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Analysis: Crackdown on radical Islamists tests Tunisia's stability
ReutersTUNIS (Reuters) - For the first time since the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011, relations between mainstream Islamists in government and radical Salafist Muslim activists have reached breaking point, sparking deadly clashes in two Tunisian cities. The...Tags: North Africa, Government, National Government, Egypt, Al-Qaeda
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WRAPUP 2-U.S. may boost Syria rebels if Assad won't talk peace
Reuters(Updates with Kerry, Lavrov quotes) * Kerry says thousands of Hezbollah fighters in Syria * U.S. may boost rebels if Assad won't talk peace * Rebels call for reinforcements in Qusair * Syria conflict spreading beyond its borders * Russia says...Tags: Bashar Assad, John Kerry, Lebanon, Rebellions, Iran
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Iran presidential vote: Who's in? Who's out? Who cares?
He’s one of two surviving founders of the Islamic Republic, head of the Expediency Council that supervises all branches of government and has already served two terms as Iranian head of state. But the Islamic conservatives who vet presidential...
Tags: Elections, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Media Industry, Iran, Brookings Institution
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Main Bahrain opposition group temporarily boycotts talks
Reuters* Talks between government, opposition to end unrest * Protests continue after Gulf state rocked in 2011 * Wefaq decries slow progress, raid on cleric's home DUBAI, May 22 (Reuters) - Bahrain's main opposition group suspended its participation in...Tags: Government, Political Dissent, Saudi Arabia, National Government, Religion and Belief
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RPT-Olympics-Discovery of alleged plot points to growing jitters
Reuters(Repeats to additional clients, no changes to text) * Russia says it foiled plot for attack on Moscow * Faces signs that security threat is widening * Putin wants to rally support, boost security cooperation By Timothy Heritage OREKHOVO-ZUYEVO,...Tags: Armed Conflicts, Justice System, Rebellions, 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Sports
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Iran bars candidates for presidential election
ReutersDUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian authorities barred two potentially powerful and disruptive candidates from running in next month's presidential election on Tuesday, ensuring a contest largely among hardliners loyal to the clerical supreme leader. Akbar Hashemi...Tags: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, U.S. Department of State, Iran, Ruhollah Khomeini
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Iran's Ahmadinejad to challenge ally's ban from election
ReutersBy Yeganeh Torbati DUBAI, May 22 (Reuters) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday he would ask Iran's supreme leader to reverse a ban preventing his aide from running in next month's presidential poll, a test of stability after the violent...Tags: Elections, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Religion and Belief
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Syria opposition calls for reinforcements in embattled Qusair
ReutersBEIRUT, May 22 (Reuters) - Syria's leading opposition group called on Wednesday for rebels across the country to send reinforcements to the strategic border town Qusair, where heavy fighting has drawn in fighters from Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah...Tags: Skype, Bashar Assad, Religious Conflicts, Lebanon, Rebellions
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Officials say more evidence being gathered as Benghazi suspects remain under surveillance
AP Intelligence WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Five men are under round-the-clock U.S. surveillance in Libya, wanted for questioning in the attack last year on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. The White House believes there is enough proof for a military force to...Tags: Benghazi, Barack Obama, War Crimes, Al-Qaeda, Trials
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Iran denies link to group arrested for spying in Saudi Arabia
ReutersDUBAI, May 22 (Reuters) - Iran denied on Wednesday any link to members of a spying ring detained by its Sunni Muslim regional rival Saudi Arabia, according to Iranian media. Saudi state media reported on Tuesday that officials had detained 10 people...Tags: Saudi Arabia, Iran, Religion and Belief, Police Arrests, Human Rights
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Iran's rulers risk alienating voters by candidate bans
ReutersDUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's clerical rulers may have sought to remove any challenge to their grip by barring two vivid contenders from next month's presidential election, but they risk alienating voters already disillusioned by the violent aftermath of the...Tags: Bashar Assad, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Political Corruption, Lebanon
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WRAPUP 1-Syria rebels call for reinforcements as war spreads abroad
Reuters* Rebels call for reinforcements in Qusair * Syria conflict spreading beyond its borders * Iranian-backed Hezbollah prominent in fighting By Erika Solomon BEIRUT, May 22 (Reuters) - Rebels fighting for control of the Syrian town of Qusair called for...Tags: Bashar Assad, Government, Barack Obama, Lebanon, Rebellions
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