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Associated Press Syrians who fled their homes due to fighting between Syrian army and rebels shout slogans as they march toward the Turkish border during a protest asking the Turkish government to let them enter near the Syrian town of Azaz on Tuesday.
Syrian opposition’s goal stays elusive
AZAZ, Syria — In the foreign halls of power, the strategy is clear: Syria’s opposition should unite to present an alternative to Bashar Assad’s rule — a step France’s president says would lead to ...
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Egypt leader said to reach out to radicals in Sinai
CAIRO — Egypt’s Islamist president is using former jihadists to mediate with radical Islamists in Sinai, trying to ensure a halt in militant attacks in return for a stop in a military offensive in ...
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Associated Press Cindy (center right) and Craig Corrie (center), the parents of Rachel Corrie, a pro-Palestinian activist who was killed by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza in 2003, sit together with their daughter Sarah in the courtroom just before the district court's ruling in Haifa, Israel, on Tuesday.
Israeli court rejects activist’s family lawsuit
HAIFA, Israel — An Israeli court on Tuesday cleared the military of wrongdoing in the death of a young American activist who was crushed by an Israeli bulldozer during a protest in the Gaza Strip n...
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Defectors officers live in secret camp in Jordan
MAFRAQ, Jordan — In an isolated stretch of Jordanian desert, a heavily guarded, secret compound houses 1,200 senior police and army officers who defected from nearby Syria. The men live in trail...
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Associated Press People walk outside Pizza Pizza restaurant Thursday in Baghdad.
Fast food finds fans in Baghdad
BAGHDAD — Baghdad’s embattled residents can finally get their milkshakes, chili-cheese dogs and buckets of crispy fried chicken. Original recipe or extra spicy, of course. A wave of new American...
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Associated Press Cindy (left) and Craig Corrie (right), the parents of Rachel Corrie, a pro-Palestinian activist who was killed by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza in 2003, sit together with their daughter Sarah during an interview with the Associated Press in Jerusalem on Sunday.
Family of slain US activist awaits verdict
JERUSALEM — Almost a decade after their daughter was crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer as she tried to block its path in a Gaza Strip conflict zone, Rachel Corrie’s parents are preparin...
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Associated Press Syrian rebel fighter Abu Hammam, a former member of the Syrian security forces, poses after returning from fighting against Syrian army forces in Aleppo, at a rebel headquarters in Marea on the outskirts of Aleppo city, Syria, on Sunday. Previously the rebels were ordinary people. They now fight in a civil war against oppression.
Rebels left lives as butchers, barbers
MAREA, Syria — In their previous lives, they were butchers, barbers, construction workers and university students. Now they are rebels fighting a civil war they hope will end Syrian President Ba...
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Afghans: Sources confirm militant leader is dead
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s intelligence agency said Sunday its operatives have confirmed that the son of the founder of the powerful Haqqani militant network was killed in an airstrike in P...
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Associated Press Flames rise from the Amuay refinery after an explosion Sunday near Punto Fijo, Venezuela. Venezuelans who live next to the country's biggest oil refinery said they smelled a strong odor of sulfur hours before a gas leak ignited in an explosion on Saturday that killed at least 39 people and injured more than 80.
Survivors smelled gas odor before Venezuela blast
PUNTO FIJO, Venezuela — After nightfall on Friday, as red lights began glowing atop the massive Amuay refinery in western Venezuela, the odor of sulfur made its way through the surrounding neighbor...
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Libya’s interior minister resigns after attacks
TRIPOLI, Libya — Libya’s interim interior minister resigned on Sunday after members of the newly-elected parliament accused his forces of neglect when attackers bulldozed a Sufi shrine and mosque w...
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