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• Syria rebels strike Assad's Alawite stronghold, seize airpor …

  By Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Mariam Karouny AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian Islamist rebels have killed around 200 people in a three-day offensive in the mountain … More »
• Iran's President Rouhani says determined to resolve nuclear  …

  DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's new President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday he was "seriously determined" to resolve a dispute with the West over Tehran's nuclear … More »
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  Ex-U.S. President George W. Bush has stent put in heart - me …

  REUTERS - Former U.S. President George W. Bush underwent a surgical procedure at a Dallas hospital on Tuesday to have a stent placed in his heart for a blocked … More »
• Russia wants new round of Iran nuclear talks by next month - …

  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Tuesday said a new round of talks between Iran and world powers over its nuclear programme must no longer be delayed and should take … More »
• Taliban kill Pakistan officers probing massacre of foreign c …

  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan-based Taliban fighters opened fire on a group of police officers investigating a June massacre of foreign climbers, killing … More »
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  Exclusive: Syria seeks to tap frozen bank accounts for food  …

  By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) - Syria is trying to tap frozen funds in foreign bank accounts to step up purchases of food stocks including wheat, as civil war … More »
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  Russia's Khodorkovsky has jail term trimmed, attacks courts

  By Gabriela Baczynska MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Supreme Court cut former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky's jail sentence by two months on Tuesday, allowing one of … More »
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  India says more than 20 men involved in Kashmir raid

  NEW DELHI (Reuters) - - India's Defence Minister A.K. Antony said about 20 militants along with others in Pakistani military uniforms carried out Tuesday's attack … More »
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  Japan PM's China overture at risk if cabinet minister visits …

  TOKYO (Reuters) - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's efforts to improve strained ties with China by staying away from a Tokyo shrine to war dead could be thwarted if … More »
• U.S. tells citizens in Yemen to leave immediately - State De …

  SANAA (Reuters) - The United States told its citizens in Yemen on Tuesday to leave the country immediately due to the threat of "terrorist attacks", the U.S. State …