The unprecedented joint visit by the Saudi and Syrian leaders carries Syria's relations with its western neighbour another step forward, after the troubled period that followed the assassination of Rafik Hariri. Mr Assad's visit also marks a further
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BATMAN, Turkey Berivan Sayaca, a vivacious 15-year-old Kurdish girl, dreamed of escaping her life as a seamstress and studying law. Instead, she was convicted of supporting terrorism by attending a protest rally and sentenced to nearly eight years behind
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BAGHDAD In a brazen late-afternoon attack in the heart of this citys most prominent Sunni neighborhood, gunmen attacked two police checkpoints on Thursday before a series of roadside bombs detonated on police and army patrols responding to the violence.
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WASHINGTON: Arizona's controversial laws aimed at curbing illegal immigration are destined to be contested in the US Supreme Court after a preliminary ruling put most of the crackdown on hold. The temporary injunction was granted in Phoenix by a federal
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