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Children among the dead in Syria bombing: monitor - 12/29/2014

BEIRUT, LEBANON- A car bombing killed six people including two children in a Kurdish area of Syria's northern province of Aleppo on Sunday, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human...

Dutch scientists use smell to recreate JFK, Diana and other famous deaths - 12/29/2014

BREDA, NETHERLANDS, Nicolas Delaunay- Dutch scientists are recreating the deaths of some of the world's most famous personalities by reconstructing their last moments using scents and sounds. From...

Bahrain police arrest Shiite opposition chief: party - 12/29/2014

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates- Police in Bahrain arrested the head of the banned Shiite opposition movement Al-Wefaq on Sunday after he had been called in for questioning, his party said. After Sheikh...

Shortages kill more than 300 in Syria in 2014: monitor - 12/28/2014

BEIRUT, LEBANON- Shortages of food and medicine caused the deaths of more than 300 civilians, including about 100 children, in areas besieged by the Syrian regime in 2014, a monitoring group said...

Turkey has 'world's freest press', Erdogan claims - 12/28/2014

ANKARA, TURKEY- Turkey has the freest press in the world, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday, brushing off accusations that media freedoms were being eroded under his rule. "Nowhere in the...

Conflict-hit east Ukraine struggles for festive joy - 12/27/2014

DONETSK, UKRAINE- The big tree with the glimmering holiday lights is up but the festive spirit is missing on Lenin Square in the heart of east Ukraine's rebel stronghold of Donetsk. Hundreds of...

Regime strikes kill 52 civilians in Syria: monitor - 12/27/2014

BEIRUT, LEBANON- Syrian regime air strikes killed at least 52 civilians, including seven children, in strongholds of the Islamic State jihadist group, a monitoring group said Friday in a new toll....

Raunchy North Korea comedy hits US theaters - 12/26/2014

LOS ANGELES, US- Raunchy comedy "The Interview" -- featuring a fictional plot to kill North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un that has enraged Pyongyang -- opened in crowded US movie theaters Thursday...

Pope condemns religious persecution in Christmas address - 12/26/2014

VATICAN CITY, HOLY SEE, Jean-Louis De La Vaissiere- Pope Francis on Thursday roundly condemned jihadist violence and the "brutal persecution" of religious minorities in a Christmas message to the...

Syria dissidents to discuss ways to end war - 12/25/2014

DAMASCUS, SYRIA- Opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime will meet in Cairo to try to reach a common "vision" to end the nearly four-year war, an opposition source said Wednesday....
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