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Violent clashes between guards and inmates at a Syrian jail have resulted in many deaths, human rights group say.
Iran says its stance on its nuclear programme is "not changed", hinting it is not ready to compromise over an EU offer.
At least five people have been killed in a still-unexplained explosion in northern Yemen, news reports say.
Lebanon is reported to be on the verge of announcing a new government, following months of political deadlock.
A Canadian court orders a review of a US army deserter's failed asylum bid, in a case that may affect scores of others.
Israel's defence minister orders the army to prepare to demolish the home of the Palestinian who killed three Israelis.
Aid workers say more than 20,000 people have made the dangerous trip to Yemen as fighting continues in Somalia.
Hamas suspends talks over a prisoner exchange deal due to involve the release of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
US and Iranian policy battles offer stark choices
Oil prices continue to climb with US light crude at a record closing price and London Brent above $146.
Four Iranians kidnapped in Lebanon in 1982 are still alive and being held in Israel, the Iranian embassy in Lebanon says.
A rocket from the Gaza Strip lands in southern Israel, the Israeli army says, putting more strain on a fragile truce.
Israel's vice premier calls for the home neighbourhood of Wednesday's bulldozer attacker to be cut off from Jerusalem.
The top US military officer says opening up a new front in the Middle East with a strike on Iran would be "stressful".
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The US has agreed to scrap immunity for foreign security guards in Iraq, the Iraqi foreign minister says.
Four Iraqi men say they are suing US military contractors for torturing them at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad.
Baghdad residents on improving life in the city
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love n bless Esha
We are blessed that you are one of us... I called my website Mothers because women are capable of unconditional love, every one can see that through motherhood, even when the children are not caring, mothers still defend them and protect them. Mothers are great generators of love power... and you are one of those people who make it possible.
I see all the hate, crime, and murders of innocent people who just wish to have their country and homes back and all the innocents that suffer because of these egotisical warmongers who make war on women and children - I see how some women are treated as lesser beings - stoned in some countries - beheaded in others and I think to myself how absolutely dreadful and are we all going backwards instead of forwards. It is a very heart rending situation we all find ourselves in - not so much myself because I live in a country which allows freedom to all - but for others - my heart cries at the devastation that has been caused because people cannot get along together and accept that each other have their RIGHTS. May Love & Light Surround You All Always. Jaclin. Namaste` [WE ARE ONE]
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yes this is you and thank you for these lovely lyrics
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