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All rights reservedWed, 15 Aug 2012 10:47:51 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/mideast/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gifProminent Jordanian political analyst and government critic Labib Kamhawi said Wednesday that he may face prosecution and even jail for inciting revolt and defaming Jordan's King Abdullah II, but he denied any wrongdoing and vowed he will fight back.http://news.yahoo.com/critic-jordans-king-faces-possible-prosecution-123252725.htmlWed, 15 Aug 2012 10:47:51 -0400Associated Presscritic-jordans-king-faces-possible-prosecution-123252725<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/lebanese-clan-claims-kidnap-20-syrians-135636130.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/iacsj0VUSCLA3e5224NFZw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345062778138-3-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A tire burns as Lebanese relatives of those abducted in Syria block the road leading to Beirut&#039;s International Airport" align="left" title="A tire burns as Lebanese relatives of those abducted in Syria block the road leading to Beirut&#039;s International Airport" border="0" /></a>Rioters blocked the road to Beirut airport, as dozens of Syrians were kidnapped and their shops vandalised in violence Wednesday that triggered orders from Gulf nations for citizens to leave Lebanon immediately.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/lebanese-clan-claims-kidnap-20-syrians-135636130.htmlWed, 15 Aug 2012 16:34:22 -0400AFPlebanese-clan-claims-kidnap-20-syrians-135636130<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/lebanese-clan-claims-kidnap-20-syrians-135636130.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/iacsj0VUSCLA3e5224NFZw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345062778138-3-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A tire burns as Lebanese relatives of those abducted in Syria block the road leading to Beirut&#039;s International Airport" align="left" title="A tire burns as Lebanese relatives of those abducted in Syria block the road leading to Beirut&#039;s International Airport" border="0" /></a>Rioters blocked the road to Beirut airport, as dozens of Syrians were kidnapped and their shops vandalised in violence Wednesday that triggered orders from Gulf nations for citizens to leave Lebanon immediately.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syria-tensions-spill-over-border-lebanon-141725028.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/LgIuzEKs2LvANbHNCjDbCw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/ca888a57f0af5016180f6a706700c50f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Syrian soldiers investigate the scene after a bomb attached to a fuel truck exploded outside a Damascus hotel where U.N. observers are staying in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. Several people were wounded, Syria&#039;s state TV reported. TV said the explosion took place near a parking lot used by the army command, which is about 300 meters (yards) away. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)" align="left" title="Syrian soldiers investigate the scene after a bomb attached to a fuel truck exploded outside a Damascus hotel where U.N. observers are staying in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. Several people were wounded, Syria&#039;s state TV reported. TV said the explosion took place near a parking lot used by the army command, which is about 300 meters (yards) away. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)" border="0" /></a>Armed Shiite clansmen in Lebanon said Wednesday they had captured more than 20 Syrians and will hold them until one of their relatives seized by rebels inside Syria is freed. The tensions were a stark reminder of how easily Syria&#039;s civil war could spill over to neighboring states.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/syria-tensions-spill-over-border-lebanon-141725028.htmlWed, 15 Aug 2012 10:54:49 -0400Associated Presssyria-tensions-spill-over-border-lebanon-141725028<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syria-tensions-spill-over-border-lebanon-141725028.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/LgIuzEKs2LvANbHNCjDbCw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/ca888a57f0af5016180f6a706700c50f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Syrian soldiers investigate the scene after a bomb attached to a fuel truck exploded outside a Damascus hotel where U.N. observers are staying in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. Several people were wounded, Syria&#039;s state TV reported. TV said the explosion took place near a parking lot used by the army command, which is about 300 meters (yards) away. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)" align="left" title="Syrian soldiers investigate the scene after a bomb attached to a fuel truck exploded outside a Damascus hotel where U.N. observers are staying in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. Several people were wounded, Syria&#039;s state TV reported. TV said the explosion took place near a parking lot used by the army command, which is about 300 meters (yards) away. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)" border="0" /></a>Armed Shiite clansmen in Lebanon said Wednesday they had captured more than 20 Syrians and will hold them until one of their relatives seized by rebels inside Syria is freed. The tensions were a stark reminder of how easily Syria&#039;s civil war could spill over to neighboring states.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/activists-report-clashes-syrian-capital-083528710.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/LgIuzEKs2LvANbHNCjDbCw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/ca888a57f0af5016180f6a706700c50f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Syrian soldiers investigate the scene after a bomb attached to a fuel truck exploded outside a Damascus hotel where U.N. observers are staying in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. Several people were wounded, Syria&#039;s state TV reported. TV said the explosion took place near a parking lot used by the army command, which is about 300 meters (yards) away. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)" align="left" title="Syrian soldiers investigate the scene after a bomb attached to a fuel truck exploded outside a Damascus hotel where U.N. observers are staying in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. Several people were wounded, Syria&#039;s state TV reported. TV said the explosion took place near a parking lot used by the army command, which is about 300 meters (yards) away. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)" border="0" /></a>Activists say Syrian troops have clashed with rebels near the government headquarters and Iranian embassy in the capital Damascus.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/activists-report-clashes-syrian-capital-083528710.htmlWed, 15 Aug 2012 08:29:18 -0400Associated Pressactivists-report-clashes-syrian-capital-083528710<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/activists-report-clashes-syrian-capital-083528710.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/LgIuzEKs2LvANbHNCjDbCw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/ca888a57f0af5016180f6a706700c50f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Syrian soldiers investigate the scene after a bomb attached to a fuel truck exploded outside a Damascus hotel where U.N. observers are staying in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. Several people were wounded, Syria&#039;s state TV reported. TV said the explosion took place near a parking lot used by the army command, which is about 300 meters (yards) away. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)" align="left" title="Syrian soldiers investigate the scene after a bomb attached to a fuel truck exploded outside a Damascus hotel where U.N. observers are staying in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. Several people were wounded, Syria&#039;s state TV reported. TV said the explosion took place near a parking lot used by the army command, which is about 300 meters (yards) away. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)" border="0" /></a>Activists say Syrian troops have clashed with rebels near the government headquarters and Iranian embassy in the capital Damascus.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/iraq-chief-kuwaits-zain-resigns-company-182610722.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/.DRdrCqWJ49wxS92up6WKw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345055131037-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A Zain store displays mobile phones" align="left" title="A Zain store displays mobile phones" border="0" /></a>The head of Zain Iraq, the country&#039;s biggest mobile phone company, has resigned and will be temporarily replaced by the company&#039;s chairman, Zain said in a statement on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/iraq-chief-kuwaits-zain-resigns-company-182610722.htmlWed, 15 Aug 2012 14:26:10 -0400AFPiraq-chief-kuwaits-zain-resigns-company-182610722<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/iraq-chief-kuwaits-zain-resigns-company-182610722.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/.DRdrCqWJ49wxS92up6WKw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345055131037-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A Zain store displays mobile phones" align="left" title="A Zain store displays mobile phones" border="0" /></a>The head of Zain Iraq, the country&#039;s biggest mobile phone company, has resigned and will be temporarily replaced by the company&#039;s chairman, Zain said in a statement on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bahrains-gulf-air-resume-flights-iraq-iran-184219944.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lELMrl7WUZwgokbNfw_Aiw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345055918814-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Bahrain&#039;s national carrier Gulf Air will resume flights to Iraq and Iran on September 20" align="left" title="Bahrain&#039;s national carrier Gulf Air will resume flights to Iraq and Iran on September 20" border="0" /></a>Bahrain&#039;s national carrier Gulf Air will resume flights to Iraq and Iran on September 20 after a hiatus of 17 months, the tiny Gulf kingdom&#039;s official BNA news agency said on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/bahrains-gulf-air-resume-flights-iraq-iran-184219944.htmlWed, 15 Aug 2012 14:42:19 -0400AFPbahrains-gulf-air-resume-flights-iraq-iran-184219944<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bahrains-gulf-air-resume-flights-iraq-iran-184219944.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lELMrl7WUZwgokbNfw_Aiw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345055918814-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Bahrain&#039;s national carrier Gulf Air will resume flights to Iraq and Iran on September 20" align="left" title="Bahrain&#039;s national carrier Gulf Air will resume flights to Iraq and Iran on September 20" border="0" /></a>Bahrain&#039;s national carrier Gulf Air will resume flights to Iraq and Iran on September 20 after a hiatus of 17 months, the tiny Gulf kingdom&#039;s official BNA news agency said on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/iraq-bombings-shooting-kill-10-people-officials-181423793.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/dB6S_758QuSlE9Iiu0hTEQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345052988858-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Iraqi police commandos frisk people in Baquba in 2010" align="left" title="Iraqi police commandos frisk people in Baquba in 2010" border="0" /></a>Four bombings and a shooting killed 10 people and wounded 36 others in Iraq on Wednesday, security and medical officials said.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/iraq-bombings-shooting-kill-10-people-officials-181423793.htmlWed, 15 Aug 2012 14:14:23 -0400AFPiraq-bombings-shooting-kill-10-people-officials-181423793<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/iraq-bombings-shooting-kill-10-people-officials-181423793.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/dB6S_758QuSlE9Iiu0hTEQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345052988858-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Iraqi police commandos frisk people in Baquba in 2010" align="left" title="Iraqi police commandos frisk people in Baquba in 2010" border="0" /></a>Four bombings and a shooting killed 10 people and wounded 36 others in Iraq on Wednesday, security and medical officials said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/saudi-arabia-orders-citizens-leave-lebanon-165510957.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/LgIuzEKs2LvANbHNCjDbCw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/ca888a57f0af5016180f6a706700c50f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Syrian soldiers investigate the scene after a bomb attached to a fuel truck exploded outside a Damascus hotel where U.N. observers are staying in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. Several people were wounded, Syria&#039;s state TV reported. TV said the explosion took place near a parking lot used by the army command, which is about 300 meters (yards) away. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)" align="left" title="Syrian soldiers investigate the scene after a bomb attached to a fuel truck exploded outside a Damascus hotel where U.N. observers are staying in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. Several people were wounded, Syria&#039;s state TV reported. TV said the explosion took place near a parking lot used by the army command, which is about 300 meters (yards) away. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)" border="0" /></a>Saudi Arabia has ordered its citizens to leave Lebanon immediately, citing fear of kidnappings by Shiites angry over rebels in Syria taking prisoners from Lebanon and Iran.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/saudi-arabia-orders-citizens-leave-lebanon-165510957.htmlWed, 15 Aug 2012 12:55:10 -0400Associated Presssaudi-arabia-orders-citizens-leave-lebanon-165510957<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/saudi-arabia-orders-citizens-leave-lebanon-165510957.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/LgIuzEKs2LvANbHNCjDbCw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/ca888a57f0af5016180f6a706700c50f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Syrian soldiers investigate the scene after a bomb attached to a fuel truck exploded outside a Damascus hotel where U.N. observers are staying in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. Several people were wounded, Syria&#039;s state TV reported. TV said the explosion took place near a parking lot used by the army command, which is about 300 meters (yards) away. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)" align="left" title="Syrian soldiers investigate the scene after a bomb attached to a fuel truck exploded outside a Damascus hotel where U.N. observers are staying in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. Several people were wounded, Syria&#039;s state TV reported. TV said the explosion took place near a parking lot used by the army command, which is about 300 meters (yards) away. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)" border="0" /></a>Saudi Arabia has ordered its citizens to leave Lebanon immediately, citing fear of kidnappings by Shiites angry over rebels in Syria taking prisoners from Lebanon and Iran.</p><br clear="all"/>Islamic militants in the Sinai Peninsula warned the Egyptian military on Wednesday against cracking down on jihadis and claimed they were not behind a sneak attack earlier this month that killed 16 Egyptian soldiers.http://news.yahoo.com/islamic-militants-warn-egypt-army-sinai-raids-165759444.htmlWed, 15 Aug 2012 12:57:59 -0400Associated Pressislamic-militants-warn-egypt-army-sinai-raids-165759444<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syrias-assad-autocrat-grappling-crumbling-regime-173648623.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7VnHehm5fSO.q9i0euWmPw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345051778385-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R)" align="left" title="Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R)" border="0" /></a>Syrian President Bashar al-Assad took power 12 years ago pledging reforms but has become one of the region&#039;s most ruthless leaders as he wages an increasingly brutal war to crush a rebellion.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/syrias-assad-autocrat-grappling-crumbling-regime-173648623.htmlWed, 15 Aug 2012 13:36:48 -0400AFPsyrias-assad-autocrat-grappling-crumbling-regime-173648623<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syrias-assad-autocrat-grappling-crumbling-regime-173648623.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7VnHehm5fSO.q9i0euWmPw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345051778385-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R)" align="left" title="Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R)" border="0" /></a>Syrian President Bashar al-Assad took power 12 years ago pledging reforms but has become one of the region&#039;s most ruthless leaders as he wages an increasingly brutal war to crush a rebellion.</p><br clear="all"/>Bahrain's national airline plans to restart flights to Iran and Iraq after halting service to the Shiite-led countries at the height of anti-government unrest last year.http://news.yahoo.com/bahrains-gulf-air-resume-iraq-iran-flights-155647405.htmlWed, 15 Aug 2012 11:57:53 -0400Associated Pressbahrains-gulf-air-resume-iraq-iran-flights-155647405Israel has protested to the European Union over a decision to designate an upscale Jewish district a West Bank settlement.http://news.yahoo.com/israel-protests-eu-over-settlement-designations-145335385--finance.htmlWed, 15 Aug 2012 10:53:18 -0400Associated Pressisrael-protests-eu-over-settlement-designations-145335385--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/saudi-daily-insists-russian-official-interviewed-syria-171601026.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/PCW8J5prTh5n10Eclx3uRg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345050899345-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Mikhail Bogdanov (R) delivering a message to Bashar al-Assad in 2011" align="left" title="Mikhail Bogdanov (R) delivering a message to Bashar al-Assad in 2011" border="0" /></a>A Saudi daily insisted Wednesday it had held an interview with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, following denials from Moscow that he had ever spoken to the newspaper.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/saudi-daily-insists-russian-official-interviewed-syria-171601026.htmlWed, 15 Aug 2012 13:16:01 -0400AFPsaudi-daily-insists-russian-official-interviewed-syria-171601026<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/saudi-daily-insists-russian-official-interviewed-syria-171601026.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/PCW8J5prTh5n10Eclx3uRg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345050899345-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Mikhail Bogdanov (R) delivering a message to Bashar al-Assad in 2011" align="left" title="Mikhail Bogdanov (R) delivering a message to Bashar al-Assad in 2011" border="0" /></a>A Saudi daily insisted Wednesday it had held an interview with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, following denials from Moscow that he had ever spoken to the newspaper.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-tv-blast-near-damascus-hotel-used-un-065425038.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/NOGypPZuu1V2Kt9v1D31eA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c14daf11d7b53c16180f6a7067004124.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos, left, meets with Faisal Mekdad Syrian Ambassador to United Nations, during a press conference in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. The portrait shows Syrian President Bashar Assad. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)" align="left" title="UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos, left, meets with Faisal Mekdad Syrian Ambassador to United Nations, during a press conference in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. The portrait shows Syrian President Bashar Assad. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)" border="0" /></a>A bomb attached to a fuel truck exploded Wednesday outside a Damascus hotel where U.N. observers are staying in the Syrian capital, wounding at least three people, Syria&#039;s state TV reported.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-tv-blast-near-damascus-hotel-used-un-065425038.htmlWed, 15 Aug 2012 03:38:43 -0400Associated Presssyrian-tv-blast-near-damascus-hotel-used-un-065425038<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-tv-blast-near-damascus-hotel-used-un-065425038.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/NOGypPZuu1V2Kt9v1D31eA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c14daf11d7b53c16180f6a7067004124.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos, left, meets with Faisal Mekdad Syrian Ambassador to United Nations, during a press conference in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. The portrait shows Syrian President Bashar Assad. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)" align="left" title="UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos, left, meets with Faisal Mekdad Syrian Ambassador to United Nations, during a press conference in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. The portrait shows Syrian President Bashar Assad. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)" border="0" /></a>A bomb attached to a fuel truck exploded Wednesday outside a Damascus hotel where U.N. observers are staying in the Syrian capital, wounding at least three people, Syria&#039;s state TV reported.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syria-refugees-battle-heat-dust-sexual-harassment-165215872.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/K_jLQ4aH6sW8F5GTh.4tgw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345049301984-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Syrian refugee children receive aid distributed by an aid organization at the Zaatari refugee camp" align="left" title="Syrian refugee children receive aid distributed by an aid organization at the Zaatari refugee camp" border="0" /></a>Sweltering heat, dust, lack of electricity and at times sexual harassment are some of the hardships faced by refugees in this UN-run desert tent camp in northern Jordan.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/syria-refugees-battle-heat-dust-sexual-harassment-165215872.htmlWed, 15 Aug 2012 12:52:15 -0400AFPsyria-refugees-battle-heat-dust-sexual-harassment-165215872<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syria-refugees-battle-heat-dust-sexual-harassment-165215872.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/K_jLQ4aH6sW8F5GTh.4tgw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345049301984-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Syrian refugee children receive aid distributed by an aid organization at the Zaatari refugee camp" align="left" title="Syrian refugee children receive aid distributed by an aid organization at the Zaatari refugee camp" border="0" /></a>Sweltering heat, dust, lack of electricity and at times sexual harassment are some of the hardships faced by refugees in this UN-run desert tent camp in northern Jordan.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/families-slain-iranian-scientists-sue-israel-140721292.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/J8X6_ceyrhBy85WmHVtstA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/84e7db05f2035616180f6a7067005bd5.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Rahim Ahmadi Roshan, the father of a slain Iranian scientist, speak to the media in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. Families of Iran&#039;s slain nuclear scientists have filed a lawsuit against Israel, the U.S. and Britain accusing them of involvement in the assassination of their loved ones. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)" align="left" title="Rahim Ahmadi Roshan, the father of a slain Iranian scientist, speak to the media in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. Families of Iran&#039;s slain nuclear scientists have filed a lawsuit against Israel, the U.S. and Britain accusing them of involvement in the assassination of their loved ones. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)" border="0" /></a>Families of Iran&#039;s slain nuclear scientists have filed a lawsuit against Israel, the U.S. and Britain accusing them of involvement in the assassination of their loved ones.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/families-slain-iranian-scientists-sue-israel-140721292.htmlWed, 15 Aug 2012 11:02:08 -0400Associated Pressfamilies-slain-iranian-scientists-sue-israel-140721292<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/families-slain-iranian-scientists-sue-israel-140721292.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/J8X6_ceyrhBy85WmHVtstA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/84e7db05f2035616180f6a7067005bd5.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Rahim Ahmadi Roshan, the father of a slain Iranian scientist, speak to the media in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. Families of Iran&#039;s slain nuclear scientists have filed a lawsuit against Israel, the U.S. and Britain accusing them of involvement in the assassination of their loved ones. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)" align="left" title="Rahim Ahmadi Roshan, the father of a slain Iranian scientist, speak to the media in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. Families of Iran&#039;s slain nuclear scientists have filed a lawsuit against Israel, the U.S. and Britain accusing them of involvement in the assassination of their loved ones. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)" border="0" /></a>Families of Iran&#039;s slain nuclear scientists have filed a lawsuit against Israel, the U.S. and Britain accusing them of involvement in the assassination of their loved ones.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/world-muslim-leaders-open-emergency-meeting-syria-210338551.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/H7WvAWBM3LeyWk9odoWJpA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1344999428219-5-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="An emergency summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation began with a proposal to suspend conflict-wracked Syria" align="left" title="An emergency summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation began with a proposal to suspend conflict-wracked Syria" border="0" /></a>The world&#039;s largest Islamic bloc was poised Wednesday to suspend conflict-wracked Syria, despite opposition from Iran, a staunch ally of the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/world-muslim-leaders-open-emergency-meeting-syria-210338551.htmlWed, 15 Aug 2012 11:41:00 -0400AFPworld-muslim-leaders-open-emergency-meeting-syria-210338551<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/world-muslim-leaders-open-emergency-meeting-syria-210338551.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/H7WvAWBM3LeyWk9odoWJpA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1344999428219-5-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="An emergency summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation began with a proposal to suspend conflict-wracked Syria" align="left" title="An emergency summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation began with a proposal to suspend conflict-wracked Syria" border="0" /></a>The world&#039;s largest Islamic bloc was poised Wednesday to suspend conflict-wracked Syria, despite opposition from Iran, a staunch ally of the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/assads-forces-committed-crimes-against-humanity-un-151809164.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8VsV2Upt3VPTqKewNNw3wQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345043844736-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Syrians bury more than 100 victims who were killed in a massacre in the town of Houla on May 25" align="left" title="Syrians bury more than 100 victims who were killed in a massacre in the town of Houla on May 25" border="0" /></a>Syrian government forces and their militia allies committed crimes against humanity including murder and torture while rebel fighters were guilty of lesser offences, UN investigators said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/assads-forces-committed-crimes-against-humanity-un-151809164.htmlWed, 15 Aug 2012 11:34:29 -0400AFPassads-forces-committed-crimes-against-humanity-un-151809164<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/assads-forces-committed-crimes-against-humanity-un-151809164.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8VsV2Upt3VPTqKewNNw3wQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345043844736-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Syrians bury more than 100 victims who were killed in a massacre in the town of Houla on May 25" align="left" title="Syrians bury more than 100 victims who were killed in a massacre in the town of Houla on May 25" border="0" /></a>Syrian government forces and their militia allies committed crimes against humanity including murder and torture while rebel fighters were guilty of lesser offences, UN investigators said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/iran-says-us-quake-aid-not-good-faith-152647721.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jdIDVLhLhDYxoqBoc_U7ug--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345044250442-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Iranian residents and rescue workers search for survivors near the town of Varzaqan" align="left" title="Iranian residents and rescue workers search for survivors near the town of Varzaqan" border="0" /></a>Iran said on Wednesday it rejected a US offer of aid for survivors of twin deadly earthquakes that struck villages in its northwest on the weekend because it was not made in &quot;good faith.&quot;</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/iran-says-us-quake-aid-not-good-faith-152647721.htmlWed, 15 Aug 2012 11:26:47 -0400AFPiran-says-us-quake-aid-not-good-faith-152647721<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/iran-says-us-quake-aid-not-good-faith-152647721.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jdIDVLhLhDYxoqBoc_U7ug--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345044250442-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Iranian residents and rescue workers search for survivors near the town of Varzaqan" align="left" title="Iranian residents and rescue workers search for survivors near the town of Varzaqan" border="0" /></a>Iran said on Wednesday it rejected a US offer of aid for survivors of twin deadly earthquakes that struck villages in its northwest on the weekend because it was not made in &quot;good faith.&quot;</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/more-20-killed-air-strike-syrias-aazaz-151008230.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/..BWEJIVeslXdoVsV9XIfQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345043151343-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Syrians climb on the rubble of a destroyed mosque in Aazaz on August 2" align="left" title="Syrians climb on the rubble of a destroyed mosque in Aazaz on August 2" border="0" /></a>More than 20 people were killed in a devastating air strike on a rebel bastion in northern Syria on Wednesday, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/more-20-killed-air-strike-syrias-aazaz-151008230.htmlWed, 15 Aug 2012 11:10:08 -0400AFPmore-20-killed-air-strike-syrias-aazaz-151008230<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/more-20-killed-air-strike-syrias-aazaz-151008230.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/..BWEJIVeslXdoVsV9XIfQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345043151343-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Syrians climb on the rubble of a destroyed mosque in Aazaz on August 2" align="left" title="Syrians climb on the rubble of a destroyed mosque in Aazaz on August 2" border="0" /></a>More than 20 people were killed in a devastating air strike on a rebel bastion in northern Syria on Wednesday, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.</p><br clear="all"/>

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