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Middle East News Wired by The Washington Post

U.S. closes embassy, pulls diplomats from Syria as violence intensifies (6 Feb 2012)

DAMASCUS, SYRIA The United States closed its embassy in Damascus on Monday amid escalating violence in Syria and an increasingly urgent effort by the Obama administration and like-minded governments to raise pressure on President Bashar al-Assad to leave power.

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Russia raps West, sends mission to Syria (6 Feb 2012)

MOSCOW A meeting scheduled for Tuesday between top Russian officials and Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad is being portrayed by the Russian government as an attempt to bring about the swiftest stabilization of the situation in Syria in response to the growing conflict.

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Egypt names Americans charged in NGO probe; Sam LaHood among those facing criminal charges (6 Feb 2012)

CAIRO Egyptian authorities have charged the Egypt country directors of the International Democratic Institute and the International Republican Institute in an investigation into the financing of pro-democracy organizations, state media reported Monday.

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Fatah, Hamas choose Abbas to head new joint government (6 Feb 2012)

JERUSALEM The rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas announced Monday they had agreed that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will head an interim unity government that will prepare for new elections, ending a prolonged stalemate over how to mend their bitter rift.

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In birthplace of Syrias uprising, a fragile military control (5 Feb 2012)

DARAA, Syria Nearly 11 months ago, protests against local authorities began in this small southern town and spread to become an uprising against the government of Bashar al-Assad that engulfed Syria.

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Car bomb in Kandahar, Afghanistan, kills seven outside police headquarters (5 Feb 2012)

KABUL At least five Afghan police officers and two civilians were killed Sunday when a car bomb was detonated outside the main police headquarters in Kandahar, officials said.

An additional 19 people, six of them police officers, were wounded in the blast, provincial officials said. Children also were among the victims.

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Russia, China veto U.N. resolution on Syria (4 Feb 2012)

UNITED NATIONS Russia and China on Saturday vetoed a U.N. resolution condemning Syrias violent repression of anti-government demonstrators, effectively quashing efforts to isolate President Bashar al-Assads government as it intensifies a nearly year-long crackdown.

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