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Syria Fighting Rages Despite Holiday

Syrian warplanes bombed several rebel-held areas Tuesday and opposition fighters fired mortar rounds and homemade rockets at Damascus on the first day of a major Muslim holiday.

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UN chief strongly condemns latest wave of attacks in Iraq ahead of the Eid holiday

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned in the strongest terms a string of bombings which have killed or wounded scores of Iraqis ahead of the Eid Al-Adha holiday.

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Sudan's Cut Fuel Subsidies Cost Same as Wars: US

Sudan spends as much fighting in ongoing conflicts in Darfur, South Kordofan and Blue Nile as it did on the fuel subsidies that it cut last month, sparking weeks of deadly protests in Khartoum, the US special envoy to South Sudan and Sudan told VOA...

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Stampede Near Indian Hindu Temple Kills 109

Officials in India say the death toll from a stampede on a bridge leading to a remote Hindu temple in Madhya Pradesh state has risen to 109.

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