officials

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi riot police opened fire Tuesday amid clashes with anti-government protesters on a central Baghdad highway, killing…
Clashes in Baghdad kill 1, wound dozens: Iraqi officials
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Clashes in Baghdad kill 1, wound dozens: Iraqi officials

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi security forces fired tear gas and live rounds during clashes with anti-government protesters overnight and on…
Violence escalates in Beirut as protesters clash with police
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Violence escalates in Beirut as protesters clash with police

BEIRUT (AP) — Security forces fired tear gas, water cannons and rubber bullets in clashes Sunday with hundreds of anti-government…
Dozens wounded as Iraqi protesters up pressure on government
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Dozens wounded as Iraqi protesters up pressure on government

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi security forces wounded dozens of protesters on Sunday as renewed anti-government demonstrations gripped the capital and…
Frustrated Lebanese depositors turn rage on crisis-hit banks
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Frustrated Lebanese depositors turn rage on crisis-hit banks

BEIRUT (Reuters) — As cash runs short at Lebanon’s banks, so has the patience of depositors. Hit by restrictions on…
Sudan reopens airspace after end of armed mutiny, 2 killed
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Sudan reopens airspace after end of armed mutiny, 2 killed

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan said it reopened its airspace Wednesday after an armed revolt from within its security forces shut…
Lebanese politicians watching as economy collapses: U.N. official
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Lebanese politicians watching as economy collapses: U.N. official

BEIRUT (Reuters) — Lebanese politicians are watching the economy collapse, the senior U.N. official in Lebanon said on Wednesday, rebuking…
Sudan declares end to mutiny from within security forces
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Sudan declares end to mutiny from within security forces

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s main intelligence agency said late Tuesday it has succeeded in quelling an armed mutiny over severance…
Death toll from tribal clashes in Sudan’s Darfur rises to 24
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Death toll from tribal clashes in Sudan’s Darfur rises to 24

CAIRO (AP) — Sporadic tribal clashes between Arabs and non-Arabs continued Tuesday in Sudan’s West Darfur province, as the death…
Iraqi supporters of Iran-backed militia attack US Embassy
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Iraqi supporters of Iran-backed militia attack US Embassy

BAGHDAD (AP) — Dozens of angry Iraqi Shia militia supporters broke into the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Tuesday…
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