February 22, 2012
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Dozens killed in Syria; Red Cross urges cease-fire BEIRUT — Food and water are running dangerously low in the besieged Syrian city of Homs, with frantic cries for help from residents amid govern...
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Greece bailout wards off meltdown in Europe
BRUSSELS — The rescue has saved Europe, for now, but it’s unlikely to save Greece. The €130 billion ($172 billion) rescue — agreed to Tuesday after an all-night summit of European ministers — pr...
Feb 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Syrian forces gather outside rebel stronghold
BEIRUT — Syrian tanks and troops massed Monday outside the resistance stronghold of Homs for a possible ground assault that one activist warned could unleash a new round of fierce and bloody urban ...
Feb 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Prosecutor, judge killed in ambush
BEIRUT — Gunmen in Syria staged a guerrilla-style ambush that killed a senior state prosecutor and a judge Sunday in an attack that suggested armed factions are growing bolder and more coordinated ...
Feb 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Senegal protests grow before presidential poll
DAKAR, Senegal — Protesters demanding the departure of Senegal’s aging president on Sunday seized control of a three-block stretch in the heart of the capital, erecting barricades and lobbing rocks...
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Associated Press An Iranian oil worker repairs a pipe at an oil refinery in Tehran in 2010. Iran halted oil shipments to Britain and France, the Oil Ministry said Sunday, in an apparent pre-emptive blow against the European Union after the bloc imposed sanctions on Iran s crucial fuel exports.
Iran cuts oil to Britain, France
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has halted oil shipments to Britain and France, the Oil Ministry said Sunday, in an apparent pre-emptive blow against the European Union after the bloc imposed sanctions on Iran...
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Diplomats say Iran poised for big nuke jump
VIENNA — Iran is poised to greatly expand uranium enrichment at a fortified underground bunker to a point that would boost how quickly it could make nuclear warheads, diplomats tell The Associated ...
Feb 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Revelers sing and dance as they march along with the Cordao da Bola Preta carnival parade Saturday in downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Thousands of people gathered Saturday to participate in one of Rio s most popular and traditional parade groups.
Brazil blog aids Carnival loves
RIO DE JANEIRO — It’s the typical tale of doomed Carnival romance: Boy spots girl in the sweaty crush of a street party. Moments later, they’re locked in a passionate embrace. Then the crowd surges...
Feb 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Archbishop of New York Timothy Michael Dolan (left) is congratulated by other cardinals after his elevation during a consistory inside the St. Peter s Basilica on Saturday at the Vatican.
Pope sets Oct. 21 to make US saints
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI has set Oct. 21 as the date to make two U.S. saints: Kateri Tekakwitha, a Mohawk Indian who spent most of her life in what is now upstate New York, and Mother Maria...
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Pope names 22 new cardinals
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday brought 22 Catholic churchmen into the elite club of cardinals who will elect his successor, cementing the Italian majority in a future conclave but als...
Feb 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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