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Cyprus businesses hurt as banks close
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cypriot businesses were under increasing strain to keep running on Tuesday after financial authorities stretched the country’s bank closure into a second week in a harried attempt...
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Syrian opposition plunges into chaos
BEIRUT — Syria’s opposition plunged into disarray Sunday as its president quit and its military chief refused to recognize the newly elected prime minister of an interim government for rebel-held a...
Mar 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Pope Francis meets Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on Saturday. Francis has traveled to Castel Gandolfo to have lunch with his predecessor in a melding of the papacies that the Catholic Church has never encountered.
Benedict embraced as a brother during visit
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy — The two men in white embraced and showed one another the deference owed a pope in ways that surely turned Vatican protocol upside down: A reigning pope telling a retired on...
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US aids Honduran police despite fears of death squad’s retaliation
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The U.S. State Department, which spends millions of taxpayer dollars a year on the Honduran National Police, has assured Congress that money only goes to specially vetted an...
Mar 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press French soldiers patrol March 8 in the Mettatai region in northern Mali. France, Mali's former colonial ruler, started the campaign in January, fearing the region was becoming a terrorist haven. But the fighting has grown tougher and French forces aren't ready to pull out yet.
Al-Qaida chief’s death confirmed
PARIS — The death of a top al-Qaida-linked warlord in combat with French-led troops represents a victory in the battle against jihadists who had a stranglehold on northern Mali. But it is far from ...
Mar 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Mourners carry the body of Sheik Mohammad Said Ramadan al-Buti, an 84-year-old pro-government cleric, into the eighth century Omayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, on Saturday. Al-Buti, his grandson and scores of others were killed Thursday when a suicide bomber detonated explosives inside a mosque where al-Buti was giving a religious lesson. His assassination was a blow to President Bashar Assad, who vowed Friday to avenge his death.
Clashes near Syria, Israel fuel concerns
BEIRUT — Syrian regime forces routed rebels in fighting on the edge of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights last week, leaving at least 35 dead, activists said Saturday, as the country’s civil war re...
Mar 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Cricket star is election wildcard
LAHORE, Pakistan — As Pakistan looks ahead to a national election later this spring, the biggest wildcard is shaping up to be cricket legend Imran Khan, who rallied at least 150,000 flag-waving sup...
Mar 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press People buy goods from a vegetable market in central Nicosia, Cyprus, on Saturday. With a potential bankruptcy just days away politicians in Cyprus were racing Saturday to complete an alternative plan raising funds necessary for the country to qualify for an international bailout,
Cyprus rushes rescue plan completion
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Politicians in Cyprus were racing Saturday to complete an alternative plan raising funds necessary for the country to qualify for an international bailout, with a potential bankru...
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Russian tycoon found dead
LONDON — Boris Berezovsky, a self-exiled and outspoken Russian tycoon who had a bitter falling out with Russian President Vladimir Putin, was found dead in southeast England on Saturday. He was 67....
Mar 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Obama warns that extremism could fill leadership void in Syria
AMMAN, Jordan — President Barack Obama warned Friday that an “enclave for extremism” could fill a leadership void in war-torn Syria, a chilling scenario for an already tumultuous region, especially...
Mar 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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