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Saudi health workers sickened by SARS-like virus
NEW YORK — A deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS has apparently spread from patients to health care workers in eastern Saudi Arabia, health officials yesterday (May 15).
Israeli police guard women praying at Jewish site
JERUSALEM — Forming human chains and using metal barriers, Israeli police held back thousands of ultra-Orthodox protesters who tried to prevent a liberal Jewish women’s group...
Palestinians chose a new President — on reality TV
BETHLEHEM (West Bank) — The Palestinians have not elected a president since 2005, but now they are finally getting a chance to do so — virtually — thanks to a hit reality TV show.
Turkey steps up chemical weapons tests in Syria
LONDON — The United Kingdom said yesterday (May 9) it was “very likely” that the Syrian government had used chemical weapons and Turkey announced it was stepping up the testing...
Pakistan’s Imran Khan has 3 fractured vertebrae
LAHORE (Pakistan) — Prominent Pakistani politician Imran Khan is expected to make a full recovery despite fracturing three vertebrae and a rib in a dramatic fall at a political...
Assad vows to stand up to Israel
BEIRUT — In his first response to Israel’s weekend airstrikes, President Bashar al-Assad said on yesterday (May 7) that Syria is capable of facing Israel, but stopped short of...
Saudi journalist tweets he is banned from writing
RIYADH (Saudi Arabia) — A Saudi journalist says he has been banned from writing in a Saudi newspaper after criticising the Interior Ministry.
Bomb at Islamist party rally in Pakistan kills 14
PARACHINAR (Pakistan) — A bomb ripped through a campaign rally of a leading Islamist party in Pakistan today, killing 14 people and wounding dozens more, a government official...
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