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West Bank barrier plan threatens Roman-era irrigation channels Dec 22nd 2012, 22:56 BATTIR, West Bank — The old stone-walled farming terraces of this scenic Palestinian village near Jerusalem stretch along the hillsides, fed by spring water flowing through a network of irrigation channels that dates to Roman times. Read full article >> Egypt's incessant protests are scaring away tourists Dec 22nd 2012, 21:23 On the night before Egyptians returned to the polls for the final day of voting on a national referendum on a new constitution, opposition protesters clashed with Islamists in the port city of Alexandria, hurling stones and setting fire to two buses as police fired tear gas to separate the two sides, the Post's Abigail Hauslohner reported. Read full article >> In France, Gerard Depardieu at center of tax debate Dec 22nd 2012, 19:31 PARIS — Gerard Depardieu, one of France's most beloved movie actors, has played memorable roles enshrining him as a monument of French culture: Jean Valjean in "Les Miserables," Cyrano de Bergerac in Edmond Rostand's kitsch classic and Obelix in a cartoonish spoof of wily Gauls resisting the Romans. Read full article >> Egypt holds second round of voting on constitution; vice president resigns Dec 22nd 2012, 17:25 CAIRO — Millions of Egyptians turned out to vote Saturday on the second and final day of a national referendum on a new constitution that would deepen the influence of Islamic law in their country. The charter is expected to pass, and those who support it said they hoped Saturday's vote would usher in a semblance of stability, ending a month-long political crisis that has seen bitter ideological divisions between Islamists and their opponents devolve into violent street battles. Read full article >> Photo call: Send us your old images of Aleppo Dec 22nd 2012, 16:10 If you happen to have any old photos from the Syrian city of Aleppo maybe from a few years ago, or a few decades we'd love to see them. We're interested in photos that capture Aleppo as it was. The city, Syria's largest, was relatively quiet early in the early stages of the 2011 uprising that has since become a civil war, but in recent months it has been the scene of a long-running battle between rebels and government forces and is suffering badly. Read full article >> For Syrian refugees, winter makes a harsh life rougher Dec 22nd 2012, 14:54 YAYLADAGI, Turkey — Um Khalid is contemplating selling some of the bare-bones food ration given to Syrian refugees to buy winter clothes for her eight children. "I was thinking I could buy something every month for one child that way," she said, explaining her pained calculation as she served instant coffee heated on a hot plate in the tent that has sheltered the family since they fled Syria 18 months ago. Read full article >>

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