Ukraine transfers former PM Yulia Tymoshenko from Kiev to a jail in the eastern city of Kharkiv.

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This article, written by Hesham A. Hassaballa, appeared on the Washington Post on December 21,2011 She was alone, as she was wont to do, worshiping in the eastern section of the temple. Suddenly, she was startled by a strange presence: a man with whom she was not familiar. “I seek refuge from thee with the Most Gracious,” she said, “(Approach me not) if you are conscious of Him!” He sought to calm her by saying, “I am but a messenger of your Lord, (who says,) `I shall bestow upon thee the gift of a son endowed with purity.’”

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At least 89 people are killed as a fire breaks out in a multi-storey hospital in the eastern Indian city of Calcutta, trapping patients in rooms.

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Tens of thousands of people massed Sunday in the eastern city of Lahore for a rally held by cricket star-turned-politician Imran Khan, a surprising show of force that could energize calls for anti-government protests. Police and Pakistani media estimated that at least 100,000 people gathered to see Khan, whose anti-American, anti-corruption rhetoric has made him a populist sensation among elite urban youth. The turnout stunned many Pakistani analysts, most of whom view Khan as a one-man show with a following far too narrow to dent Pakistan’s entrenched political landscape. Khan’s party has no seats in parliament. Read full article > >

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Pakistani cricket hero Imran Khan’s rally against government draws large turnout

Four militants are killed as their attack on a US base in the eastern Afghan region of Panjshir is repulsed.

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Cyprus says it has begun exploratory drilling for oil and gas in the eastern Mediterranean in defiance of Turkish anger at the plans.

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BENGHAZI, Libya —Moammar Gaddafi’s wife and three of his children have apparently fled across the border into Algeria, underscoring how much of Libya has slipped out of the control of the former autocrat, who ruled the country for about 42 years. But there was still no indication where Gaddafi was hiding . Rebel leaders fear that violence will continue until Gaddafi is captured and Libyans can see that he is no longer in power. A businessmen’s club in the eastern rebel stronghold of Benghazi has offered a $2 million bounty for him. Read full article > >

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Gaddafi’s wife, three of his children apparently flee to Algeria

An American man has been abducted by a group of gunmen from his house in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore

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BEIRUT — The Syrian military widened its crackdown on anti-government protesters Tuesday, dispatching tanks to at least two more locations, including a town near the border with Iraq, as the government sought to extinguish an expanding rebellion that has appeared to threaten the army’s cohesion. Tanks moved into position on the outskirts of the eastern border town of Deir al-Zour, site of some of the biggest protests of the three-month-old uprising against President Bashar al-Assad’s government. Activists said tanks were also converging on the town of Maarat al-Nouman on the highway between Hama and Aleppo, where protesters reportedly burned government buildings over the weekend. Read full article > >

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The second-largest wildfire in Arizona history is forcing thousands of residents to leave their homes. The Wallow fire in the eastern part of the state has burned more than 300,000 acres since it began last month, and it now threatens to engulf some…

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At least 11 police personnel have been killed in a landmine attack by Maoist insurgents in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, police say.

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Kurds in the eastern Syrian region of Hasaka are to be granted a key demand – the right to Syrian nationality – via a decree by President Assad.

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Throughout the day, rebels in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi said they had been bombarded by pro-Gaddafi forces.

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Al Jazeera reported Saturday that a cameraman working for the network was killed near the eastern city of Benghazi, where the opposition has been holding forth against Gaddafi forces. Ali Hassan al Jaber was returning to the city from a nearby town…

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Al Jazeera Journalist Killed in Libya

As clashes erupted on Friday between pro- and anti-government demonstrators in Bahrain’s predominately Sunni Riffa area, and tension mounted in the Saudi capital of Riyadh after reports that shots were fired near Shiite protesters in the eastern part…

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