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Canada Arrests Two in Alleged al-Qaida Supported Terror Plot

Authorities in Canada say they have arrested and charged two residents with conspiring to carry out an al-Qaida-supported terrorist attack against passenger trains.

Visiting region, top political official assures Central African leader of UN engagement

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Ruined and abandoned house in the northern Central African Republic.

Syria Activists: Pro-Assad Forces Kill 80 Near Damascus

Syrian opposition activists say pro-government forces have killed at least 80 people in five days of fighting to recapture a rebel suburb of Damascus.

Boston Suspects Likely Planned More Attacks

The surviving suspect in last week’s Boston marathon bombing remains hospitalized and unable to speak. A law enforcement official says other attacks might have been carried out had Dzhokhar Tsarnaev not been apprehended and his brother Tamerlan not...