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Syria hails ouster of Egypt's Morsi as 'great achievement'

Agence France-Presse

DAMASCUS // Syria's embattled government today hailed the ouster of Egypt's president Mohammed Morsi by the army after massive street protests against him as a "great achievement."

"Syria's people and leadership and army express their deep appreciation for the national, populist movement in Egypt which has yielded a great achievement," Syrian state television said, citing an official source.

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Khairat El-Shater, a leader of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, leaves the gates of the election committee headquarters in Cairo on April 5, 2012, after registering his candidacy for the country's presidency in the upcoming elections on May 23-24. Last week's announcement of Shater's candidacy sent political shockwaves throughout the post-uprising country as people accused the Brotherhood of trying to monopolise power. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED HOSSAM *** Local Caption *** 245008-01-08.jpg

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Bosnia, a country of less than four million, is a cauldron of religious and sectarian feelings on a par with Syria and Lebanon. Ferry Biedermann reports from Sarajevo  'We have a different kind of Islam,' say Bosnia's Muslims

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Plaintiff confer during a gathering in front of New York City Police Department headquarters this week after rights groups filed a case against the police for their unconstitutional spying on American Muslims.

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Israel rejects Jewish extremist group's terrorist tag, despite hate crimes

epa03744220 A Palestinian man walks past graffiti left on a wall outside a house in Hebrew reading 'price tag' near to where two vehicles were torched overnight by unknown vandals in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, 14 June 2013. Media reports state that the police have opened an investigation into what is thought to have been a racially motivated attack. EPA/ABIR SULTAN *** Local Caption *** 03744220.jpg

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