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Increasingly religious Israeli Army has some concerned about cohesion

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The Israeli Army is being confronted by threats from its own people and its own soldiers. Some soldiers are believed to have passed sensitive information to settlers. Some settlers are accused of vandalism. Tensions between the more religious and more secular, especially over settlements in the West Bank, are rising.
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VIDEO: Former U.S. Marine sentenced to death in Iran

Amir Mirzaei Hekmati is accused of committing espionage against Iran when he traveled to the country in August 2011. On Monday, Iran announced it would put him to death....
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A heroic effort underway in Egypt to save damaged books, manuscripts

At the height of the Arab Spring in Egypt, protesters burned the little-known Institut D’Egypt. Inside were hundreds, thousands, of rare books and manuscripts. Many were burned or inundated with water as firefighters tried to extinguish the fire. Now preservationists are trying to save what's left....
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Longtime Syrian dissident Kamal Labwani decries abuses by Assad government

Kamal Labwani spent the better parts of the past decade in a Syrian jail. We was freed last year, fled to Jordan and continue to agitate for the overthrow of the Syrian regime, led by Bashar al-Assad....
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VIDEO: Car bomb blast kills dozens in Syria; expert says to expect more of the same

As the revolution in Syria continues into a new month, violence is seeming to escalate. A car bombing in Damascus that killed more than two dozen seems to indicate new tactics are being tried....
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Arab League to send more monitors to Syria as protesters level criticisms

The Arab League has said it will send more monitors to Syria in an effort to ensure the government is living up to its commitments to end violence against protesters. Meanwhile, protesters say the monitors who are already there are being misled and are ineffective....
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VIDEO: Taliban agrees to open liaison office in Gulf state of Qatar

The Taliban are expected to enter negotiations with the U.S.-supported Afghan government, and the first step was their decision this week to open a liaison office in Qatar. The Taliban will appoint a representative to the office who will be able to carry messages between the two sides....
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Iran warns U.S. not to send aircraft carriers to Persian Gulf; Navy doesn't back down

The tension between Iran and the United States grew a little stronger this weekend. New sanctions, missile firings and another ultimatum from Iran all marked a weekend that saw neither side flinching in their ongoing confrontation....
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A rocky road ahead for U.S.-Iraqi relations, says former ambassador

As Iraq struggles with sectarian tensions, a former ambassador to Iraq under George W. Bush said the U.S. shouldn't have left. And because it did, it'll have to work much harder to move forward....
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U.S. agrees to sell billions of dollars of military equipment to Saudi Arabia, Iraq

The United States will go forward with some $41 billion worth of military equipment sales to two Middle Eastern countries. Saudi Arabia will get $30 billion in fights and Iraq will get $11 billion in jets, tanks and other equipment....
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