On a Tour Cut Short, Monitors in Syria See Little

Friday, January 27, 2012

Multimedia Slide Show HARASTA, Syria — On a tour by Arab League observers through the restless suburbs of Damascus, the stops on Thursday were anxious, brief and few. In Irbeen, less than 10 miles from the capital, the observers hopped out of their heavily...

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Violence Rises in Syria, Vexing Arab League Monitors

Friday, January 27, 2012

Multimedia DAMASCUS, Syria — Violence in Syria has escalated sharply in the past two days, with heavy bloodshed reported Friday in at least three flash points as Arab League monitors expressed exasperation and the United Nations Security Council prepared...

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More than 50 killed in 2 days of violence in Syria

Friday, January 27, 2012

BEIRUT – Two days of bloody turmoil in Syria killed more than 50 people as forces loyal to President Bashar Assad shelled residential buildings, fired on crowds and left bleeding corpses in the streets in a dramatic escalation of violence, activists said Friday. Much of the violence was focused in...

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Saudi prince discusses kingdom's Iran problem

Friday, January 27, 2012

DAVOS, Switzerland – Prince Turki al-Faisal, Saudi Arabia's former head of general intelligence, was on a panel to assess the whole concept of globalization at the World Economic Forum here, but we sat down with him to talk very specifically about his region. "Two hundred dollars a barrel oil is not...

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$14,400 offered to capsized cruise ship passengers

Friday, January 27, 2012

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Suicide bomber kills 32 at Baghdad funeral march

Friday, January 27, 2012

BAGHDAD – A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-packed car near a funeral procession in southeastern Baghdad on Friday, killing at least 32 people -- half of them policemen who were guarding the march -- in the latest brazen attack since the U.S. troop...

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Italian cruise ship operator offers passengers $14G compensation

Friday, January 27, 2012

ROME – Costa Crociere SpA offered uninjured passengers $14,460 apiece Friday to compensate them for lost baggage and the psychological trauma they suffered after their cruise ship ran aground and capsized off Tuscany. But some passengers are already refusing...

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Egyptians mark 1st anniversary of 'Friday of Rage'

Friday, January 27, 2012

CAIRO -- Large marches of protesters chanting antimilitary slogans streamed from mosques around Cairo to join tens of thousands massed in central Tahrir Square in a new uprising anniversary rally Friday, with many demanding an early transfer of power by...

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