Tuesday, February 26, 2013

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Egypt protesters fight off police at Cairo sit-in
CAIRO (AP) -- An Egyptian security official says protesters have thrown firebombs and rocks at police who tried to re-open Cairo’s central Tahrir Square, where a sit-in has brought downtown traffic to a standstill for nearly three months.


Hot air balloon crash in Egypt kills 18 foreigners
Map locates Luxor, Egypt, where a hot air balloon crash killed foreign touristsLUXOR, Egypt (AP) -- A hot air balloon flying over Egypt's ancient city of Luxor caught fire and crashed into a sugar cane field on Tuesday, killing at least 18 foreign tourists, a security official said.


Group: Syrian missiles kill at least 141 in Aleppo
A Syrian villager, Abu Ibrahim, 73, writes the name of his granddaughter on her grave who was killed from an airstrike by Syrian government forces, at Jabal al-Zaweya village of Sarja, in Idlib, Syria, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. Syrian rebels used captured tanks to launch a fresh offensive on a government complex housing a police academy near Aleppo and clashed with government troops protecting the strategic installation on Sunday. (AP Phot   o/Hussein Malla)BEIRUT (AP) -- At least 141 people, half of them children, were killed when the Syrian military fired at least four missiles into the northern province of Aleppo last week, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.


Activists: Dozens killed in latest Syria fighting
A Syrian woman walks past a house destroyed from a government airstrike, at Jabal al-Zaweya village of Sarjeh, in Idlib, Syria, Monday Feb. 25, 2013. Syria is ready to hold talks with the armed opposition trying to topple President Bashar Assad, the country's foreign minister said Monday, in the government's most advanced offer yet to try to resolve the 2-year-old civil war through negotiations. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)BEIRUT (AP) -- Dozens of rebels and government forces have been killed in fighting near a police academy near the northern city of Aleppo, anti-regime activists said Tuesday.


Iranian educated in North Korea becomes minister
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran’s parliament has approved a North Korean-educated former military official for a key post in President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s government.


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