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Turkey: May Day marchers defy protest ban
Clashes rocked central Istanbul as Turkish protesters attempted to defy a government ban on May Day rallies at the city's iconic Taksim Square.
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Chemical watchdog to investigate Syria attacks
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) announced that it will begin a fact-finding mission into allegations of the use of chlorine gas in Syria.
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Egypt sentences 683 Ikhwan supporters to death
An Egyptian judge sentenced 683 alleged supporters of the banned Muslim Brotherhood to death, including the group's supreme guide, Mohamed Badie.
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Free Syria contingent at NYC May Day march
A contingent in support of the Syrian Revolution will meet at the Lincoln statue in Union Square at 5 PM for the May Day march in New York City.
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Saudi Arabia: death sentences in 2003 attacks
A special anti-terrorism court in Saudi Arabia sentenced three people to death for their roles in attacks on expatriate resident compounds in Riyadh in May 2003.
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Saudi Arabia detains human rights lawyer
Attorney Waleed Abu al-Khair, chair of the Saudi Arabia Monitor of Human Rights, was taken into custody on vague charges of "inciting public opinion."
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Syria: new chemical claims under investigation
The United States and Turkey have said they are following up on renewed accusations that the Syrian regime continues to use chemical weapons against civilians.
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Egypt: Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis a terrorist organization
Following a series of audacious attacks in Cairo, an Egyptian court ruled that militant group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis be officially considered a terrorist organization.
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AI: Egypt president should reject anti-terror law
Amnesty International called upon interim president Adly Mansour to reject the new Egyptian anti-terror law, warning it can be used as a tool to root out dissent.
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Egypt: court upholds sentences of activists
An Egyptian appeals court upheld the jailing of three men who co-founded the "April 6" opposition movement that played a large role in the country's 2011 revolution.
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Russia boosts military aid to Assad
Russia is boosting military aid to the Bashar Assad regime in Syria, just as the US has finally broken off diplomatic relations with Damascus—signalling a deepening proxy war.
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Rights group: more than 150,000 dead in Syria war
The death toll in the three-year Syrian conflict has exceeded 150,000, according to a new count by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).