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Backers of Syrian president claim credit for AP Twitter hack
Hackers who support Syrian President Bashar Assad claimed responsibility Tuesday for hijacking an Associated Press Twitter account and falsely tweeting that explosions were rattling the White House. "Ops! @AP get owned by Syrian Electronic Army! #SEA...Tags: News Agency, The Associated Press, Bashar Assad, Emergency Incidents, Electronics
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Saudi king chooses women for spots on advisory council
The king of Saudi Arabia has named dozens of women to serve on his advisory council, a new step in the ultra-religious country where women remain strictly confined in daily life. Thirty women were among 150 people chosen Friday to serve on the council,...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Saudi Arabia, Politics, Elections, Abdullah II of Jordan
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In Syria, 20 reported killed in fighting; commander defects
BEIRUT — Twenty people were killed Wednesday in fighting in a small Syrian village, according to opposition activists, as the commander of Syria's military police announced he was joining the rebellion in one of the army's highest-level defections....
Tags: News Agency, Vladimir Putin, Bashar Assad, Beirut (Lebanon), Wars and Interventions
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Syria denies vice president has defected, but whereabouts unknown
World NowSyria denied Saturday that Vice President Farouk Shara had defected, as opposition reports continued to provide conflicting accounts of whether he had fled to neighboring Jordan or was still in the country.... -
Gunshots end footage of Japanese reporter slain in Syria [Video]
World NowGunshots ring out. The video camera suddenly drops toward the pavement. The last footage taken by Mika Yamamoto, the Japanese journalist who died Monday in Syria, ends abruptly with those sudden shots, a grim suggestion of her own life cut short.... -
Don't bother yelling 'Taxi!' in Saudi Arabia anymore
World NowSaudi Arabia's Transport Ministry has come up with a novel way to cut traffic in the kingdom's congested cities: Taxis will now be banned from cruising the streets and picking up passengers without an advance booking.... -
Bashar Assad: To live and die in Syria
World NowSyrian President Bashar Assad says he has no intention of leaving Syria, despite demands from Washington and elsewhere that he relinquish power.... -
Where is Bashar Assad? Silence after bombing fuels rumors
World NowIn the wake of a bombing attack that killed at least three senior Syrian officials, the silence of President Bashar Assad spurred furious speculation over his whereabouts and whether the embattled Syrian leader had himself been wounded in the bombing.... -
Syrian general who defected urges unity
World NowA former Syrian general whose defection was called a major blow to President Bashar Assad has finally spoken out publicly, voicing support for the rebellion but expressing fears that Syria could be torn asunder. “Our duty, as Syrians, is to unite... -
Syrian rebels: Iranian hostages on 'reconnaissance' mission
World NowBEIRUT -- The case of dozens of Iranians abducted in Syria took a dramatic and potentially sinister turn Sunday, when a purported Syrian rebel commander appeared in a video calling the captives Iranian operatives on a “reconnaissance mission”... -
Syrian rebels claim to have shot down warplane, captured pilot
World NowSyrian rebels claimed Monday that they had shot down a government fighter jet and captured its pilot, and videos posted on an exiled opposition website purported to show the Russian-made MiG-23 struck by machine-gun fire and engulfed in flames.... -
Jordanian lawmaker in hot water after pulling gun in live TV debate
World NowA Jordanian lawmaker has landed in hot water after he drew a gun (though without firing) and tossed a shoe at a critic during a live television debate over the crisis in neighboring Syria....
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