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Egypt court dissolves parliament
CAIRO — Judges appointed by Hosni Mubarak dissolved the Islamist-dominated parliament Thursday and ruled his former prime minister eligible for the presidential runoff election this weekend — setti...
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A closer look at Russian arms sales to Syria
MOSCOW — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sparked controversy this week when she accused Russia of escalating the conflict in Syria by sending it attack helicopters. Russian Foreign M...
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Venezuela making drones, rifles
CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday that Venezuela has begun to assemble Kalashnikov assault rifles with assistance from Russia and started producing surveillance drones. V...
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Associated Press United Nations observers inspect a residential area Monday with Free Syrian Army gunmen at the Talbisah area in Homs, Syria.
Syria overruns rebellious village
BEIRUT — Syrian forces overran a mountain enclave near the Mediterranean coast Wednesday, seizing the territory back from rebels as a serious escalation in violence signaled both sides are using mo...
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Bombs kill scores of pilgrims in Iraq
BAGHDAD — Car bombs ripped through Shiite and Kurdish targets in Baghdad and other cities Wednesday, killing at least 66 people, wounding more than 200 and feeding growing doubts that Iraq will eme...
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Associated Press The World Health Organization's cancer agency has determined that diesel exhaust causes cancer. It's raised the status of diesel exhaust from "probable carcinogen" to carcinogen.
WHO’s cancer agency says diesel fumes cause cancer
LONDON — Diesel fumes cause cancer, the World Health Organization’s cancer agency declared Tuesday, a ruling it said could make exhaust as important a public health threat as secondhand smoke. T...
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Associated Press Smoke rises from a residential area of Talbisah Saturday in Homs City, Syria.
US: Russia sending Syria attack helicopters
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Tuesday that Russia is sending attack helicopters to Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime and warned that the Arab country’s 15-month conflict could bec...
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Thousands protest Putin despite police crackdown
by LAURA MILLS and LYNN BERRY Associated Press MOSCOW — Undeterred by a sudden escalation in the Kremlin’s crackdown on the opposition, tens of thousands thronged Moscow’s tree-lined bo...
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Health of Egypt’s Mubarak deteriorates in prison
CAIRO — Hosni Mubarak’s health worsened Monday, with doctors twice having to use a defibrillator on the imprisoned former leader, adding to the tumult in Egypt before this weekend’s runoff election...
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Associated Press Mourners purported to be anti-Syrian raise their hands as they carry the coffins of Syrian citizens killed by Syrian troops, in Daraa, Syria.
US accuses Syria of new tactics
BEIRUT — The United States accused the Syrian government of using “new horrific tactics” Monday, as U.N. observers reported Syrian helicopters were firing on rebellious areas and concerns mounted t...
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