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Source: Reuters Published: May 08, 2012 00:15
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Monday for an early general election on September 4, a vote opinion polls say will renew his leadership mandate as Israel confronts Iran's nuclear ambitions.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 07, 2012 15:24
Syria holds a parliamentary election under the new constitution on Monday as the country gropes for an exit from its deadly unrest.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 07, 2012 14:05
King Abdullah II of Jordan on Sunday named Abdul Ilah Khatib, a former foreign minister, as head of the country's independent elections commission, the state-run Petra news agency reported.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 07, 2012 13:48
Unrest-stricken Syria kicked off a parliamentary election on Monday morning, with 7,195 candidates from 12 political parties vying for the 250 seats.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 07, 2012 08:52
Syrian Interior Minister Mohammad Ibrahim al-Sha'ar said Sunday that all necessary measures have been taken to protect the parliamentary election slated for Monday from any security threat.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 07, 2012 08:29
The Yemen-based al-Qaida said its prominent leader Fahd al-Quso, a globally wanted terrorist, was killed on Sunday in a US air raid in the mountains of southeastern Shabwa province of the impoverished country.
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Source: Agencies Published: May 07, 2012 02:20
Syria's authorities and the opposition traded accusations yesterday over who was behind a blast that rocked Damascus and Aleppo on the eve of parliamentary polls.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 06, 2012 17:09
Iran's South Khorassan provincial police said on Sunday that 30 tons of illicit drugs were seized in the eastern border province during the last Iranian year (ending on March 19), the semi-official Fars news agency reported.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 06, 2012 17:08
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi underlined the necessity for the establishment of security in the Persian Gulf through extensive cooperation among the regional states, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Sunday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 06, 2012 14:08
Violence persisted on Saturday in this capital city of Syria and northern Aleppo province despite a UN monitored ceasefire, leaving nine people dead and several others injured.
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