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A man has been found dead with gunshot wounds after overnight clashes with police a day before Sunday's Bahrain F1 Grand Prix

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Activists in Bahrain say a man has been found dead with gunshot wounds after overnight clashes with police a day before Sunday's Formula 1...

Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa of Bahrain says the weekend's Formula 1 Grand Prix will go ahead despite protests

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Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa of Bahrain says the weekend's Formula 1 Grand Prix will go ahead despite protests. "Cancelling the race just...

Bahraini security forces clashed with protesters gathered outside Formula 1 Grand Prix exhibit in Manama

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Stun grenades have been fired by Bahraini security forces as protesters gathered outside a cultural exhibition in Manama ahead of Sunday's Formula 1 Grand...

The decision by Omar Suleiman to stand for the presidency sparked major protests in Cairo on Friday

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Ten candidates from the Egyptian presidential poll, including former spy chief Omar Suleiman and the Muslim Brotherhood's Khairat al-Shater, have been barred by election...

Iran and P5+1 are meeting in Istanbul for talks aimed at ending the deadlock over Tehran's nuclear programme

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Iran and P5+1 are meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, for talks aimed at ending the deadlock over Tehran's nuclear programme. Envoys from the US, UK, France, China,...

Users in Iran are unable to connect to london2012.com and are instead redirected to peyvandha.ir, a site offering stories from Iran's official news agencies

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Access to the official website for the London 2012 Olympic Games appears to be blocked in Iran. Users in Iran have tweeted that they are...

Barack Obama's Facebook page has been swamped with comments from supporters of Hazem Abu Ismail, a candidate in Egypt's presidential election

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President Barack Obama's Facebook page has been swamped with comments from supporters of Hazem Abu Ismail, a candidate in Egypt's presidential election. It follows news...

Princess Basma Bint Saud Bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia spoke out about the many changes she would like to see in her country

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Princess Basma Bint Saud Bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia spoke out during an interview with BBC about the many changes she would like to...

Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the UN Security Council was standing by with its "hands and arms tied" while the Syrian people were dying every day

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The United Nations Security Council has been accused by Turkey PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan of indirectly supporting the oppression of the Syrian people by...

Kazakh gold medalist Maria Dmitrienko listened to the Borat anthem without emotion and finally smiling as it ends

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Kazakhstan's shooting team has been left stunned after Borat spoof anthem was played during a medal ceremony at the 10th Arab Shooting Competition in Kuwait instead...

EU foreign ministers are set to impose a travel ban and asset freeze on Syria First Lady Asma al-Assad

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EU foreign ministers are set to impose a travel ban and asset freeze on Syria First Lady Asma al-Assad, diplomats say. The UK-born wife of...

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At least 23 people have died in a series of attacks on Iraqi cities, officials say. Two car bombs in the predominantly Shia city of...

Damascus bomb blasts over the weekend have been followed by firefight between the rebel Free Syria Army and the forces of President Bashar al-Assad

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Damascus bomb blasts over the weekend have been followed by firefight between the rebel Free Syria Army and the forces of President Bashar al-Assad. Witnesses...

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Several civilians and police officers have been killed in two separate explosions in the Syrian capital Damascus, state TV announced. A broadcast described the blasts...

At least 47 people have been killed in an attack by pro-government militia in the embattled Syrian city of Homs

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At least 47 people have been killed in an attack by pro-government militia in the embattled Syrian city of Homs, according to human rights...

Over ninety teenagers have been killed in recent months by Iraqi militias who consider them to be devil worshippers, human rights activists claim

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Over ninety teenagers have been killed in recent months by Iraqi militias who consider them to be devil worshippers, human rights activists claim. The young...

Samira Ibrahim and other women spoke out about their treatment following their arrest during a protest in Tahrir Square in March 2011, weeks after the fall of President Hosni Mubarak

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Egyptian army doctor Ahmed Adel, who was accused of carrying out forced "virginity tests" on women protesters, has been acquitted by a military court...

Zohair al-Qaisi, secretary general of the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), was targeted because he was planning an attack

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Two people, including a senior Palestinian militant leader, have been killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza, according to Israeli and Palestinian sources. Zohair...

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Dear friends,   This morning, 4 western journalists are home safe with their families, the echoes of the horror and heroism of Baba Amr still...

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Two car bomb and suicide attacks killed at least 10 people and wounded another 15 in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar, according...

At least 27 police officers have been killed in the western Iraqi city of Haditha after dozens of gunmen launched a pre-dawn raid on police targets

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At least 27 police officers have been killed in the western Iraqi city of Haditha after dozens of gunmen launched a pre-dawn raid on...

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At least 48 people died and dozens have been injured in a wave of bombings and shootings across Iraq, police say. The attacks targeted predominantly...

Marie Colvin, Sunday Times reporter

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Western journalists Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik have been killed in the Syrian city of Homs when shells hit the building they were staying...

Iran decided to stop oil sales to UK and France

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Iran has stopped oil sales to UK and France, the nation's oil ministry has announced. A spokesman was reported as saying on the ministry's website...

At least eight Palestinian children have been killed in a collision between a school bus and an Israeli lorry on a road in the West Bank

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President Mahmoud Abbas has declared three days of mourning after at least eight Palestinian children have been killed in a collision between a school...