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Members of the "Hilltop Youth" fortify an outpost at Shvut Ami in the West Bank in a file photo taken in 2009. The Israeli Defense Forces are increasingly confronting a truth that many Palestinians learned awhile ago: A not-insignificant number of the Israelis who have settled on the West Bank are unhinged zealots...

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A Thai policeman holds a picture of Reuters cameraman Hiro Muramoto handed over by anti-government “red shirt” protesters in front of the Japanese embassy in Bangkok December 13, 2010. Thailand’s Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has concluded that Reuters cameraman Hiro Muramoto, who was killed during...

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A girl holds an Egyptian flag during a pro-democracy rally at Tahrir Square, in Cairo February 25, 2011. Egyptian soldiers fired in the air and used batons in the early hours of Saturday to disperse activists demanding the cabinet appointed by Hosni Mubarak be purged by the country’s new military leaders, protesters said. Thousands...

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Egyptian anti-government protesters celebrate at Tahrir Square in Cairo. Thousands of Egyptians were still singing and waving flags as dawn broke over a nation reborn on Saturday, after a popular uprising forced president Hosni Mubarak from power. The streets and squares of downtown Cairo were still in the hands of the mostly...

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Anti-Mubarak protesters shout slogans to show their support for the anti-Mubarak demonstrations in Egypt, in front of the Egyptian embassy in Madrid February 6, 2011. President Hosni Mubarak’s new cabinet on Monday held its first full meeting since an uprising started nearly two weeks ago, with no concrete progress in...

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NA’s Committee for Defence and Security Chairman Le Quang Binh is a strong advocate of reforms to make the legislature more effective. Interviewed by VietNamNet, Binh didn’t mince words.    Deputy Le Quang Binh, 62, represents his birthplace, Thanh Hoa province, in the National Assembly though he now lives...

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Pakistan’s security forces Saturday launched the long-awaited operation in South Waziristan, the stronghold of Taliban in Pakistan, the Pakistani army said. Pakistan Army troops prepare to leave for patrolling during a curfew in Bannu, a town on the edge of Pakistan’s lawless tribal belt Waziristan, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009. ...

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