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Syria's Assad praises troops, keeps out of public eye 4:09pm EDT

ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad told his troops on Wednesday that their battle against rebels would decide Syria's fate, but his written message gave no clues to his whereabouts two weeks after a bomb attack on his inner circle.  Full Article

 
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Hamas slams Palestinian visit to "alleged" Holocaust site 7:40pm EDT 

GAZA (Reuters) - The Hamas Islamist group in charge of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday denounced a Palestinian official's visit to the site of a Nazi death camp in Poland, and called the Holocaust in which 6 million European Jews perished an "alleged tragedy."  Full Article  

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TSX falls after Fed cools stimulus hopes 4:58pm EDT 

TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index slid on Wednesday, led by mining and financial shares, as a slew of weak manufacturing reports raised global growth fears, but hopes of further stimulus measures from the U.S. Federal Reserve were unfulfilled.  Full Article  

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Canada plans no new steps to cool housing market: finance minister 8:04pm EDT 

SUNNYVALE, California (Reuters) - Canada does not expect to have to tighten mortgage rules further as the real estate market has softened in the wake of government measures to cool it down, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said in an interview on Wednesday.  Full Article