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Assad forces try to bomb Homs into submission (Reuters)
Reuters – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces rained rockets and bombs down on opposition-held neighborhoods of the city of Homs on Wednesday, reducing buildings to rubble and killing more than 80 people, including two Western journalists.
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U.S., French journalists killed in Syria (Reuters)
Reuters – American correspondent Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik were killed in the besieged Syrian city of Homs on Wednesday when rockets fired by government forces hit the house they were staying in, opposition activists and witnesses said.
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Lithuanian archive releases KGB collaborator names (AP)
AP – Lithuania’s government has released the names of 238 citizens who were reservists for the KGB when their country was ruled by the Soviet Union, and said Wednesday it plans to identify scores of people who have refused to disclose their relations with the security agency.
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McCain urges Libyan militias to join national army (AP)
AP – Sen. John McCain urged Libya’s militias on Wednesday to integrate themselves into the country’s new national army, and called for the alleged abuse of prisoners held by the ex-rebels to stop.
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Witness: Explosions rock northern Nigeria city (AP)
AP – Multiple explosions rocked a highway checkpoint in Nigeria’s second-largest city, witnesses said Wednesday, just over a month after a radical Islamist sect claimed an attack there that left at least 185 people dead.
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Iran defiant as U.N. nuclear talks fail (Reuters)
Reuters – The U.N. nuclear watchdog ended its latest mission to Iran after talks on Tehran’s suspected secret atomic weapons research failed, a setback likely to increase the risk of confrontation with the West.
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Chavez surgery rocks Venezuela ahead of election (Reuters)
Reuters – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s imminent departure for more cancer surgery in Cuba has thrown his re-election campaign into uncertainty and once again shaken the socialist leader’s passionate supporters.
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Rome expands cruise ship probe as bodies found (Reuters)
Reuters – Italian prosecutors placed four ship’s officers and three company executives under investigation Wednesday in connection with the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster as divers found eight more bodies on the wreck including that of a 5-year-old girl.
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Nigeria’s ex-leader attempts mediation in Senegal (AP)
AP – Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, who is officially in Senegal to observe this weekend’s contentious election, met opposition candidates Wednesday in an effort to mediate a growing political standoff in this normally peaceful nation.
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Quran burning incites deadly riots in Afghanistan (AP)
AP – Clashes between Afghan troops and protesters angry over the burning of Muslim holy books at a U.S. military base left at least seven people dead and dozens wounded Wednesday as anger spread despite U.S. apologies over what it said was a mistake.
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