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NY Times: Video From Syria Shows Military Action

Written by J. DAVID GOODMAN
Tuesday, 26 April 2011 23:08
Video secretly sent out of Syria captured some of the breadth and scope of the government’s increasingly militarized crackdown on protesters on Monday as tanks rolled into the restive southern city of Dara’a and snipers fired from rooftops in [ … ]
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Palestinian Activists Preparing New 15-Boat Gaza Flotilla

Written by watan
Tuesday, 26 April 2011 22:48
ISTANBUL -- Pro-Palestinian activists say a planned convoy of aid ships to the Gaza Strip will be twice as big as a similar flotilla that was raided a year ago by Israeli forces, leaving nine people dead on a Turkish boat.
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Syria Crackdown Continues As Death Toll Passes 400

Written by BASSEM MROUE and DIAA HADID
Tuesday, 26 April 2011 22:43
Residents of the southern Syrian city of Daraa braved sniper fire Tuesday to pull the bullet-riddled bodies of the dead from the streets and hide them from security forces, a day after a brutal government crackdown on the popular revolt again [ … ]
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Libya and the Undead Chicken

Written by John Feffer
Tuesday, 26 April 2011 22:37
Muammar Gaddafi is the undead chicken. Bashar al-Assad of Syria and King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain are the unscared monkeys.
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Failure to act on Syria is 'licence to kill'

Written by Claire Rosemberg
Tuesday, 26 April 2011 22:27
After moving swiftly to sanction repression in Libya, the world has hesitated to act against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in fear of tipping the delicate Middle East power balance, analysts say.
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Bloodiest Day Of Protests in Syria "Shocking Videos"

Written by watan
Friday, 22 April 2011 23:08
Syrian security forces fired bullets and tear gas Friday at tens of thousands of protesters across the country, killing at least 75 people in the bloodiest day of the monthlong uprising and signaling that the authoritarian regime was prepared [ … ]
Last Updated on Friday, 22 April 2011 23:41
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Syria: On Independence Day, Calls for Freedom and Protests About the Torture of Activists and Journalists

Written by Andy Worthington
Monday, 18 April 2011 04:57
Last month, as brave human rights activists in Damascus held protests calling for the release of political prisoners, picking up on the revolutionary movements sweeping the Middle East,
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Mother of Slain Italian Activist to Sail to Gaza, to see the Good Gazans her son died for

Written by News
Monday, 18 April 2011 04:53
Agidea Prata, the mother of Vittorio Arrigoni, the Italian activist and journalist killed in Gaza on Friday, said that she will be sailing to Gaza on May with the Free Gaza flotilla.
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Clinton Says Iran Seeks to 'Hijack' Mideast Protests

Written by David Gollust \| State Department
Saturday, 16 April 2011 08:07
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Friday accused Iran of trying to exploit and hijack democracy protests in the Middle East and North Africa. Clinton spoke at the end of a NATO foreign ministers meeting in Berlin focusing on Libya and reg [ … ]
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Hamilton College Democrats in US battle “Islamophobia” with comedy

Written by Daniel O'Kelly '14
Saturday, 16 April 2011 07:55
Most people are only exposed to the likes of Jerry Seinfeld, Will Ferrell and Dane Cook, comedians whose humor, at times, seems merely crude and aimless.
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