Wednesday, April 4, 2012

As cease-fire deadline nears, Syria pounds rebellious city - Boston Globe


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As cease-fire deadline nears, Syria pounds rebellious city
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By Ben Hubbard | AP An image taken from a YouTube video is said to show Syrian troops beating a student at Halab University in Aleppo. BEIRUT - Syrian artillery pounded the rebellious city of Homs and tanks and troops stormed towns in the north and ...
New Syrian assaults on opposition are raising doubts planned cease-fire will ...Detroit Free Press
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Syria forces assault rebellious towns before truce - Twin Falls Times-News


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Syria forces assault rebellious towns before truce
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AP | Posted: Wednesday, April 4, 2012 8:38 pm | (0) Comments A Syrian man wounded by the government troops gets treated in a Damascus neighborhood, Syria, Tuesday, April 3, 2012. A Syrian government official said Tuesday that the troops have begun ...
Syria forces hit rebels, Russia scorns oppositionHindustan Times
Violence rages in Syria despite high-level diplomacyCNN
UN peacekeeper due in Damascus for ceasefire talksReuters
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Somali theater bombing kills 10, shatters calm - Xinhua


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Somali theater bombing kills 10, shatters calm
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BEIJING, April 5 (Xinhuanet) -- Somalian officials say a suicide blast during a grand ceremony at the capital's national theatre has left at least 10 people dead, including two of the country's top sports officials. The head of Somalia's Olympic ...
Mogadishu Blast Kills Sports Chiefs, Al-Shabab Claims ResponsibilityVoice of America (blog)
Deadly blast returns Somalia to scenes of violent chaosTampabay.com
Islamist rebels bomb Somali theatre, killing 6Reuters
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Islamist rebels bomb Somali theatre, killing 6 - Reuters


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Islamist rebels bomb Somali theatre, killing 6
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* Top sports officials killed * Theatre reopened last month for first time in 20 years * Suicide bomber blamed, al Shabaab claims responsibility (Adds White House reaction) By Feisal Omar April 4 (Reuters) - At least six people, including two of ...
Blatter sends condolences to SomaliaFifa.com
Somalia theatre suicide bombing kills top sports officialsThe Guardian
Deadly blast at Somali theater mars Mogadishu's budding peaceChristian Science Monitor
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Mogadishu suicide bomb claims lives of Somalia's sport leaders - Scotsman


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Mogadishu suicide bomb claims lives of Somalia's sport leaders
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Somalis help a wounded man in Mogadishu. Picture: AP By ABDI GULED THE president of Somalia's Olympic committee and the head of the national football federation were among ten people killed in a suicide bombing yesterday.
Blatter sends condolences to SomaliaFifa.com
Bombing shatters Mogadishu bid to showcase peaceThe Seattle Times
Islamist rebels bomb Somali theatre, killing 6Reuters
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Bombing shatters Mogadishu bid to showcase peace
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The suicide bombing at National Theater in Mogadishu, Somalia, was an apparent attempt to assassinate Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, an official said. By Lutfi Sheriff Mohammed and Robyn Dixon No comments have been posted to this article.
Blatter sends condolences to SomaliaFifa.com
Islamist rebels bomb Somali theatre, killing 6Reuters
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With $10 million bounty on his head, Pakistan militant taunts US - Reuters


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With $10 million bounty on his head, Pakistan militant taunts US
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By Michael Georgy and Qasim Nauman | RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Who wants to be a millionaire? In Pakistan, all you have to do is give the United States information leading to the arrest or conviction of Hafiz Saeed - an Islamist leader whose ...
Hafiz Saeed's brother-in-law Abdul Rehman Makki is a conduit between Lashkar-e ...Times of India
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Deadly Somalia suicide blast caught on camera - Telegraph.co.uk


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Deadly Somalia suicide blast caught on camera
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The moment when a female suicide bomber blew herself up at a VIP event at the country's National Theatre during a speech by the prime minister has been captured on video. The explosion happened as Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, the Prime Minister took the ...
Blatter sends condolences to SomaliaFifa.com
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Suicide blast kills 3 American soldiers in usually peaceful Afghan province - msnbc.com (blog)


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Suicide blast kills 3 American soldiers in usually peaceful Afghan province
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Gul Buddin Elham / AP Wounded US soldiers lie on the ground at the scene of a suicide attack Wednesday in Maimanah, the capital of Faryab province north of Kabul, Afghanistan. By NBC News and msnbc.com news services A suicide bomber on a motorcycle ...
Suicide Bomber Kills US Soldiers in Afghan ParkVoice of America
Afghan bomb kills at least 10, including 3 GIsThe Associated Press
Ex-Taliban commander 'shot dead by colleague'AFP
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A fabled city of the Sahara: How much do you know about Timbuktu? - Christian Science Monitor


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A fabled city of the Sahara: How much do you know about Timbuktu?
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Timbuktu has a reputation in Western society as a distant, mysterious city. But it is a real place, and is back in the news after Tuareg rebels seized the city and implemented sharia. Can you separate Timbuktu's myth from reality?
Mali Political Parties Won't Join Junta ConventionNPR
Mali Northerners Fear Losing Their HomelandVoice of America
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UN council draft demands Syria meet April 10 deadline - Reuters


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UN council draft demands Syria meet April 10 deadline
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* US-drafted text could be adopted Weds, Thurs * It's unclear what Russia's position on draft is * Russia says Syria already complying with deadline By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS, April 4 (Reuters) - A US-drafted UN Security Council statement ...
Syria forces assault rebellious townsSydney Morning Herald
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At Least 50 killied in fighting across SyriaThe National
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UN ceasefire mission fails to curb Syria violence - Reuters


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UN ceasefire mission fails to curb Syria violence
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* Activists say at least 80 dead in past 36 hours * Damascus puts overall death toll at 6044 * Homs quarter bombarded for 17 days * UN advance peace-monitoring team due in Syria By Dominic Evans BEIRUT, April 4 (Reuters) - Syrian opposition activists ...
Syria's rebels will never defeat Bashar al-Assad, even if they are 'armed to ...Telegraph.co.uk
Fresh Shelling in Syria Ahead of UN VisitVoice of America
Clashes Erupt as Syria Claims Troop PulloutTIME
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Bomb at Mogadishu theater kills 10, including Somali sports officials - Los Angeles Times


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Bomb at Mogadishu theater kills 10, including Somali sports officials
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REPORTING FROM MOGADISHU, SOMALIA AND JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA -- It was supposed to be a symbol of hope: The newly reopened National Theater in Mogadishu was the most potent sign of the peaceful change that has swept the Somali capital since Al ...
Somalia theatre suicide bombing kills top sports officialsThe Guardian
2 top Somalia sports officials die in bomb blastThe Associated Press
2 Somalia sports officials among 10 killed in blastUSA TODAY
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2 Somalia sports officials among 10 killed in blast - USA TODAY


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2 Somalia sports officials among 10 killed in blast
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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) â€" An explosion Wednesday at a ceremony at Somalia's national theater killed at least 10 people including two top sports officials in an attack by an Islamist group on a site that symbolized the city's attempt to rise from two ...
Al-Shabaab shows weakness, not strength in Somalia theatre bombingThe Guardian
Somalia's prime minister narrowly escapes female suicide bomberTelegraph.co.uk
Deadly blast at Somali theater mars Mogadishu's budding peaceChristian Science Monitor
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Deadly blast at Somali theater mars Mogadishu's budding peace - Christian Science Monitor


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Deadly blast at Somali theater mars Mogadishu's budding peace
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At least 10 people were killed in a suicide bombing at Somalia's national theater in Mogadishu. The capital of the wartorn country had been experiencing a revival of sorts. By Arthur Bright, Correspondent / April 4, 2012 Ambulances are seen outside the ...
A look at bomb attacks attributed to Somalia's most powerful al-Qaida-linked ...Washington Post
Recent Somalia bomb attacks blamed on militantsThe Associated Press
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Blatter sends condolences to Somalia - Fifa.com


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Blatter sends condolences to Somalia
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FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter has sent his condolences to Somalia after a bombing in Mogadishu killed several people, including Somali Football Federation Chief, Said Mohamed Nur. President of the Somali Olympic Committee, Aden Yabarow Wiish, ...
2 top Somalia sports officials die in bomb blastThe Associated Press
2 Somali sports officials among 10 dead in blastCBS News
Islamist rebels bomb Somali theatre, killing 6Reuters
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2 Somalia sport officials among 10 killed in blast - The Associated Press


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2 Somalia sport officials among 10 killed in blast
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By ABDI GULED, AP â€" 37 minutes ago MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) â€" An explosion Wednesday at a ceremony at Somalia's national theater killed at least 10 people including two top sports officials in an attack by an Islamist group on a site that symbolized the ...
Suicide Bomber Kills 6 in Somali CapitalVoice of America
Somali female bomber kills Olympic, football chiefsAFP
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Suicide Bomber Kills 6 in Somali Capital - Voice of America


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Suicide Bomber Kills 6 in Somali Capital
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April 04, 2012 Suicide Bomber Kills 6 in Somali Capital VOA News Officials say a suicide bombing at Somalia's national theater has killed at least six people, including the president of the country's Olympic committee and the head of its soccer ...
2 Somalia sport officials among 10 killed in blastThe Associated Press
Deadly Blast Shatters Calm in Somali CapitalNew York Times
Somalia Sport Officials Among Dead in BlastTIME
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NEW: Report: Russia's foreign minister says the Syrian opposition can't defeat ... - CNN


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NEW: Report: Russia's foreign minister says the Syrian opposition can't defeat ...
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(CNN) -- A UN advance peacekeeping team is headed to Damascus for talks on deploying observers to monitor a cease-fire, a spokesman for special envoy Kofi Annan said. The team should arrive by Thursday, Ahmad Fawzi said. But growing reports of violence ...
Russia warns against arming Syrian oppositionUSA TODAY
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Mali Islamist advance alarms world leaders - AFP


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Mali Islamist advance alarms world leaders
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By Coumba Sylla (AFP) â€" 1 hour ago BAMAKO â€" World leaders scrambled to stop Mali's descent into chaos Wednesday, two weeks after a coup in Bamako touched off a sequence which saw Tuareg rebels backed by radical Islamists conquer half the country.
Mali to hold national convention to decide future, junta leader saysCNN International
African Union adds to sanctions in MaliCNN
Mali sanctions loom, rebels seize northReuters
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France arrests 10 suspected Islamists in fresh raids - CNN


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France arrests 10 suspected Islamists in fresh raids
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Paris (CNN) -- Ten suspected Islamists were arrested in fresh raids across France on Wednesday morning as the country widens a clampdown on suspected extremists in the wake of a deadly shooting spree last month, the interior ministry said.
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French Police Seize 10 Suspected Islamic Militants - New York Times


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French Police Seize 10 Suspected Islamic Militants
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PARIS â€" French police were reported on Wednesday to have detained 10 suspected Islamic militants in early-morning raids across France, â€" the latest in a series of measures apparently designed to display a forceful response to the killing of three ...
France arrests 10 in new raids on IslamistsAFP
French terror police arrest 10 in dawn raids as nationwide crackdown after ...Daily Mail
France launches raids to arrest 10 suspected Islamist suspectsTelegraph.co.uk
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Hillary Clinton warns nuclear-armed Iran would be 'destabilising' - Telegraph.co.uk


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Hillary Clinton warns nuclear-armed Iran would be 'destabilising'
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Tuesday that a nuclear-armed Iran or a conflict over its programme would both destabilise the region as she pressed Tehran for clear commitments in forthcoming talks. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton ...
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Mali junta facing increased pressure to relinquish power - Telegraph.co.uk


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Mali junta facing increased pressure to relinquish power
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Mali's junta was facing increasing pressure to give up power on Wednesday, with world powers tightening the diplomatic screws as Islamists consolidate their grip on the north. UN Security Council members were hammering out a joint statement on the Mali ...
African Union adds to sanctions in MaliCNN
Mali Coup Leader Wants National DialogueVoice of America (blog)
Mali Junta Calls National MeetingNew York Times
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