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Blasts, gunfire hit Damascus in blow to Assad
DAMASCUS, Syria — Gunmen detonated back-to-back roadside bombs and clashed with police in central Damascus Saturday in attacks that caused no damage but highlighted the ability of rebels to breach ...
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Fate of China’s Bo Xilai still uncertain after trial
BEIJING — The official Chinese account of the murder trial of the wife of a disgraced top politician made clear that she will be convicted, but never mentioned her once-powerful husband, suggesting...
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Associated Press Flavia Soares da Costa has her braces adjusted July 31 at the Simetria Orthodontic Clinic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
New middle class driving Brazil makeover
RIO DE JANEIRO — The orthodontist bent intently over Flavia Soares da Costa’s open mouth, tightening the glimmering silver brackets that are remaking her smile. Not long ago, it would have been ...
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Associated Press Keryne Este practices pole dancing at an outdoor gym as her friends watch during one of their weekend outings to a public park July 1 in Caracas, Venezuela. Pole dancing may have started out in strip clubs, but since the 1990s, it's become an all-ages exercise and sport phenomenon the world over.
Pole dancers turn heads outdoors
CARACAS, Venezuela — Children pedaled around on tricycles at a playground in Caracas, while joggers ran past on a winding pathway, then slowed down and paused to gape at the unfolding scene on a re...
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Afghan police officer kills 3 US Marines
KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan police officer shot and killed three U.S. Marines after sharing a meal with them before dawn Friday and then fled into the desolate darkness of southern Afghanistan, ...
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Italian special effects master Rambaldi dies
MILAN — Carlo Rambaldi, a special effects master and three-time Oscar winner known as the father of “E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial,” died Friday in southern Italy after a long illness, Italian news m...
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Associated Press Syrians react after the funeral of 29 year-old Free Syrian Army fighter, Husain Al-Ali, Thursday in the cemetery in the town of Marea on the outskirts of Aleppo city, Syria. Al-Ali was killed during clashes in Aleppo
Iran tries to calm Syria crisis as violence rages
BEIRUT — As Syrian forces struggled to drive rebels from the country’s largest city, the regime’s key ally Iran tried Thursday to start an alternative political process to address the crisis. Ir...
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Associated Press Syrians on motorcycles look at a destroyed house after it was hit by an air strike killing six Syrians Wednesday in the town of Tal Rifat on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria.
Syria attacks in Aleppo
TEL RIFAT, Syria — Syria launched a ground assault Wednesday on rebel-held areas of the besieged city of Aleppo, the center of battles between government forces and opposition fighters for more tha...
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Aide: PM’s break months in planning
BEIRUT — Syria’s prime minister began planning his break from the regime two months ago when Bashar Assad offered him the post and an ultimatum: Take the job or die. The full scope of Riad Hijab...
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Associated Press Smoke rises from the badly damaged Unit 3 reactor next to the Unit 4 reactor covered by an outer wall at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex March 15, 2011, in Okuma, northeastern Japan. The emergency command center at Japan's stricken nuclear plant shook violently when hydrogen exploded at Unit 3 and the plant chief reacted by shouting, "This is serious, this is serious," reveal videos of the crisis as it happened last year.
Plant chief: ‘This is serious’
TOKYO — The command center at Japan’s stricken nuclear plant shook violently when hydrogen exploded at one reactor, and the plant chief shouted, “This is serious! This is serious!” videos taken dur...
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