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Syrian opposition: 21 die in Monday violence
The opposition Local Coordination Committees of Syria report 21 deaths Monday from violence across the country in and around the cities of Damascus, Raqqa, Homs and Aleppo. The dead include a woman...
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Homemade bombs kill 2, injure 1 in Bahrain
Bahrain police say five homemade bombs exploded Monday in the capital, Manama, killing two people and seriously injuring a third. The head of the Capital Governorate Police is warning residents to "not...
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Rebels set their sights on Syria's capital
Emboldened rebels fighting to hasten the fall of Syria's regime set their sights on the capital, Damascus, as diplomats went into high gear amid concerns over chemical weapons. "Our country will be...
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Iraq's president rushed to hospital
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has suffered a stroke and was rushed to a hospital in Baghdad on Monday night, Iraqi officials said. Talabani was in intensive care after the stroke, said Kurdish...
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U.N. envoy: Transitional government plan could end Syrian war in a 'few months'
In his latest diplomatic push to end the Syrian civil war, U.N. peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said the conflict could be over in a "few months" - provided that warring parties agree to a plan with a...
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Report: Protesters storm political offices after opposition leader...
[Updated at 7:07 a.m. ET] Protesters stormed several offices of Tunisia's ruling political party Wednesday after a prominent opposition leader was assassinated outside his home in Tunis, Tunisian...
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Car bomb targets Syrian ruling party's HQ
[Updated at 6:22 a.m. ET] A car bomb near the Syrian ruling party's headquarters killed 31 people on Thursday, the opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. [Posted at 5:56 a.m. ET] A...
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19 killed in hot air balloon crash in Egypt
[Updated at 2:05 p.m. ET] The death toll has climbed to 19, officials say. [Updated at 6:57 a.m. ET] The death toll in Tuesday's hot air balloon explosion in Egypt – the world's deadliest hot air...
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Death toll from SARS-like virus rises to 9
There has been another confirmed case of a mysterious new SARS-like virus. The Saudi health ministry informed the World Health Organization that a 39-year-old man was hospitalized with the novel...
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Source: U.S.-trained rebels return to Syria
The first Syrian rebels trained by U.S. military and intelligence officers in Jordan returned to Syria on Thursday, a senior rebel spokesman told CNN. About 300 rebel fighters received specialized...
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