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Lebanese FM: Captives in Syria have been found
May 23rd, 2012
Lebanon's foreign minister said Wednesday that authorities have located 11 Lebanese Shiites kidnapped the previous day in Syria and that he expects they will be released soon. (Source: Associated Press) -
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) - Lebanese members of the Syrian leader's Alawite sect fear their tiny community will be a casualty of the civil war raging in the neighboring country. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
CAIRO (AP) - The safe release Wednesday of seven conscripts kidnapped by suspected militants in Sinai brought a victory for Egypt's Islamist president after months of criticism that his government is mismanaging the country. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
BEIRUT (AP) - The Syrian government has agreed "in principle" to attend a conference proposed by Russia and the United States on ending the Arab country's conflict, Russia's foreign ministry said Friday. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Palestinians believe the U.S. effort to restart peace talks is doomed, and they're preparing instead to resume their campaign of seeking membership in key international organizations as soon as next month, officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
LONDON (AP) - Two men accused of butchering a British soldier had been investigated previously by security services, a British official said Thursday, as investigators searched several locations and tried to determine whether the men were part of a wider plot to instill terror on the streets of London. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
BEIRUT (AP) - Rights activists visiting abandoned government prisons in the first Syrian city to come under rebel control have found torture devices and other evidence that detainees were abused there, Human Rights Watch said in a report Friday. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
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