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- BBC News - Syria deputy oil minister resigns to join opposition http://bbc.in/A1Cjmb
Syria envoy Annan in Cairo ahead of Damascus visit
Syria envoy Annan in Cairo ahead of Damascus visit CAIRO - Former UN chief Kofi Annan, who has been named special envoy to strife-torn Sy...
Russia Says Libya Training Syria RebelsRussia has accused Libya of running a training center for Syrian rebels battling forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. Russian Ambas...
35 killed in #Syria as regime attacks escape route to Lebanon, opposition says. on.cnn.com/yxWvu6
US tracks Syrian elite's money transfers, but picture remains murkySearching for any sign of splintering in Syria's ruling class, the United States has tracked what it suspects is the transfer of mill...
- Today is Women's day. BBC reports: an investigation has begun after a number of female students were injured during a protest demanding better conditions at their university.
This year let's celebrate … the Saudi women's driving campaign ...4 hours ago ... Eman Al Nafjan: International Women's Day: The campaign got women's rights moving, from political participation...
It is frankly criticizing the lack of women's rights in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia .. Laugh at this http://pic.twitter.com/TL0YU3jG
Campaign on Saudi women's right to drive launched for Women's DayAhead of International Women's Rights Day (8 March) Amnesty International has launched a new campaign in support of the right of wome...- National Geographic's slideshow from Saudi Arabia:
Women of Saudi Arabia Photos - National Geographic
See photos of Saudi Arabian women, including Bedouin, in this photo gallery from National Geographic.- Other stories making the news:
Mumbai's toxic Holi: Nearly 175 hospitalised for colour poisoningNDTV Correspondent, Updated: March 08, 2012 18:26 IST Mumbai: Holi celebrations in Mumbai turned sour when around 175 people, most of the...
Final 100 ruddy ducks in the UK facing exterminationCull has killed 6,500, at a cost of £5m, and the government is about to spend a further £200,000 on the remaining birds It's small, chest...
Heart drug may curb subconscious racismWeather: Sydney 16°C - 23°C . Rain, clearing later. In their study, published in the journal Psychopharmacology this month, volunteers gi...
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Entire nation of Kiribati to be relocated over rising sea level threat - TelegraphIn what could be the world's first climate-induced migration of modern times, Anote Tong, the Kiribati president, said he was in talks wi...
Strong solar storm to hit Earth7 March 2012 Last updated at 18:41 ET A strong solar storm is expected to hit Earth shortly, and experts warn it could disrupt power grid...
"I find myself increasingly irritated by the media treatment of Vladimir Putin." Discuss. guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar…
The strange sinking of the Nazi Titanic - TelegraphFootage from a film known as "the Nazi Titanic", a 1943 German wartime film commissioned by propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels that port...
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