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Explosion hits military airport near Damascus State television says car bomb hit checkpoint outside airport in Mezze, as violence continues in Syria.
Al Jazeera | Jun 16, 2013 8:58 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Putin: West arming Syrian rebels who eat human flesh AMMAN/LONDON Russian President Vladimir Putin, arriving in Britain ahead of an international summit set to be dominated by disagreement over the U.S. decision to send weapons to Syria's rebels, said the West must not arm fighters who eat human flesh.
MSNBC | Jun 16, 2013 8:44 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Syria lashes out at Egypt for ties cut Officials condemn Egyptian decision to sever diplomatic ties and backing of no-fly zone, as violent uprising continues.
Al Jazeera | Jun 16, 2013 8:17 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Kuwait court dissolves parliament Constitutional Court calls for new elections after it rejects legal case challenging Gulf Emirate's voting system.
Al Jazeera | Jun 16, 2013 7:55 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Iran's New President Viewed As A Pragmatist Hasan Rowhani, a midranking cleric, has been a politician since the 1979 revolution. He backed a violent crackdown against the pro-democracy student movement in 1999. But during the campaign, he appeared as the most charismatic and pragmatic of all the ca
NPR.org | Jun 16, 2013 7:43 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

VIDEO: Rouhani 'proud' after Iran election President-elect of Iran Hassan Rouhani has called on the Iranian people to help him develop the country and preserve its national pride and interests.
BBC News | Jun 16, 2013 4:02 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Jubilant Iranians cheer new president Rohani Jubilant Iranians took to the streets of Tehran to celebrate late into the night Saturday after reformist Hassan Rohani was elected president with over 50 per cent of the vote.
MSNBC | Jun 16, 2013 2:44 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Jordan Says It's Ready If Syria Becomes Danger King Abdullah made the remarks a day after after the U.S. said it would leave fighter jets and missiles in his country at the conclusion of joint military exercises.
NPR.org | Jun 16, 2013 2:22 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Iran's President-Elect Meets With Caution In West Hasan Rowhani is likely to be friendlier than his predecessor, but the U.S. and Israel have reacted with caution knowing that as president he will have little control over Iran's nuclear program.
NPR.org | Jun 16, 2013 12:41 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Lebanon Feels The Pain Of Syrian War Spillover Weekend Edition Sunday Host Rachel Martin talks to Michael Young, the opinion page editor of the Daily Star newspaper in Beirut, about the spillover of Syria's conflict into Lebanon.
NPR.org | Jun 16, 2013 12:00 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

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