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In this Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015 photo, 32-year-old mother Shaimaa el-Sabbagh holds a poster during a protest in downtown Cairo. Egypt has sought to distance the police from the weekend shooting death of el-Sabbagh, saying a forensic examination shows she was killed by a type of projectile that is “absolutely” not used by security forces. A senior official from the Interior Ministry, which is in charge of the police, also dismissed as “inconsequential” video clips showing two masked, black-clad policemen pointing their rifles in her direction as gunshots rang out and a voice commanded “fire.” (AP Photo/Mohammed El-Raaei)
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An Iraqi Airways plane lands at Baghdad International airport. (Reuters)
Opinion: Shooting Down Confidence
Three bullets hit a FlyDubai jet at Baghdad airport last week, causing the suspension of not only many flights to the Iraqi capital but fresh doubts in Iraq and abroad about the Iraqi government and its ability to control the country. It will take time before the...Caption:
Fighters from Suqour Al-Sham Brigade, which is part of the Free Syrian Army, carry a wounded member of their brigade during what activists said were clashes with Syrian government forces, in the Al-Arbaeen mountain area of western Idlib on January 30, 2015. (REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi)
Syria: Western-backed rebel group joins armed coalition to stem losses to Al-Nusra
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Hazzm Movement, a Western-backed Syrian rebel group, has joined a coalition of other Syrian fighting groups, in what observers say is an attempt to protect itself from Al-Qaeda’s representative in Syria, the Al-Nusra Front. A statement...Caption:
Thousands of pro-democracy protesters hold up yellow umbrellas, symbols of the Occupy Central movement, during a march in the streets to demand universal suffrage in Hong Kong. (Reuters)
Pro-democracy protesters back in Hong Kong, no violence
Hong Kong, Reuters—Thousands of pro-democracy protesters returned to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday in the first large-scale rally since demonstrations rocked the global financial hub late last year. Some 2,000 police flanked an estimated 12,000 protesters...Caption:
Al-Jazeera English correspondent Peter Greste appears in court along with several other defendants during their trial on terror charges, in Cairo, Egypt, on March 31, 2014 (AP Photo/Heba Elkholy, El Shorouk, File)