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Saudi vegetable seller dies from self-immolation

Sun, 19 May 2013 07:53:04 -0400

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - A Saudi newspaper says a vegetable seller who set himself on fire in Riyadh after police confiscated his goods for standing in an unauthorized area has died.

Hagel: Israel did not tell him of intel on Syria

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:07:10 -0400

CAIRO - U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel indicated on Wednesday that he was caught by surprise when Israeli officials publicly revealed their assessment that Syria has used chemical weapons in its civil war.

Israeli focus on Syria gives Hagel respite on Iran

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:03:55 -0400

JERUSALEM - On Chuck Hagel's inaugural visit to Israel as U.S. defense secretary, Syria surpassed Iran as the security threat of greatest urgency to the U.S.' closest Mideast ally. That quite unexpectedly gave the new Pentagon chief a temporary respite from the delicate duty of tempering Israeli warnings about attacking Iran to stop it from building a nuclear bomb.