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Smoke rises in the city of Latakia

Syria forces hold hundreds in Latakia sports stadium

Syrian troops raided houses in a Sunni district of the besieged port of Latakia on Wednesday, residents said, arresting hundreds of people and taking them to a stadium after a four-day tank assault to crush protests against President Bashar al-Assad.
Supporters of Anna Hazare sign a banner with a portrait of Hazare outside the Tihar jail in New Delhi

Analysis: India Risks Facing Its Own Arab Spring

An anti-corruption movement led by a feisty 74-year-old social activist is snowballing into one of the biggest challenges in decades for the ruling Congress party and if not contained risks sparking India's own version of an Arab Spring revolt.
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U.S. President Obama speaks during a town hall-style event in Decorah

Obama to Unveil Measures to Boost Rural Jobs

President Barack Obama will on Tuesday announce fresh steps to boost rural hiring on the second day of a bus tour through the heartland to explain his economic and job policies to anxious voters.
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Obama Healthcare Law: Two Justices May Decide Fate

The legal fate of President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law will likely come down to two Republican appointees on the U.S. Supreme Court -- Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Anthony Kennedy.
U.S. President Obama meets Lydia Schaefer in Zumbrota

In Campaign Mode, Obama Talks Jobs in Midwest

President Barack Obama blasted Republicans over taxes on Monday as he launched a bus tour of the U.S. Midwest to tout his job-growth strategy and distance himself from anger toward Washington that could dent his 2012 re-election hopes.
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UK Riots: Iran Issues Travel Warning for UK

The Iranian Foreign Ministry warns against travel to the UK during the riots as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls on the U.N. Security Council to investigate "savage aggression" by police.
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Republican tax hardliners on U.S. debt super panel

Republicans named their six members on Wednesday to a U.S. congressional deficit-reduction super committee, including a favorite of the conservative Tea Party movement and other no-new-taxes hardliners.
Voters take to the polls as Wisconsin holds the nation's largest ever recall elections in River Hills

Wisconsin Republicans stave off recall challenge

Republicans narrowly retained their majority in the Wisconsin state Senate on Tuesday, staving off a strong recall election challenge from Democrats and union members angered by a new law curbing the power of organized labor.

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