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Nepal to dissolve parliament after failed statute talks

19 Pakistani pilgrims wounded in Iraq bombing

Nineteen were wounded in Iraq due to an attack by a roadside bomb on a bus carrying Shiite Pakistani pilgrims

BBC presenter arrested in Zimbabwe, lawyer says

Zimbabwe's police arrest BBC radio presenter for working without permit; BBC hopes for a fast resolution

Iran: Two new nuclear plants to be built

Iran conveys its intention to build at least two nuclear power plants

Israel extends prisoners' administrative detention

Zionist state renews detention without charge of 3 Palestinians, including a serving Hamas MP and a former Fatah MP, for a further 6 months

3 card players gunned down in Nigeria

Gunmen kill 3 card players, injure 1 in a shooting in Nigeria's Kano, which has been rocked by violence blamed on Boko Haram in recent months

Bahrain court jails six Shiites over attacks plot

The six men were arrested in November in Qatar for possession of documents and a computer containing information about vital installations in Bahrain

Al-Qaeda identifies Yemen troops bomber

Al-Qaeda in Yemen reveals the name of the suicide bomber behind last week's deadly attack on troops that killed nearly 100 Yemeni soldiers

Region

Damascus not reponsible for Houla massacre: ministry

Syrian authorities deny carrying out a massacre after rights groups reported that at least 109 civilians were killed on Saturday in the central town of Houla

Iraq forces on high alert over Syria clashes

UN observers warn of Syria civil war after massacre

Arab League to hold emergency meeting on Syria massacre

Iran refuses unscheduled visit to Parchin nuclear site

Iran rejects the International Atomic Energy Agency's request to visit its Parchin military complex, says no evidence was presented to justify inspection

Iraq forces on high alert over Syria clashes

Iraqi security forces are their highest level of alert, following fierce clashes between fighters of the Free Syrian Army and the regime troops on the borders between the two Arab neighboring countries

UN observers warn of Syria civil war after massacre

As UN leader Ban Ki-moon and UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan condemn a massacre of about 100 civilians in Syria as a "brutal" breach of international law by Al-Assad regime, a huge civil war is feared

Arab League to hold emergency meeting on Syria massacre

Arab League foreign ministers are set to hold an emergency meeting, as calls mount for an urgent action on Syria after Al-Assad troops and loyalists killed about 100 people including 50 children in a new massacre in Homs

Putin puts Medvedev in charge of Russia's ruling party

President steers Dmitry Medvedev into chair in a bid to reverse his flagging popularity that is fuelling protests

International

Mali split deepens after northern rebels unite

Mali's secular and Islamist northern rebel groups merge, announce formation of the 'transitional council of the Islamic state of Azawad' two months after coup

Somali Islamists vow revenge after fall of rebel bastion

After they lost their stronghold of Afgoye, Somali hardline Shabab militants threaten they will continue war against government and African Union troops

Appeal over Pakistan doctor's bin Laden conviction

Pakistani lawyers say they would appeal the case of Shakeel Afridi, a 33-year prisoner who was convicted for treason after being recruited by US intelligence to help find Al-Qaeda's ex-leader Osama bin Laden

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