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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon waits to address the twenty-first session of the UN Human Rights Council on 10 September at the United Nations offices in Geneva. Ban and his human rights chief Navi Pillay called for more accountability for the bloodshed in Syria. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI

UN’s attackers in Syria must face justice: Pillay

Navi Pillay calls for holding UN attackers accountable for their actions

Daily News Egypt September 10, 2012

Mohamed Magdy Al-Hamshari was arrested at Rafiq Hariri Airport in Beirut (File photo) AFP PHOTO

Abdel Moneim Abul Fotouh

Egyptian doctor arrested in Beirut

Mohamed Al-Hamshari under military investigation in Lebanon

Basil El-Dabh September 10, 2012

A poster welcoming Pope Benedict XVI appears under an billboard advertisement for a retail shop on the Dbayeh highway, north of Beirut AFP PHOTO / PATRICK BAZ

Vatican Pope to visit Beirut

Pope Benedict XVI calls Middle East visit a “pilgrimage for peace”

Basil El-Dabh September 10, 2012

Fighters pass weapons through a hole in a building before an offensive against government forces in Izza neighbourhood of the embattled northern city of Aleppo AFP PHOTO / ZAC BAILLIE

Al-Qaeda-linked militant threatens Syria

Abu Sayyaf vows to fight against Al-Assad

Daily News Egypt September 10, 2012

Syrian women protesting outside of the Arab League building in Cairo Hassan Ibrahim / DNE

Syrian women on hunger strike in Cairo

Six women on seventh day of hunger strike in front of the…

Rana Muhammad Taha September 9, 2012

Libyan security guards patrol Benghazi (File photo) AFP PHOTO / Mohammed Abed

Libyan parliament security breach

Libyan parliament evacuated over security breach

Daily News Egypt September 9, 2012

Israeli youth looks at the damages after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip hit a house in the southern Israeli town of Netivot AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ

Ehud Barak: Israel can conquer Gaza today

Rocket fire from Gaza into Israel continues, Israel kills 6 Palestinians to…

Nouran El-Behairy September 9, 2012

Fugitive Iraqi vice president Tareq al-Hashemi speaking during an interview on 25 December 2011 AFP PHOTO/SHWAN MOHAMMED

Iraqi VP sentenced to death

Ongoing turmoil in Iraq as top Iraqi politician is sentenced to death…

Hend Kortam September 9, 2012

A Syrian rebel aims his weapon during clashes with government forces in the Ezza district of the northern city of Aleppo on 8 September AFP PHOTO / ZAC BAILLIE

Fighting continues as Brahimi travels to Cairo

Brahimi visiting Cairo as a peace envoy, having scheduled talks with Arab…

Daily News Egypt September 9, 2012

Bahraini riot policeman flashes the victory sign during clashes with protesters in solidarity with jailed Bahraini opposition activists in Malekia, on the outskirts of the capital Manama on 4 September AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH

Bahrain government takes legal action against prominent party

Bahraini MOI accuses Al-Wefaq of violating law

Basil El-Dabh September 9, 2012