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Topic: Middle East (page 35)

An American flag is placed in a dirt-filled barrier outside the headquarters of 3rd Platoon, 1-320 Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Divivion, at Combat Outpost Nolen in the Arghandab Valley north of Kandahar July 22, 2010.

People in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad celebrate Osama bin Laden's killing May 2, 2011.

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Bin Laden's death: New details emerge

Natasha Lennard

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FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2011 file photo, anti-government protesters demonstrate in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt. Osama bin Laden and his jihadi rhetoric once resonated with millions, especially those in the Arab world who saw militant Islam as their best hope for throwing off the shackles of corrupt, oppressive governments. But 10 years after 9/11, the dominant theme in the uprisings across the Middle East is a clamor for democracy _ with al-Qaida's militant ideology largely relegated to the sidelines. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill, File) (AP)

Peter Finocchiaro

Gaza's Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh leaves a mosque after Friday prayers in Gaza City, Friday, April 29, 2011. Officials from the rival Fatah and Hamas movements said Wednesday, they have reached an initial agreement on ending a four-year-old rift that has left them divided between rival governments in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.(AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) (AP)

Muslim world's mixed response to bin Laden's death

Natasha Lennard

In this citizen journalism image made on a mobile phone and acquired by the AP, Syrians gather after Friday prayers during an anti-government protest in the coastal city of Banias, Syria, Friday, April 29, 2011. Thousands of Syrian protesters chanting "We are not afraid!" were met with bullets and tear gas Friday as security forces opened fire, killing more than 40 people. Many of the dead were villagers who tried to break a military blockade in the city at the heart of the six-week uprising, witnesses said. (AP Photo) (AP)

Diaa Hadid, Bassem Mroue

Libyan rebel fighters take positions in the besieged city of Misrata, Libya, Wednesday, April 27, 2011. NATO warplanes pounded forces loyal to Libyan leader Moaamar Gadhafi attacking the rebel-held city of Misrata, blasting fighting vehicles advancing on the port that serves as the besieged city's sole lifeline, a NATO spokeswoman said on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) (AP)

Karin Laub, Maggie Michael

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Palestinians wave flags and chant slogans in support of a reconciliation between the rival Fatah and Hamas movements, in Gaza City, Wednesday, April 27, 2011. Palestinians have reached initial agreement on reuniting their rival governments in the West Bank and Gaza, officials from both sides said Wednesday, a step that would remove a main obstacle in the way of peace efforts with Israel. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) (AP)

Natasha Lennard

In this citizen journalism image made on a mobile phone and acquired by the Associated Press, a Syrian boy carries a board that reads:" stop the killing," during a protest in Daraya, southwest of Damascus, Syria, Monday, April 25, 2011. In a terrifying escalation of Syria's crackdown on dissent, thousands of soldiers backed by tanks poured Monday into the southern city of Daraa, on the Jordanian border, the city where the uprising began, opening fire indiscriminately on civilians and killing at least 11 people, witnesses said. Knife-wielding security agents did house-to-house sweeps in what activists called a campaign to intimidate protesters. (AP Photo) (AP)

Egyptians shout anti-Mubarak slogans as they demonstrate in front of the hospital where former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, 82, is being hospitalized in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Wednesday, April 13, 2011. Egypt's ousted President Hosni Mubarak was put under detention in his hospital room Wednesday for investigation on accusations of corruption, abuse of power and killings of protesters in a dramatic step Wednesday that brought celebrations from the movement that drove him from office. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) (AP)

Glenn Greenwald

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Threatened and fallen dictator friends of the United States. Clockwise from upper left: Egypt's Hosni Mubarak, Bahrain's Hamad bin Isa Khalifa, Tunisia's Ben Ali and Yemen's Ali Abdullah Saleh

Alfred McCoy, Brett Reilly

Supporters of an Islamic group wave their party flags as they protest against the Syrian regime, in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, on Friday April 22, 2011. The demonstration in support of the "Syrian people" was called for by the Tahrir Party. It was not granted a license from the interior ministry. Syrian security forces have launched a deadly crackdown on demonstrations that started last month, killing more than 200 people. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) (AP)

In this citizen journalism image made on a mobile phone and acquired Saturday April 23, 2011, by The Associated Press, Syrian anti-government protesters carry the coffin of an activist who was killed on Friday during his funeral procession in Quaboun near Damascus, Syria, Saturday, April 23, 2011. Syrian security forces fired on tens of thousands of mourners during funeral processions Saturday, killing several people following the deadliest day of the uprising against authoritarian President Bashar Assad. (AP Photo) (AP)

Elizabeth A. Kennedy, Diaa Hadid

A Yemeni army officer, center, reacts as he and other officers join anti-government protestors in a demonstration demanding the resignation of of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, April 24, 2011. Yemen's embattled president agreed to a proposal by Gulf Arab mediators to step down within 30 days and hand power to his deputy in exchange for immunity from prosecution, a major about-face for the autocratic leader who has ruled for 32 years. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) (AP)

Ahmed Al-haj, Jason Keyser

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Anti-government protestors hold up a defaced poster of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh during a demonstration demanding his resignation in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, April 20, 2011. A Yemeni opposition activist said a gunmen on A motorcycle opened fire at hundreds of demonstrators camped out overnight in a western port city, killing at least one and wounding several protesters. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) (AP)

Supporters of an Islamic group wave their party flags as they protest against the Syrian regime, in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, on Friday April 22, 2011. The demonstration in support of the "Syrian people" was called for by the Tahrir Party. It was not granted a license from the interior ministry. Syrian security forces have launched a deadly crackdown on demonstrations that started last month, killing more than 200 people. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) (AP)

A Yemeni boy with writing on his face in Arabic which reads, "Leave" stands with his father during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, April 21, 2011. The head of a regional Gulf Arab political group was in Yemen on Thursday to lead a fresh effort to find a way out for the country's embattled president who has faced two months of mass protests demanding his ouster. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) (AP)

President Barack Obama meets with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 10, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (Associated Press)

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What our favorite dictators' fashion says about us

A stranded foreign refugee reacts after being informed that his name is not on the passengers list as a ship evacuating wounded Libyans and refugees fleeing conflict zone is scheduled to leave the port of Misrata, Libya Wednesday, April 20, 2011. Inside the besieged city of Misrata, spent rockets protrude from the pavement of a parking lot, unarmed teenagers prepare plastic crates of Molotov cocktails, and fighters at roadblocks sit inside empty shipping containers outfitted with furniture, carpets and generator-powered TVs and watch Al-Jazeera reports of their war with Moammar Gadhafi. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser) (AP)

Ben Hubbard, Karin Laub

In this citizen journalism image made on a mobile phone and acquired by the AP, and taken Sunday, April 17, 2011, Arabic writing on a burnt car reads:" pay attention, you are in Banias not in Israel. Down with the regime, the "Shabiha" which is a term used in Syria to describe pro-government thugs" in the port city of Banias, Syria. Thousands of people gathered in the central Syrian city of Homs main square Monday following the funeral of six people who were shot dead a day earlier saying they will hold an open-ended sit-in until President Bashar Assad's regime is brought down, witnesses said. (AP Photo) (AP)

A pro-reform in Syria activist, hold an Arabic placard read:"No to violence, no to oppression and no to fanaticism", as she stands in front of the Syrian embassy, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday April 12, 2011. Three pro-reform activists stood in front of the Syrian embassy in Beirut where they delivered a statement supporting the people's demands and urging the government to extend its hand to Syrians who want change. Shortly afterward dozens of pro-regime Syrians arrived at the embassy and tried to attack the three men, who were later escorted away under the protection of Lebanese policemen. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) (AP)

Natasha Lennard

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