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Syria violence kills 29 amid 'liberation' demos
Jul 6th, 2012
A rights watchdog reported at least 29 people killed across Syria on Friday as protesters took to the streets in several provinces after being urged to call for a "People's liberation war." (Source: AFP) -
BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian troops backed by Lebanese Hezbollah fighters clashed Wednesday with rebel forces south of a Damascus suburb that is home to a major Shiite Musim shrine in an attempt to secure the area surrounding the revered site, activists said. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's most powerful Muslim group has blamed the secular and liberal opposition for a wave of violence over the appointment of new Islamist governors. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd of hundreds of mourners attending a funeral in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 29 people. Among the dead was a newly elected lawmaker who may have been the target, authorities said. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
BEIRUT (AP) - Clashes erupted on Tuesday between unknown gunmen and followers of a radical Sunni cleric in south Lebanon, security officials said, the latest apparent outbreak of violence between Lebanese factions supporting opposing sides in the civil war in neighboring Syria. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]