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Syrian refugees flee to Turkey as violence escalates

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 05:07 PM PDT


REYHANLI, Turkey -- After days of relentless shelling and sniper attacks, thousands of Syrian refugees streamed across the border into Turkey with horrific accounts Friday of mass graves, massacres and burned-out homes.
The latest reports of escal ...

Report: Russia deploys S-400s in Kaliningrad

Posted: 07 Apr 2012 01:28 AM PDT

MOSCOW -- A Russian newspaper has reported that the military has begun deploying S-400 mobile surface-to-air missiles in Kaliningrad, the Baltic exclave bordered by Poland and Lithuania.Izvestia cited unnamed military officials as saying the missiles ...

Airline employee resigns amid celeb tip-off claims

Posted: 07 Apr 2012 01:28 AM PDT

LONDON -- A Virgin Atlantic employee has resigned following allegations she routinely fed information about the airline's celebrity clientele -- from Madonna to Sienna Miller -- to a paparazzi agency.The employee was a junior member of the team that ...

APNewsBreak: Mali's coup leader to return power

Posted: 07 Apr 2012 01:25 AM PDT

BAMAKO, Mali -- Under intense pressure from the nations bordering Mali, the junior officer who seized control of the country in a coup last month signed an accord late Friday, agreeing to return the nation to constitutional rule.The announcement came ...

Analysis shows NKorea near to launch

Posted: 07 Apr 2012 01:25 AM PDT


SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea may have moved the first stage of a rocket to a launch stand, indicating it is on schedule for a controversial mid-April launch, according to a new analysis of satellite images.
The rocket isn't visible at the Ton ...

Yemeni leader purges army of ex-regime loyalists

Posted: 07 Apr 2012 01:21 AM PDT

SANAA, Yemen -- Yemen's newly appointed president fired several old-regime figures and relatives of the former leader in a major shake-up of the country's military Friday, a move meant to show he was making good on promises of reforms in the wake of ...

Pope Benedict XVI: Draw strength from the cross

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 05:07 PM PDT


ROME -- Pope Benedict XVI encouraged those threatened by unemployment and other economic woes to draw courage and strength from the suffering of the crucified Jesus Christ as the pontiff presided over a Good Friday candlelit Way of the Cross proces ...

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