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In Syria, siege is test for new rebel order
HAREM, Syria (Reuters) – Crouching in a tent among the pine trees, two rain-soaked men trace a map in the dirt. A cigarette stub, a rock and a tuna can mark targets amid a scatter of X-marks and arrows. They might almost be football coaches making a gameplan, but in Syria these men are making war. Fighters run in from the deluge, yelling for ammunition and transport for the wounded. Thunder rumbles in the distance and blends into bursts of mortar fire. Shouting over the din, the two commanders debate tactics for taking the town of Harem, which their rebel forces have under siege. … Pope to join tweeting masses with personal Twitter handle, details to come
VATICAN CITY – Celebrities do it. Presidents do it. Now even the pope will do it.
Syria's Assad vows he won't be forced into exile
The bravado sounded familiar. Like the leaders of other countries swept away by Arab Spring uprisings, Syrian President Bashar Assad vowed to never be forced into exile and to die in his homeland. Explosion, fire at Quebec plant causes serious injuries
SHERBROOKE, – An explosion and fire at a plant in Sherbrooke, Que., has seriously injured four people.
How one Syrian family braves life in a divided Aleppo
At a charity center recently set up in a former school in a shabby neighborhood of Syria’s largest city, a woman shows up seeking milk for the tiny baby she’s holding.
Obama to make 3-country Asia trip this month, including historic visit to Myanmar
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama will become the first U.S. president to visit Myanmar and Cambodia when he travels to the Asian nations later this month.
In 1st foreign policy move since Obama's re-election, administration sets new Iran sanctions
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration has imposed financial sanctions against officials and government bodies in Iran that the U.S. blames for jamming satellite broadcasts and blocking Internet access for ordinary Iranians.
Great-West Lifeco third-quarter profit rises 14 percent
TORONTO (Reuters) – Great-West Lifeco , Canada’s No. 2 life insurer, said on Thursday its profit rose 14 percent in the third quarter, driven by higher insurance and wealth management revenue. Winnipeg, Manitoba-based Great-West, which is 72-percent owned by Canadian holding company Power Financial Corp , earned a net C$520 million ($521.07 million), or 55 Canadian cents a share, in the quarter ended September 30. That compared with a year-before profit of C$457 million, or 48 Canadian cents a share, a year earlier. …
Obama speaks with several world leaders after winning second term
WASHINGTON – The White House says President Barack Obama has spoken with more than a dozen world leaders following his re-election and expressed his desire to continue to have close co-operation with them.
White House confirms Obama visit to Myanmar this month
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Newly re-elected President Barack Obama will travel to Myanmar later this mont h, the first such trip by a U.S. president, as part of a Southeast Asia tour that will also include stops in Thailand and Cambodia, the White House confirmed on Thursday. Obama plans to meet Myanmar's President Thein Sein and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, on his visit to Myanmar, the White House said, in the latest sign of Washington's support for democratic reforms in the once-isolated country. U.S. … Minister: War still inevitable in northern Mali
The foreign affairs minister of Burkina Faso says war is still inevitable in northern Mali, even after an al-Qaida-linked group in the area declared it was denouncing extremism.
Twitter triggers hacking alarms by unintentionally changing passwords of some users
SAN FRANCISCO – Twitter says it mistakenly reset the passwords of some users as part of a routine security check-up.
Support for Merkel's party highest in five years: poll
BERLIN (Reuters) – Support for German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives is at its highest level in five years, a poll showed on Thursday, but the weak state of her junior coalition partner may complicate the formation of the next government. The ARD-Deutschlandtrend survey showed Merkel's conservatives on 40 percent, their best showing since late 2007, and well ahead of the main opposition Social Democrats (SPD), with 30 percent. Germany holds federal elections next September. Merkel's personal popularity also shows no signs of waning. … 
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