On the Road to Damascus
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African Americans in Congress, many facing huge pressure from their constituents, are mulling whether to shift support from Clinton to Obama.
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Building a housing complex or a road in the Holy Land can often have grave implications.
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For anyone living in Damascus these days, the fact that some Iraqi refugees are selling sex or working in sex clubs is difficult to ignore.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, aboard a French hospital plane enroute from Amman, Jordan, to Paris, France, where he will seek medical treatment, in this picture released by the Palestinian Authority Friday Oct. 29, 2004.
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A leading member of the Palestinian group Hamas has been killed when his car exploded in Syrian capital of Damascus. The cause of the blast was not known, although some witnesses to incident say the victim&#39;s
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Initially witnesses said there were four people in the car but one, who was among the wounded, turned out to be a passerby. uprising in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
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Members of the Druze community are to visit Syria  - still officially at war with Israel - after a court ruling.
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DAMASCUS -- Inside the tent, the trappings of a modern election campaign were on display: jingles playing, flags waving, confetti coating the floor, and posters of President Bashar al-Assad hanging near the stage.
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Boats have become a necessary means of transport in the flooded streets of Quxian, north-east of Sichuan province. Picture:Reuters.
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Reader Sameer Shaikh sends us a picture.
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Large numbers of people are in the Lebanese capital Beirut for a march in support of Syria's role in the country.
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A religious revival is sweeping Syria, challenging the secular, ruling Baath Party to allow more Muslim influence in government and frightening many Syrians schooled for decades to fear political Islam.
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Germany's foreign minister canceled a trip to Damascus on Tuesday to protest a speech by Syrian President Bashar Assad, who praised Hezbollah and threatened Israel. Frank-Walter Steinmeier had planned to fly to the Syrian capital from Amman, Jordan, for a round of talks aimed at resolving the crisis between Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon.
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It may seem like an unlikely place for students from the U.S. or Europe, but Syria has been rapidly gaining ground as a destination for foreigners who wish to learn Arabic.
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BEIRUT: With a new government likely due by month's end, Damascus is expected to use the coming weeks to smooth the tense internal and international atmosphere provoked by its unpopular decision to extend ...
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By Corrinne Hess  chess@@dailyherald.com  Don't let the asphalt fool you.  The new road slated for construction at Redwing Slough conservancy just outside of Antioch is not meant as a welcome sign.
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DAMASCUS, Syria -- Syria is responding with a mixture of bravado and denial to mounting accusations by the United States and Iraq that it is a staging ground for the Iraqi insurgency, with key support coming from a half brother of Saddam Hussein and Ba'ath Party leaders here.