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Associated Press Free Syrian Army soldiers loot a police station Tuesday in Aleppo, Syria.
Syrian forces vow ‘decisive’ showdown
BEIRUT — Syrian forces threatened Sunday to mount a “decisive battle” for Aleppo even as rebels clawed toward the city’s ancient center under intense bombardment and strafing from warplanes. In the...
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Clinton encouraged by Somalia’s progress
NAIROBI, Kenya — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday she was encouraged by progress that Somali leaders have made in trying to re-establish a viable central government in t...
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Associated Press Syrians line up for bread in the city of Fnaz on Saturday in Idlib province, Syria.
Gunmen kidnap 47 Iranians just outside Damascus
BEIRUT — Gunmen snatched 47 Iranian pilgrims just outside Damascus on Saturday in a brazen attack that revealed the growing instability at the center of President Bashar Assad’s power. The abduc...
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Associated Press Afghan Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak speaks during a joint news conference with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on June 7 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Afghan parliament passed a vote of no confidence against the country's defense and interior ministers Saturday.
Afghan parliament votes to oust ministers
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Afghan parliament voted Saturday to dismiss the country’s defense and interior ministers, a move that threatens to throw the country’s security apparatus into confusion as ...
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Associated Press Bassma Kodmani, a spokeswoman for the largest opposition group, the Syrian National Council (SNC), speaks in April during a press conference in Geneva. Bassma Kodmani said Friday that she did not exclude a role for Manaf Tlass, the Syrian general who was the first defector within Assad's inner circle but whose motives have raised suspicions.
Syria pleads with Russia for aid
BEIRUT — Syria reached out to its powerful ally Russia on Friday, as senior officials pleaded with Moscow for financial loans and supplies of oil products — an indication that international sanctio...
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Keegan was renowned historian
LONDON — British academic John Keegan, whose studies of men at war are counted among the classic works of military history, has died, The Daily Telegraph said Friday. He was 78. A scholar of bat...
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Israel to end draft exemptions for ultra-Orthodox
JERUSALEM — In an step that could intensify a major rift among Israelis, the defense minister on Tuesday ordered the army to prepare for a universal draft of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men. Many in t...
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Syria’s Aleppo runs low on food amid siege
BEIRUT — Food and cooking gas were in short supply and power cuts plunged homes into darkness as soldiers and rebels battled Tuesday to tip the scales in the fight for Aleppo, Syria’s largest city ...
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Associated Press Birds fly next to high tension electrical towers Monday on the outskirts of New Delhi, India. Northern India's power grid crashed, halting hundreds of trains, forcing hospitals and airports to use backup generators and leaving 370 million people, more than the population of the United States and Canada combined, sweltering in the summer heat.
Power failure puts 370 million in dark
NEW DELHI — A power grid failure blacked out northern India for hours Monday, halting trains, forcing hospitals and airports onto backup power and providing a dark, sweltering reminder of the natio...
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‘Circle of Friends’ author Maeve Binchy dies at 72
LONDON — Irish media reports say that bestselling author Maeve Binchy has died in Dublin after a brief illness. She was 72 years old. Binchy, author of “Circle of Friends” and “Tara Road,” was c...
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