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Associated Press Syrian President Bashar Assad (left) meets with Fahd Jassem al-Freij, Syria's new defense minister, July 19 in Damascus, Syria.
Assad has many generals to fight rebels in Syria
BEIRUT — The Syrian regime appears to have absorbed the shock it suffered in the heaviest blow against it yet in Syria’s 17-month-old upheaval — a bombing that killed four top aides. The blast r...
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NBC rating for ceremony sets new record
NEW YORK — The Olympics opening ceremony was seen in the U.S. by 40.7 million people, making it the most-watched opening ceremony for a summer or winter Olympics. The Nielsen company said Saturd...
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Associated Press The Olympic cauldron burns following the opening ceremonies to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London on Saturday.
Invisible flame is burning issue of London games
LONDON — The Olympic flame is nowhere to be seen. The enduring image of the Summer and Winter Games, lit Friday night at the climax of the opening ceremony, is out of sight from the throngs of f...
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Associated Press Queen Elizabeth II watches the morning session of swimming competitions at the Aquatics Centre in London during the 2012 Summer Olympics on Saturday.
Queen tours Olympic Park after debut as Bond Girl
LONDON — Fresh from her star turn as the latest Bond Girl, Queen Elizabeth II returned to Olympic Park for an encore Saturday, while the usually biting British press gave a resounding review: We ar...
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Egypt’s president faces backlash from allies
CAIRO — An alliance of pro-democracy advocates on Saturday criticized Egypt’s new Islamist president for unilaterally choosing a prime minister with no track record, while leading without transpare...
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Officials: Ebola breaks out in Uganda
KAMPALA, Uganda — The deadly Ebola virus has killed 14 people in western Uganda this month, Ugandan health officials said on Saturday, ending weeks of speculation about the cause of a strange disea...
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Associated Press Fencer Mariel Zagunis leads Team USA into the stadium during the Opening Ceremony for the 2012 Olympic Summer Games on Friday in London.
Royalty and rock: Britain opens its Olympics
LONDON — The queen and James Bond gave the London Olympics a royal entrance like no other Friday in an opening ceremony that rolled to the rock of the Beatles, the Stones and The Who. And the cr...
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Associated Press British Prime Minister David Cameron (second from left) and Sebastian Coe, London Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games chairman, walk past the Aquatics Center during a visit to the Olympic Park on Thursday in London. Cameron has had to apologize profusely for a mistake that resulted in South Korea's flag being displayed rather than North Korea's on a giant screen ahead of Pyongyang's inaugural women's soccer match Wednesday night.
On world stage, culture clashes inevitable
LONDON — In a way it was inevitable, given the size and scope of the event that is taking place in this most multicultural of capitals. But the Olympic-sized political gaffes and cultural goofs ...
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Associated Press Syrians hold an anti-government protest Friday in Aleppo, Syria. International concern over a potential massacre rose Friday as Syrian troops moved in against the rebels.
Fears grow over fate of Syrian city of Aleppo
BEIRUT — International concern was mounting Friday over a potential massacre as Syrian troops bombarded the besieged city of Aleppo with artillery, strafed it with aircraft and reportedly pulled in...
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Roman holiday: UK boy flies without passport
LONDON — The 11-year-old boy didn’t have a passport, didn’t have a ticket, didn’t have a boarding pass, and got all the way from England to Italy on his own. For him, the 1,000-mile journey was ...
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