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Syrian Army Defectors Battle Assad Forces Near Damascus

Massacre in Syria
Syrian army defectors attacked an intelligence complex on the edge of Damascus early Wednesday, the first such reported assault on a major security facility in the eight-month uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, activists said.
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Earthquakelike Blast Kills 17 at Iranian Military Base

A massive explosion at a military arms depot near the Iranian capital Tehran on Saturday killed 17 Revolutionary Guards and wounded 15, a representative of the elite fighting force told the semiofficial Fars news agency.
Nurse Maria Vatista works inside a mobile HIV testing van as another medic sits outside with immigrants in Omonia square in Athens Oct. 31, 2011.

In Greek Crisis, HIV Gains Ground

'Contagion' is the label financial markets use for the economic spread of the Greek crisis. For hundreds of people in an increasingly chaotic society, the word has a deadlier meaning.
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Grenades kill two in Somali capital, MP slain

Gunmen shot dead a Somali lawmaker in Mogadishu on Wednesday, a day after al Qaeda-linked rebels killed at least two people in a series of grenade attacks and said they would step up assaults in the capital.
A Liberian man exits a polling booth

Liberian election under cloud after boycott

Liberia's main opposition candidate said he might seek the annulment of a presidential run-off boycotted by his supporters, raising the prospect of confrontation in a country recovering from civil war.

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