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'Aleppo button' disease afflicts war-torn city - 03/31/2013

The welts cover his nose and have cropped up around his mouth. While painless, they could leave scars that last for life. His mother, sister and cousins have also contracted the same infection. The...

Iraq president improving, now able to speak: medic - 03/31/2013

KIRKUK, Iraq- Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, who is being treated in Germany after suffering a stroke, is now able to speak and is able to recognise those around him, his doctor said on Saturday....

Jordan gets trim govt to cut spending, Islamists unhappy - 03/31/2013

AMMAN, Musa Hattar- King Abdullah II swore in a trim cabinet line-up of 19 members on Saturday led by reformist Prime Minister Abdullah Nsur, who merged several portfolios to cut spending but failed...

Pope appeals to non-believers at first Easter vigil - 03/31/2013

VATICAN CITY, Dario Thuburn- Pope Francis appealed to non-believers and lapsed Catholics to "step forward" towards God at his first Easter vigil on Saturday in St Peter's Basilica in which he also...

Syria rebels seize town on key highway to south: NGO - 03/30/2013

BEIRUT- Syrian rebels have seized a key town on a main highway between Damascus and the south in their latest advance in Daraa province on the border with Jordan, a watchdog said on Friday. "Rebels...

US concerned over mob sexual assaults in Egypt - 03/30/2013

The same reports have quoted ultra-conservative Egyptian Islamists as saying the women are asking for such attacks because they mingle with men in public. White House deputy spokesman Joshua Earnest...

Shoe-waving Tunisian protesters call on minister to quit - 03/30/2013

TUNIS- Dozens of angry Tunisians brandishing shoes protested Friday demanding the resignation of the minister of women's affairs, Sihem Badi, accusing her of failing to stand up to the ruling...

N. Korea says at war with South - 03/30/2013

It is the latest in a string of dire threats from Pyongyang that have been matched by tough warnings from South Korea and the United States, fuelling international concerns that the situation is...

Stolen WWII art returned in emotional Paris ceremony - 03/29/2013

PARIS- Six paintings that fell into the hands of the Nazis after their Jewish industrialist owner was forced to sell in order to flee occupied Paris in 1941 were on Tuesday returned to his grandson....

Assad urges BRICS to help 'stop the violence' in Syria - 03/28/2013

DAMASCUS- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad urged BRICS nations Wednesday to help "stop the violence" in his country and end the suffering of his people, which he blamed on international sanctions....
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