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Top US general’s aircraft damaged by rockets in Afghanistan
August 21, 2012
Top US general’s aircraft damaged by rockets in Afghanistan
KABUL — Insurgents fired two rockets at the main NATO airbase in Afghanistan, damaging an aircraft used by US Joint Chiefs…
Anti-Japan protests erupt as island row escalates
August 21, 2012
Anti-Japan protests erupt as island row escalates
REUTERS — Anti-Japanese protests rocked Chinese cities on Sunday after nationalists from Japan landed on an East China Sea island…
Syria rejects talk of ‘civil war’ talk as fighting rages
August 20, 2012
Syria rejects talk of ‘civil war’ talk as fighting rages
Syria rejected Monday new peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi's comments labeling the conflict a civil war, as fighting rocked the cradle of…
Israel holds four Palestinians over ‘kidnap plot’
August 20, 2012
Israel holds four Palestinians over ‘kidnap plot’
Israel has been holding four Palestinian militants since May on suspicion of plotting to kidnap Israelis for use as bargaining chips for…
Iraqi Sunni leader wounded at start of Eid
August 19, 2012
Iraqi Sunni leader wounded at start of Eid
A Sunni religious leader who called on Iraqis to fight US troops but has more recently advocated national reconciliation…
Helicopter transporting Sudanese delegation for Eid crashes, killing minister and generals
August 19, 2012
Helicopter transporting Sudanese delegation for Eid crashes, killing minister and generals
A cabinet minister was among 32 politicians, generals and others killed on Sunday when a plane crashed on its way…
Assad appears in public for Eid prayers
August 19, 2012
Assad appears in public for Eid prayers
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad joined prayers at a Damascus mosque Sunday for the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr, as his forces reportedly pressed on with a deadly…
Deadly blasts shake Libya capital on Muslim Eid
August 19, 2012
Deadly blasts shake Libya capital on Muslim Eid
Twin car bomb blasts killed two people in the Libyan capital at dawn on Sunday on the first day of…
British intelligence aided Syrian rebels to attack Assad forces: report
August 19, 2012
British intelligence aided Syrian rebels to attack Assad forces: report
British intelligence on Syrian troop movements is helping rebels launch successful attacks on regime forces, a Sunday newspaper reported, quoting…