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Palestinians call for probe of Israeli prisons
A man holds a poster showing imprisoned Palestinians as he is surrounded by armed militants in in the Balata refugee camp in the West Bank town of Nablus during a rally in support of Palestinian prisoners Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. Israel holds a few thousand Palestinians on charges ranging from rock throwing to deadly attacks. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- Palestinians on Sunday called for an international investigation of Israel's treatment of detained Palestinians, after a 30-year-old Palestinian died in custody and a hunger strike by four other inmates sparked a week of West Bank protests.


Syria rebels fight for police academy near Aleppo
In this Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013 photo, Syrian refugee girls carry over their heads buckets of water as they walk at Atmeh refugee camp, in the northern Syrian province of Idlib, Syria. This rebel-controlled camp only yards from the border with Turkey houses some 16,000 people displaced by the civil war. But the U.N. and other major aid agencies best equipped to handle such a large-scale relief agency cannot reach them because they are insi de Syria. That leaves the job to smaller organizations who can only provide a fraction of the needs. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian activists say rebel fighters have launched a fresh offensive on a government complex near the embattled northern city of Aleppo.


Pope Benedict XVI's last Sunday blessing from window on St. Peter's Square draws crowd
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI has given his pontificate’s final Sunday blessing from his studio window to the cheers of tens of thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square.


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