The empire smiles back: Taiwan’s Japanese cherry festival
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Arab ministers focus talks on Syria crisis
By Prashant Rao / AFP Baghdad: Arab foreign ministers were meeting in Baghdad…
Gunmen seize Saudi diplomat in south Yemen, say police
By Fawaz Al-Haidari / AFP ADEN: Saudi Arabia's deputy consul in Yemen's southern…
Nuclear talks with world powers on April 13, says Iran
By Mohammad Davari / AFP TEHRAN: Long-stalled talks between Iran and world powers…
Israel opposition gets new chief, but future unclear
By Sara Hussein / AFP JERUSALEM: Israel's former defense minister Shaul Mofaz won…
Brotherhood conflicted over presidential run
By Maggie Michael / AP CAIRO: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has postponed an open…
Albania blocking my return to Egypt: ex-Guantanamo inmate
By Agencies TIRANA: A former Guantanamo inmate granted political asylum in Albania…
Al-Jazeera: controversial ‘Arab Spring’ platform
By AFP DOHA: Al-Jazeera, which on Tuesday decided not to air video…
Exchange of fire along Israel-Egypt border, says army
By AFP JERUSALEM: Israeli troops opened fire at a group of suspects…
Executions jump in 2011, driven by Middle East, says Amnesty
By Adrian Croft / Reuters LONDON: The number of executions carried out around…