AFP – Separatist Tamil rebels on Tuesday carried out an air strike on an army camp in northwestern Sri Lanka, the defence ministry said.
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AP – For years, he operated along Syria’s remote border where donkeys are the only means of travel. He provided young Arabs from as far away as Morocco and the Persian Gulf with passports, guides and weapons as they slipped into Iraq to wage war.
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Reuters – A Russian businessman was found guilty on Tuesday of ordering the murder of a top Russian central banker who led a campaign against money-laundering and corruption.
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AP – Wal-Mart pulled a brand of eggs from all its stores in China on Tuesday after tests in Hong Kong found they were tainted with the same toxic chemical blamed for sickening tens of thousands of babies.
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AFP – Harry Redknapp was booed Tuesday as he arrived here to receive the freedom of the city — three days after the football boss quit Portsmouth to manage Tottenham.
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AFP – Voters in the Maldives turned out in droves Tuesday for the tiny atoll nation’s first democratic presidential run-off, pitting Asia’s longest serving leader against a former political prisoner.
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AP – The Syrian government ordered an American school and a U.S. cultural center in Damascus closed Tuesday in response to a deadly U.S. attack on a village near the Iraq border, the state-run news agency said.
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AFP – French oil company Total said Tuesday that it was considering exploiting tar sands in the west central African country of Congo, where it is the chief oil and gas producer.
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AP – A Navy commander will be the first defense lawyer to enter an ultra-secret section of Guantanamo for prisoners who were held by the CIA.
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AFP – Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and the main opposition faced mounting pressure on Tuesday to end their feud over forming a unity government, ahead of a new emergency African summit to tackle the crisis.
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