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28 Jan 2012
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Somalia
Shabelle Media Network director gunned down outside home in Mogadishu

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Reporters sans Frontières

Shabelle Media Network director Hassan Osman Abdi, better known locally as “Hassan Fantastic,” was gunned down outside his Mogadishu home at 6:30 p.m. today, Reporters Without Borders has learned from its partner organization in Somalia, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ).

28 Jan 2012
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Libya
Libya's NTC adopts election law, drops women quota

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Agence France-Presse

By Imed Lamloum (AFP)

TRIPOLI — The ruling National Transitional Council on Saturday adopted a new electoral law for Libya to form its first constituent assembly in June, dropping a quota set aside for women.

The law, announced on the NTC's Facebook page, scraps a draft proposal that would have reserved 10 percent of seats on the 200-member General National Congress for women, after it was criticised by women's and rights groups.

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28 Jan 2012
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Syrian Arab Republic (the)
At least 34 killed in Syria: reports

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Agence France-Presse

NICOSIA — At least 34 people died in violence across Syria on Saturday, as activists reported fierce clashes between soldiers and deserters and authorities warned the country would be "cleansed" of outlaws.

Twenty-three of those reported killed were military or security personnel.

Soldiers clashed with deserters in the restive central town of Rastan in Homs province, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which reported similar confrontations in Al-Ghuta, near the capital.

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28 Jan 2012
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Pakistan
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Pakistani officials, citizens laud achievements of UAE Assistance Programme for Pakistan

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Emirates News Agency

WAM Swat, Pakistan, 28th Jan. 2012 (WAM) -- Celebrating its first anniversary, UAE Assistance Programme for Pakistan, has raised the UAE flag in 124 towns and villages in Pakistan, bringing the smile and relief to hundreds of thousands of those affected by earthquakes and floods.

Through its diverse projects in basic services of health, education, water, roads and bridges, the initiative has really eased the suffering of those people, making life more easier for them.

28 Jan 2012
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Syrian Arab Republic (the)
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Wounded Syrians Treated at Secret Clinic in Lebanon

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Voice of America

Syrians injured in the crackdown on anti-government protests are crossing into Lebanon to seek treatment. They can’t get treatment in Syria because they say hospitals there are often raided by security forces looking for protesters. One secret clinic in the Lebanese city of Tripoli has patients of all ages with horrific injuries from the fighting.

Amran, 6, is one of the youngest patients in this hospital. He has difficulty walking. When he shows his leg, it’s easy to see why. A chunk is missing from his shin. The hole is surrounded by red scar tissue.

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