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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (L) shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R)
Press sceptical on Lavrov's Syria visit
Many papers in the Middle East and Turkey are sceptical about the usefulness of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Foreign Intelligence Service head Mikhail Fradkov's trip to Damascus on Tuesday.
Homs suffers 'heaviest' shelling

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner Argentine media on Falklands row
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's decision to make a formal complaint to the UN about British "militarisation" around the disputed Falkland Islands has generated a lively debate in the country's press.
Demonstrators in Syria UN veto prompts press disapproval
The Russian and Chinese veto of the UN draft resolution on Syria is condemned in the Arab, Turkish, Israeli and even Russian press.
Port Said stadium one day after supporters clashed Egyptian press shocked at football violence
Egypt's newspapers reflect the nation's state of shock at the football violence which claimed the lives of at least 74 people and left over 150 injured in the coastal city of Port Said on Wednesday.


Peyman Moaad kisses Golden Globe Iran web abuzz at film's Oscar nomination
When the Iranian film, A Separation, was nominated for two Oscars at the 2012 Academy Awards, Iranian social media users were quick to leap on the "feel-good factor".


Vladimir Putin Profiles of Russia's 2012 presidential election candidates
Demonstrators in Tahrir Square, Cairo Media ambivalent on Egypt uprising anniversary
Man in Istanbul reading Turkish newspaper Hurriyet, showing the headline "He's slain democracy" France-Turkey row reflected in media

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