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US seeks alliance to back Syria opposition; rebels say only force can oust Assad after UN veto

BEIRUT - The United States proposed an international coalition to support Syria's opposition Sunday after Russia and China blocked a U.N. attempt to end nearly 11 months of bloodshed, raising fears that violence will escalate. Rebel...

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Snow traps thousands in Bosnia, but the pope and Queen Elizabeth II brave the cold

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina - Bosnia used helicopters on Sunday to evacuate the sick and deliver food to thousands of people left stranded by its heaviest snowfall ever, while Pope Benedict XVI donned an overcoat to bless the few pilgrims ...

posted: February 5,2012

Undersea preparation resumes for removal of oil from cruise liner shipwrecked off Italy

ROME - Underwater operations have resumed aimed at readying the shipwrecked Costa Concordia for the removal of tons of oil from its tanks....

posted: February 5,2012

American and Australian filmmakers die in helicopter crash during shoot in eastern Australia

SYDNEY - Award-winning American cinematographer Mike deGruy and Australian television writer-producer Andrew Wight have died in a helicopter crash in eastern Australia, their employer National Geographic said Sunday....

posted: February 5,2012

Embattled Swiss banks to outline strategy in US tax evasion row after Wegelin demise

GENEVA - Two Swiss banks will this week outline their response to growing pressure from the U.S. to give up tax-evading American customers and the bankers who helped them....

posted: February 5,2012

Republican front-runner Romney rolls up easy win in Nevada presidential caucuses

WASHINGTON - Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney rolled up a huge victory in Nevada and looks to caucus contests in three more states this week to solidify the growing sense of inevitability surrounding his candidacy to block...

posted: February 5,2012

Rights group: Israel must end arbitrary restrictions on Palestinian residency

A Gaza-born woman recently sneaked into her native land through a smugglers' tunnel because the legal route was blocked. A car mechanic who settled in the West Bank 15 years ago to raise a family lives in fear of deportation because his ID ...

posted: February 5,2012


Aid workers: 15,000 flee Mali to Niger, Mauritania amid rebellion by ethnic Tuareg group

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Clinton urges 'friends of democratic Syria' to rally against Assad after UN action blocked

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Eni SpA oil pipeline on fire in Nigeria's crude-rich southern delta as militants claim attack

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In warning to neighbours, Iran threatens to hit any country that originates attack against it

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Russian paratroopers' unlikely protest song hits a chord with anti-Putin protesters

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Queen Elizabeth II attends church on eve of her Diamond Jubilee

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Report says 3 more people set themselves on fire in China to protest its Tibet policies

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Republican front-runner Romney cruises to easy win in Nevada presidential caucuses

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Russia's defiance of the West driven by both domestic and external factors

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Car bomb explodes in middle of southern Afghan city of Kandahar, killing 7

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Chicago college offers political science course on Occupy movement

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Venice in rebellion against cruise ship intrusions following Costa Concordia disaster

posted: February 5,2012

Mitt Romney decisively wins Nevada caucuses; Gingrich to 'refocus'

posted: February 4,2012

Egypt ignores US threat to cut aid, refers 19 Americans working for non-profit groups to trial

posted: February 4,2012

16 dead, 11 rescued after packed migrant boat overturns off Dominican coast; dozens missing

posted: February 4,2012




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