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Lebanon's Salafists rally against Syria's Assad

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Protests in Syria stoke tensions in neighbouring Lebanon, where Salafists in particular are openly calling for the fall of president Bashar al-Assad. Also, Turkey launches new raids on Kurdish militants, the latest episode in the decades-old conflict between Ankara and the PKK. Finally, a team of reporters follows Iraqi policemen on patrol in Baghdad.

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