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  Beckham's role after retirement to remain global

  After David Beckham's long and distinguished football career ends on a remote plastic field in northwestern France, his life promises to be far more ... 

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  UN General Assembly approves Syria resolution

  The U.N. General Assembly approved an Arab-backed resolution Wednesday calling for a political transition in Syria, but more than 70 countries refused ... 

• Blatter: Not rational to play WCup in Qatar summer

  Playing the 2022 World Cup in the searing summer heat of Qatar is "not rational and reasonable," FIFA President Sepp Blatter said in a newspaper ... 

• Qatar's Kemboi wins Prague marathon

  Nicholas Kemboi of Qatar won the Prague International Marathon on Sunday while Caroline Rotich of Kenya claimed the women's race. Kemboi pulled away ... 

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  Islamic cleric in Gaza rejects Israel's existence

  A prominent Islamic scholar making a landmark visit to the Gaza Strip declared Thursday that Israel has no right to exist and voiced his support for ... 

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  Israel releases top Muslim cleric in the Holy Land

  Israeli police detained the top Muslim cleric in the Holy Land Wednesday in a rare crackdown on a leading religious figure, questioning him for ... 

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  Car bomber kills 7 in Somali capital

  Seven people were killed Sunday morning when a suicide bomber attempted to ram a car laden with explosives into a military convoy escorting a ... 

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  Israeli raids in Syria highlight Arab conundrum

  Five weeks ago, the head of the Arab League capped a summit in Qatar with an impassioned appeal to strengthen the rebel fighters trying to bring down ... 

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  Israel: Conflict over recognition, not territory

  Israel's prime minister gave a cool reception Wednesday to a new Arab Mideast peace initiative, saying the conflict with the Palestinians isn't about ... 

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  Arab League sweetens Israel-Palestinian peace plan

  The Arab League's decision to sweeten its decade-old proposal offering comprehensive peace with Israel has placed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ... 

• Prominent Muslim cleric to visit Gaza

  The head of Gaza's Islamic affairs ministry says the prominent Muslim scholar Yusuf al-Qaradawi will visit the Hamas-ruled territory in May. It's the ... 

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  Draining cash, Egypt on $30 billion search for aid

  During a meeting in a Black Sea resort city, Egypt's president and members of his government turned to Russian President Vladimir Putin and asked for ... 

• Official: Greeks pull nudes from Qatar art exhibit

  Greece has pulled two ancient statues of nude males from an Olympic exhibition in Doha after Qatari authorities insisted on veiling them. A Culture ... 

• Vanuatu up against Russia, Qatar for boxing worlds

  The tiny South Pacific island of Vanuatu is competing with Russia and Qatar to host the 2015 world boxing championships. The sport's amateur governing ... 

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  Qatar faces backlash among rebel groups in Syria

  In a war-battered suburb of Damascus, a commander for one of the smaller nationalist brigades fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad ... 

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  FIFA Twitter accounts hacked by Assad sympathizers

  Two of FIFA's Twitter accounts were hacked Monday in the latest wave of cyberattacks claimed by Syrian government sympathizers. A series of corruption ... 

• Germany company to supply tanks, guns to Qatar

  A German company says it has signed a deal with Qatar to supply the Gulf emirate with 62 new tanks and 24 self-propelled howitzers. 

• Volleyball world club events switch from Qatar

  Volleyball's Club World Championship events are leaving Qatar after four years, and will be hosted in Brazil and Switzerland until 2015. 

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  Qataris reportedly eye takeover of French retailer

  Investors from energy-rich Qatar are again trolling for assets in France — this time eyeing a purchase of luxury retailer Printemps. Labor leader ... 

• Qatar pledges $500m for war-ravaged Darfur

  Qatar is pledging $500 million to help rebuild Sudan's war-battered region of Darfur as part of an international conference seeking ways to boost ... 

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  Decade-old Mideast peace plan re-emerges

  A dormant, decade-old Mideast peace plan has suddenly emerged as a possible key to breaking years of deadlock between Israel and the Palestinians. 

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  Column: Football, fate take Beckham full circle

  Football, fate and his own refusal to take age lying down are carrying David Beckham back to the scene of his greatest triumph as a footballer. 

• Report: Karzai _ Taliban chief could seek election

  Afghan President Hamid Karzai has told a German newspaper that Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar could run for president in elections next year. 

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  Hamas re-elects Mashaal as its leader

  The Islamic militant group Hamas on Monday re-elected longtime leader Khaled Mashaal, officials said, choosing a relative pragmatist who has sparred ... 

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  Afghan leader in Qatar to discuss peace talks

  Afghan President Hamid Karzai met with the emir of Qatar in Doha Sunday to discuss the possible opening of a Taliban office in the Gulf state.