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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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Associated Press Spectators sit amongst empty seats before Egypt's group C men's soccer match against New Zealand at the London 2012 Summer Olympics on Sunday, in Manchester, England.
Troops, students, teachers to fill Olympic seats
LONDON — Troops, teachers and students are getting free tickets to fill prime seats that were empty at some Olympic venues on the first full day of competition. Organizing chief Sebastian Coe an...
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Associated Press Iranian teachers Akram Shafizadeh (left) and Saba Mirvahabi hold young children in a kindergarten in Tehran, Iran, on Saturday. In a major reversal of once far-reaching family planning policies, authorities are now slashing its birth-control programs in an attempt to avoid an aging demographic similar to many Western countries that are struggling to keep up with state medical and social security costs.
Major reversal, Iran now urges baby boom
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s new message to parents: Get busy and have babies. In a major reversal of once far-reaching family planning policies, authorities are now slashing its birth-control programs...
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Leaders determined to protect eurozone
BERLIN — The leaders of Germany and France added their weight to the battle to preserve the European single currency when they issued a joint statement Friday promising to do everything they can to...
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Hugo Chavez steps up campaign after cancer fight
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez celebrated his 58th birthday at a re-election campaign rally Saturday, appearing vigorous after declaring himself free of cancer earlier this m...
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