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@realDonaldTrump
@FoxNews
At CNN international we shed blood to bring you the news. Nothing fake about that.
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I’ve covered the Middle East for decades. I am at a loss to find words to express how utterly absurd this is as a means to address this crisis. Of all the options the US has at its disposal this is the absolute worst.
Biden is expected to announce that the US will airdrop humanitarian aid and supplies into Gaza, according to people familiar with the plans
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Multiple riots in Italian prisons following curtailment of family visits to stop spread of
#coronavirus
. 6 prisoners dead, 20 have escaped from a prison in Puglia.
#Italia
#Italy
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Nurse Pamela Zeinoun took three premature babies from their incubators in the badly damage Saint George Hospital and carried them for 90 minutes through the chaos to safety. And here they are a year later. If there is an angel on earth, it is Pamela.
#BeirutBlast
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I’ve been in
#Syria
for the last 28 days covering the offensive and I can assure
@realdonaldtrump
that is NOT the case.
@realDonaldTrump
just told U.S. troops that 100 percent of Islamic State's territory in Syria has been recaptured -- just hours after the U.S.-backed forces on the ground said victory was a week away.
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@willripleyCNN
I hope for the sake of all of us it's the opening of an ultra-modern chicken farm.
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Hard to find words for this.
Shocking news,our colleague Al
#Jazeera
’s long-time senior correspondent in
#Palestinian
territories Shireen Abu Aqleh was shot with a bullet in the head during an Israeli operation in Jenin refugee camp . RIP
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Spokesman for the Syrian Democratic Forces wondering what on earth the US is up to. As are many others.
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Next time I cover a sham election in the Middle East I will not waste my time asking US diplomats for comment. Especially those who are silent now.
Audio: Trump berates Ga. secretary of state, urges him to "find" votes
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For covering the news...
At least 6 journalists get felony charges after covering US inauguration unrest; possible 10yrs prison & $25k fine.
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Latest
#coronavirus
numbers from
#Italy
. 1694 total cases recorded, 34 deaths. That's a rise of 566 new cases from Saturday, 5 new deaths. 83 have recovered.
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An exhausted, shell-shocked woman who fled Mosul just hours before handed CNN's Kareem Khadder her injured daughter to carry. South of Mosul
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Almost one year ago. A taste of things to come, it was.
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This is appalling.
Leon Lederman, an experimental physicist who studied subatomic particles, has died at 96 after selling his Nobel Prize for $765,000 at an auction to help pay medical bills.
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When you know the story and speak the language, this is what thoughtful, insightful journalism looks like. No cliches, no stereotypes. Bravo
@ThomasErdbrink
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Journalistic style advice: stop using the tediously overused phrase "on the ground." It means absolutely nothing unless you're horizontal in the dirt. You're not "on the ground in Syria," you're "in Syria."
The same applies to you abusers of "iconic." Stop it.
Thank you.
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#Gaza
: 21-year old Ahmed has cerebral palsy, now suffers from 3rd degree burns on %11 his body after Israeli strike.
http://t.co/IglOug4v3k
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Photo: The anti-Morsi demonstrations are THE biggest I've ever seen in
#Egypt
.
#30June
http://t.co/BTA0N18RVq
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Hong Kong airport crammed with protesters as never before. Critical mass approaching.
#HongKongProtests
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The checkpoint at Qara Qosh, northern Iraq wishes you a Merry Christmas. Do not despair. There is hope, in sha Allah.
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So despite predictions to the contrary Senator Bernie Sanders did indeed meet with Pope Francis early Saturday morning.
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Took an Israeli police rubber bullet to the head. Just a scratch. After a few minutes to clean up, back to work. Stay calm and carry on.
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All empires, no matter how great and powerful, fall.
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`My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings: Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!'
#Iraq
http://t.co/pMOXtaDkBC
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There is a rich, deep vein of tweets their author seems to have totally forgotten.
@walaa_3ssaf
No, dopey, I would not go into Syria, but if I did it would be by surprise and not blurted all over the media like fools.
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The remains of an ambulance hit during the shelling of Shaja'ia,
#Gaza
http://t.co/kbpa4vWTKk
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Italian prime minister declares there are no more red zones in Italy. Now all of
#Italy
is a red zone. All measures announced Sunday morning for Lombardy and 14 provinces to be extended to entire county starting tomorrow morning.
#coronavirus
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The Lebanese lira is now a tenth its value against the USD compared to 2019. The country hasn’t had a proper government since August 2020, while the politicians bicker over seat on the Titanic. Today, yet again, scattered road closures and protests. A storm approaches.
#Lebanon
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With the SDF under assault, ISIS prisoners escaping and crypto-jihadis coming in under Turkish cover, what was the point of the US-led war against ISIS in the first place?
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It appears the
#Evergiven
has been refloated. The joy of the workers at the Suez Canal is infective. They’ve been working around the clock to make this happen. Credit where credit is due.
#Egypt
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Funeral for 4 boys, cousins ages ranging from 9 to 11, killed in Israeli strike on
#Gaza
beach Wednesday afternoon.
http://t.co/sN32Z9wIMZ
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#Italy
's Thursday
#coronavirus
numbers are jarring. 15113 recorded cases, 1016 dead. The increase in the number of new cases is breathtaking--2651. By far the biggest daily increase. Number of new deaths--189--down from Wednesday's increase of 196. 1258 healed.
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CATASTROPHE IN SHAJA'ia. Thousands of terrified residents streaming on foot into Gaza City. Shelling on going.
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ISIS and carbombs be damned. In Baghdad's Mutanabi Street, books and unwavering faith that
#Iraq
will overcome.
#Iraq
http://t.co/CvYOyGLBSX
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Daybreak in
#Gaza
. All I can hear at this moment is generators and chickens. Please stay that way.
http://t.co/zKFIcCVC6F
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9:25 pm: Flares over Shaja'ia.
#Gaza
prepares for another very bad night.
http://t.co/Qjd40DTa6d
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Mob on Jaffa Road, Jerusalem chanting "death to the Arabs." Man tells me, "after sundown we will attack them."
http://t.co/ehx7E3BCyS
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Rome’s Piazza del Popolo. Deserted, on a sunny spring afternoon. I never in my wildest dreams thought I would see something like this.
#coronavirus
#Italia
#Italy
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Good news. It’s the final quarter of 2020 and Vesuvius is still sleeping.
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Update: death toll now at 200 from
#ISIS
Baghdad bloodbath. If you think people are used to this, you're wrong.
#PrayforBaghdad
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How on earth do you get that sort of arsenal until a hotel??
There were at least 8 guns and a number of long rifles in the alleged shooter’s room, per Las Vegas Police Undersheriff Kevin McMahill
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This is Shaja'ia from a distance. 40 plus dead, 400 plus wounded. Hell on earth.
#Gaza
http://t.co/s4wolXSHYD
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When a military offensive is called “Operation Olive Branch,” Orwell shudders in his grave.
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Hosni Mubarak warned invasion of
#Iraq
would open the gates of hell. He was right. The gates are wide open.
http://t.co/tMcRs6XiM3
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#Lebanon
may legalize medicinal
#marijuana
cultivation.
Farmer to
#CNN
: "This is not a drug. Cocaine, heroin, those are drugs. This is the herb of happiness. My friend says when he smokes a joint his wife becomes a princess. The world shines. Life is beautiful."
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This is not about security. It is about cowardice.
The closest video of the
#Israeli
police suppressing the funeral procession of Shireen Abu Aqleh as the coffin was leaving the French hospital towards the cemetery
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Absurd amount of tear gas into Riyadh Al-Solh. Beirut, Lebanon now
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