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Beirut bomb kills anti-Syrian intelligence official
BEIRUT - A prominent Lebanese intelligence official opposed to President Bashar al-Assad was killed in a huge car bomb in Beirut in another sign that Syria's civil war is dragging its volatile neighbour into the conflict. | Video
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Obama accuses Republican rival of suffering "Romnesia"
FAIRFAX, Va./WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama turned his rival's name into an ailment on Friday, accusing Mitt Romney of suffering from "Romnesia" for emphasizing moderate positions rather than the conservative ones he put forward in the Republican primary race.
Muslim protesters fight police in Tanzania, popular cleric freed
STONE TOWN/DAR ES SALAAM - Muslim protesters clashed with police in Tanzania's commercial capital and on the semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar on Friday, raising religious tensions in the east African country.
Boy dies in violent protests over new Panama land law
PANAMA CITY - At least one person, a 9-year-old boy, died on Friday in violent protests over a new law allowing the sale of state-owned land in a dilapidated port city within the duty-free zone next to the Panama Canal.
Peace envoy Brahimi pushes in Syria for ceasefire
DAMASCUS - Mediator Lakhdar Brahimi will meet Syrian officials over the next few days in an effort to secure a brief ceasefire in the worsening war between President Bashar al-Assad's government and rebel forces. | Video
Defence wants 9/11 trial televised globally from Guantanamo
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba - The death penalty trial of five Guantanamo prisoners accused of plotting the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States is so important that it should be televised globally, defence lawyers argued on Friday.
US STOCKS-GE, McDonald's give Wall St a black eye on '87 crash date
* Dow off 1.5 pct, S&P; 500 off 1.7 pct, Nasdaq off 2.2 pct
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