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Twin blasts kill 9 in Iraq
- Wednesday, 15 May 2013
BAGHDAD Two car bombs struck a disputed northern Iraqi city, part of a series of attacks across the country that left at least nine people including two children dead, officials said.Kirkuk deputy police chief Maj. Gen. Torhan Abdul-Rahman Youssef said a parked car bomb went off in the city center at around 3:00 p.m., killing three civilians and wounded eight. An hour later, another parked bomb exploded in the same area and killed four more two children and their parents as they were traveling in a car
Syrian rebels launch assault on Aleppo prison
- Wednesday, 15 May 2013
BEIRUT Syrian rebels attacked the main prison in the northern city of Aleppo Wednesday with a pair of car bombs in an attempt to free hundreds of regime opponents believed to be held in the facility, activists said. Meanwhile, an Internet blackout engulfed the country for the second time in a week.Aleppo emerged as one of the major fronts in the country s civil war after a rebel offensive there in July, and the fighting since then has settled into a bloody stalemate. The city,
Old rifts with Russia may hamper Syrian peace talk: Obama
- Tuesday, 14 May 2013
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama warned old suspicions between Russia and the West could hamper new "common ground" on ending the crisis in Syria, even as he and his British counterpart upped pressure on Damascus ally Moscow.Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron sought to build momentum behind a new US-Russia sponsored conference on Syria, now expected to take place in June, as they met at the White House. Syria s history is being written in the blood of her
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