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    Warplane attacks on Damascus suburbs kill 60: activists

    AMMAN/ALEPPO (Reuters) - Syrian fighter planes made rare sorties on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, killing at least 60 people in its eastern suburbs, the same day a Syrian military helicopter crashed while under rebel fire, activists said. They said aerial attacks … More »Warplane attacks on Damascus suburbs kill 60: activists

    Afghan men shout anti-U.S slogans during a protest in Kabul

    U.S. troops punished over Koran burning, urination video

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Monday it was disciplining U.S. troops over two incidents that provoked outrage in Afghanistan early this year, one involving a video depicting Marines … More »U.S. troops punished over Koran burning, urination video

    Exclusive: Egypt's president rules out currency devaluation

    CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's new president said on Monday he would not … More »Exclusive: Egypt's president rules out currency devaluation

    • A column of smoke rises as fuel storage tanks are seen on fire at Amuay oil refinery in Punto Fijo in the Peninsula of Paraguana
      Exclusive: Venezuela refinery could restart Friday Reuters - 13 mins ago

      PARAGUANA, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuela's biggest refinery could restart operations on Friday and fires still burning in three storage tanks will be extinguished within … More »Exclusive: Venezuela refinery could restart Friday

      A column of smoke rises as fuel storage tanks are seen on fire at Amuay oil refinery in Punto Fijo in the Peninsula of Paraguana

      PARAGUANA, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuela's biggest refinery could restart operations on Friday and fires still burning in three storage tanks will be extinguished within two days, the country's energy minister told Reuters, following the country's worst oil industry accident. An explosion on Saturday at the Amuay refinery …

    • Israeli court to rule on U.S. activist Corrie death Reuters - 30 mins ago

      HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) - The family of Rachel Corrie, the 23-year-old pro-Palestinian activist whose killing by an Israeli army bulldozer in Gaza in 2003 drew international … More »Israeli court to rule on U.S. activist Corrie death

      HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) - The family of Rachel Corrie, the 23-year-old pro-Palestinian activist whose killing by an Israeli army bulldozer in Gaza in 2003 drew international attention, will hear a court rule on Tuesday on their long-running civil lawsuit against Israel. Corrie's family filed the lawsuit in the northern …

    • A woman walks past the head office of Angolan state oil company Sonangol in the capital Luanda
      Rich-poor divide scars Angola as it heads for polls Reuters - 31 mins ago

      HUAMBO, Angola (Reuters) - A four-lane avenue separates the shelled ruins of the art deco Ruacana Cinema from Huambo's shiny new Chinese-built railway station, a symbol … More »Rich-poor divide scars Angola as it heads for polls

      A woman walks past the head office of Angolan state oil company Sonangol in the capital Luanda

      HUAMBO, Angola (Reuters) - A four-lane avenue separates the shelled ruins of the art deco Ruacana Cinema from Huambo's shiny new Chinese-built railway station, a symbol of the leaps Angola has made to recover from a devastating 27-year civil war that ended a decade ago. As Angolans prepare to go to the polls on Friday for …

    • Israel shells Gaza compounds after rocket attacks Reuters - 35 mins ago

      GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli forces shelled two compounds run by the Hamas government's security services in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, wounding two Palestinians, Hamas said. … More »Israel shells Gaza compounds after rocket attacks

      GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli forces shelled two compounds run by the Hamas government's security services in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, wounding two Palestinians, Hamas said. Israel described the targets as weapons manufacturing and storage sites and said they were hit in retaliation for recent short-range rocket salvoes launches …

    • Gambia executes nine prisoners by firing squad: government Reuters - 12 mins ago

      BANJUL (Reuters) - Gambia said on Monday it had executed nine prisoners, prompting critics to call for sanctions on the president whose plans to clear the country's death … More »Gambia executes nine prisoners by firing squad: government

      BANJUL (Reuters) - Gambia said on Monday it had executed nine prisoners, prompting critics to call for sanctions on the president whose plans to clear the country's death row by mid-September had already drawn a flurry of international condemnation. Six civilians and three members of the military were executed by firing …

    • Thousands of Kuwaitis protest electoral law move Reuters - 2 hrs 24 mins ago

      KUWAIT (Reuters) - Thousands of Kuwaitis took part in a rally late on Monday to protest any changes to the electoral law which they said could harm the prospects of opposition lawmakers in upcoming elections. While the major oil exporter has not experienced the kind of mass popular uprisings that have swept the Arab region …

    • Exclusive: Colombia's ELN rebels offer peace talks, refuse ceasefire first Reuters - 38 mins ago
      Still image shows Colombian guerrilla group ELN commander Gabino speaking in response to questions from Reuters at a hidden jungle camp

      BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's second-biggest guerrilla group says it is willing to hold unconditional peace talks to end five decades of war, but refuses to end its kidnapping, bomb attacks and extortion of foreign oil and mining companies before negotiations start. Nicolas Rodriguez, leader of the National Liberation Army, …

    • 10,000 Syrian refugees stuck at Turkish border AP - 11 mins ago
      Syrian children, who fled their home with their family due to fighting between the Syrian army and the rebels, lie on the ground, while they and others take refuge at the Bab Al-Salameh border crossing, in hopes of entering one of the refugee camps in Turkey, near the Syrian town of Azaz, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012. Thousands of Syrians who have been displaced by the country's civil are struggling to find safe shelter while shelling and airstrikes by government forces continue. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

      Some 10,000 Syrian refugees are waiting on the Syrian side of the border as Turkey rushes to build more camps to accommodate the influx and carries out more stringent security checks on the newcomers, Turkish officials said Monday.

    • Mexican sect faces down police in school fight AP - 46 mins ago

      Mexican authorities are still unable to overcome the resistance of an apocalyptic religious sect in western Mexico that has refused to allow public school teachers to hold classes in their town of Nuevo Jerusalen.

    • Oil spill fouls Curacao shore, threatens flamingos AP - 1 hr 44 mins ago

      A fuel spill has fouled a stretch of shoreline and oiled pink flamingos and other wildlife in Curacao, a Dutch Caribbean island just north of Venezuela.

    • South African adventurer shot in Peru AP - 2 hrs 9 mins ago

      A young South African adventurer seeking to follow the Amazon River from its origin to its mouth was in stable condition in a Lima hospital Monday after being shot and robbed by a pair of youths while on Peruvian tributary, authorities said.

    • Syria sectarian divide turns to fear and flight AP - 2 hrs 6 mins ago
      FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012 file photo, Fatimah Ali, an elderly Syrian who fled her home in Aleppo with her family due to fighting between the rebels and the Syrian army, rests at a desk in a school where she and her family took refuge in Suran, Syria. As sectarian slayings have swelled between Syria's Sunni majority and the Alawite minority during the country's 17-month-old conflict, so has the segregation of the two communities as they flee each other. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File)

      Abu Qais, a Sunni Muslim in Syria's capital Damascus, says six members of his extended family have been killed by gunmen who belong to the minority Alawite sect of President Bashar Assad.

    • Syrian rebels claim to shoot down helicopter AP - 3 hrs ago
      This citizen journalism image made from video provided by Shaam News Network SNN and taken on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, purports to show a Syrian military helicopter on fire and falling to the ground after it was apparently hit during fighting between government forces and rebels in the capital Damascus, Syria. The helicopter’s downing comes amid a widening government offensive to recapture districts in Damascus and its suburbs that have fallen into rebel hands. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network, SNN)THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS CITIZEN JOURNALIST IMAGE

      A Syrian military helicopter crashed in a ball of fire Monday after apparently being hit during clashes between government forces and rebels in the capital Damascus, activists said, in a sign of the fighters' growing abilities as they struggle to topple President Bashar Assad's regime.

    • France would recognize Syrian opposition govt AP - 1 hr 31 mins ago
      France's President Francois Hollande, gestures as he speaks to France's ambassadors at the Elysee Palace, Monday, Aug. 27, 2012. President Francois Hollande presented his foreign policy goals to France's ambassadors, with the Syrian crisis and terrorism in Africa's Sahel region on the agenda. (AP Photo/Bertrand Langlois, Pool)

      French President Francois Hollande urged Syria's divided opposition on Monday to form a provisional government, promising that France would recognize it in hope of accelerating the departure of President Bashar Assad's regime as the violence escalates in the Arab country.

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