Syria fires on protesters despite international pressure
Los Angeles Times
A day after Obama called on Assad to step down, security forces fire on
demonstrators. Protesters wearing masks in the color of the Syrian flag in
the coastal city of Jableh call for President Bashar Assad to leave office
in this screen grab from ...
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Kabul attack will not stop British peace aim, says David Cameron
The Guardian
A wounded Afghan policeman is carried away from the site of a Taliban
attack on British Council offices in Kabul. David Cameron has said this
will not stop British peace aims. Photograph: Ahmad Masood/Reuters David
Cameron has said that the "vicious ...
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IAF planes strike in Gaza after rockets slam South
Jerusalem Post
By YAAKOV KATZ AND JPOST.COM STAFF 2 weapons production facilities, 2 other
terror targets hit in response to series of rockets fired; no injuries
reported. Israel Air Force aircraft struck four targets in the Gaza Strip
on Friday afternoon in response ...
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Republicans Decry DHS Deportation Review as 'Amnesty'
Fox News
AP Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano administers the oath of
citizenship during a naturalization ceremony Aug. 5 in New York.
Republicans accused the Obama administration of instituting "backdoor
amnesty" after officials announced they ...
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Indian Anti-Corruption Activist Leaves Jail, Begins Hunger Strike
Voice of America
August 19, 2011 Indian Anti-Corruption Activist Leaves Jail, Begins Hunger
Strike Anjana Pasricha Indian activist Anna Hazare left Tihar jail in New
Delhi Friday to the cheers and applause of his supporters as he prepares to
embark on a 15-day public ...
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Biden, Chinese Leaders Voice Confidence in US Economy
Fox News
| AP BEIJING -- Vice President Joe Biden tried to reassure China's leaders
Friday that its $1.2 trillion in US Treasury debt is safe, while both sides
stressed the importance of cooperation to revive world growth. Biden's
visit is aimed at learning ...
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Bomb kills 43 in Pakistan mosque
ABC Online
A bomb has exploded in a Pakistani mosque during the main Friday prayers,
killing at least 43 people in the tribal district of Khyber, an official
said. It is the deadliest attack for two months in the nuclear-armed Muslim
country awash with violence ...
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Libya rebels claim gains, up pressure on Qaddafi
CBS News
ZAWIYA, Libya - With opposition fighters steadily gaining ground in the
six-month-old civil war, there are signs that Muammar Qaddafi's 42-year-old
rule may be unraveling. Rebels seized Libya's last functioning oil refinery
Thursday and claimed to have ...
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Thyroid Radiation Exposure Found in Children Near Tepco Plant
Bloomberg
By Chisaki Watanabe - Fri Aug 19 09:49:22 GMT 2011 Medical tests on
children living in three towns near the crippled Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear
plant found 45 percent of those surveyed suffered low-level thyroid
radiation exposure, Japan's government ...
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West Memphis 3 may be released after Ark. hearing
Forbes
By JEANNIE NUSS , 08.19.11, 07:43 AM EDT JONESBORO, Ark. -- Three men
convicted of killing three 8-year-old boys in Arkansas are due in court for
a hearing that could end with their release from custody after nearly two
decades in prison. ...
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