When China's ranking communists file into the Great Hall of the People, you can spot the invited guests, the retired but still-influential men in their 70s, 80s and even 90s: Most of them no longer dye their hair the requisite jet black of Beijing's working leaders. Report: 2 Syrian generals flee to Turkey
Turkey’s state-run agency says a group of Syrian soldiers, including two generals and 11 colonels, have fled to Turkey with their families.
Group: US troops should actively hunt for Kony
An advocacy group says the hunt for the African warlord Joseph Kony is hopeless without more troops and urges American forces to “play a more operational role” on the ground.
Defence officials: 7 Navy SEALs punished for disclosing classified information to video maker
WASHINGTON – Seven members of the secretive Navy SEAL Team 6, including one involved in the mission to get Osama bin Laden, have been punished for disclosing classified information, senior Navy officials said Thursday.
Chinese state firms say reform should mean more growth
BEIJING (Reuters) – China's big state-o wned enterprises argued for continued expansion on Friday, echoing outgoing President Hu Jintao's comments urging more investment in major government firms and curtailing hopes of reform in the bloated sector. Party delegates spent day two of the 18th Communist Party Congress holding public debates on Hu's speech at which they read out bits that they particularly liked. Reuters reporters heard no one disagreeing with what Hu said in a nearly two-hour-long speech. … Turkish air strikes kill 13 Kurdish militants
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkish air force jets and attack helicopters pounded Kurdish militants along the border with Iraq on Thursday, killing 13, the local governor’s office and security sources said on Friday. The attack was launched after a drone identified a group of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants on the second day of operations in Turkey’s southeastern province of Hakkari, bordering Iraq and Iran, the Hakkari governor’s office said. Following a tip-off, one PKK fighter was also killed in a clash on the Habesti plateau on Thursday, the statement said. …
Sri Lankan move to fire top judge stirs fears
When Shirani Bandaranayake was appointed Sri Lanka’s chief justice, rights campaigners assailed her as a puppet of a government that was steamrolling opponents and consolidating power. A year later, she is on the verge of becoming its latest victim.
Assad: There is no civil war in Syria
Syria's president insists there is no civil war in his country -- r ather, a new kind of battle he calls "terrorism through proxies." 
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