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Associated Press A man walks by a building destroyed in an airstrike in Aleppo, Syria, on Friday. Rebel footholds in Aleppo have been the target of weeks of Syrian shelling and air attacks as part of wider offensives by President Bashar Assad's regime.
Syria fighting scars Aleppo
ALEPPO, Syria — Entire neighborhoods of Syria’s largest city bear battle scars: buildings toppled by government shells, charred tanks blown up by rebels and trash-strewn no-man’s lands where neithe...
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Out of gas? Ask passengers to pitch in
PARIS — An emergency layover in Syria’s capital was bad enough. Then passengers on Air France Flight 562 were asked to open their wallets to check if they had enough cash to pay for more fuel. T...
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Associated Press Family members of U.S. Army Spc. Ethan J. Martin received his remains at Silver Wings Flight Services in Sandpoint, Idaho, on Friday. Martin was killed by enemy fire in Afghanistan on Aug. 7.
US asks: Infiltration or bad blood behind frequent Afghan attacks?
KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S. military trainers handed the new recruit, Mohammad Ismail, his AK-47 to defend his remote Afghan village. He turned around and immediately used it, spraying the Americ...
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Associated Press An Afghan Muslim devotee reads from the Quran Tuesday in the city of Jalalabad east of Kabul, Afghanistan. The last ten days of Ramadan, known as Itikaf, are very important according to many Muslims due to the belief that Prophet Muhammad used to exert himself even more in worship, hoping to draw himself closer to God.
Suicide bombers spread terror and death across Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — Suicide bombers launched multiple attacks in a remote corner of southwestern Afghanistan near the Iranian border Tuesday, killing dozens of people including shoppers buying swe...
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In this Aug 13 picture released by Mehr News Agency on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012 a female victim of Saturday's earthquake sits among belongings in a village near the city of Varzaqan, northwestern, Iran. In a change of heart, Iran said Tuesday it now welcomes foreign aid for victims of the deadly twin earthquakes that hit the country's northwest over the weekend. The remarks indicated authorities were struggling to cope with the quakes' aftermath. Critics charged they failed to react quickly enough to help the region along the borders with Azerbaijan and Armenia, where the 6.4 and 6.3 magnitude quakes Saturday killed 306 people and injured more than 3,000. (AP Photo/Mehr News Agency,Hamed Nazari)
Iran: Foreign help for quake area victims now welcome
TEHRAN, Iran — In a change of heart, Iran said Tuesday it now welcomes foreign aid for victims of the deadly twin earthquakes that hit the country’s northwest over the weekend. The remarks indic...
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Rebels seek leverage with abductions
BEIRUT — With gunmen standing in the background, a Syrian rebel video purported Tuesday to show their latest captive: a lone Lebanese Shiite suspected of links to pro-regime Hezbollah whose abducti...
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Israel debates need for attack of Iran
JERUSALEM — To attack or not to attack? With Israeli politicians warning repeatedly that Iran is secretly pursuing nuclear weapons, this question has spawned an unprecedented amount of agonizing ev...
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Associated Press Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton holds hands with other officials, including African Union Chair-Designate Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, during a dance at a gala dinner Tuesday at Sefako M. Makgatho Presidential Guest House in Pretoria, South Africa.
Clinton’s Africa trip: Bees, snow — and dancing
COTONOU, Benin — On an epic journey through Africa, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton braved an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in Uganda, escaped a swarm of angry bees in Malawi an...
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Blasts, gunfire hit Damascus in blow to Assad
DAMASCUS, Syria — Gunmen detonated back-to-back roadside bombs and clashed with police in central Damascus Saturday in attacks that caused no damage but highlighted the ability of rebels to breach ...
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Fate of China’s Bo Xilai still uncertain after trial
BEIJING — The official Chinese account of the murder trial of the wife of a disgraced top politician made clear that she will be convicted, but never mentioned her once-powerful husband, suggesting...
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