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- As Olympics near, Britons brace for the worst
- U.S. to turn over prison to Afghan officials
- Syrian rebels reject U.N. bid for peaceful end to conflict
- Greece secures debt deal
| As Olympics near, Britons brace for the worst Posted: 09 Mar 2012 04:00 PM PST LONDON -- With less than five months until the games begin, England's mood is about as gray and gloomy as a rainy day along the River Thames. Instead of enthusiasm, euphoria and ebullience, the Olympic countdown is generating a drumbeat of skeptic ... |
| U.S. to turn over prison to Afghan officials Posted: 09 Mar 2012 04:01 PM PST KABUL, Afghanistan -- The U.S. military and the Afghan government sealed an agreement Friday on the gradual transfer of control of the main U.S. prison in the country, a last-minute breakthrough that brings the first progress in months in contentio ... |
| Syrian rebels reject U.N. bid for peaceful end to conflict Posted: 09 Mar 2012 04:01 PM PST BEIRUT -- A high-profile international mission to end the Syrian crisis stumbled Friday before it began as the opposition rejected calls by U.N. envoy Kofi Annan for dialogue with President Bashar Assad as pointless and out of touch after a year of ... |
| Posted: 09 Mar 2012 04:01 PM PST ATHENS, Greece -- Greece's private creditors agreed Friday to take cents on the euro in the biggest debt writedown in history, paving the way for an enormous second bailout for the country to keep Europe's economy from being dragged further into ch ... |
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