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BEIRUT (AP) — Government troops shelled a string of villages in central Syria before pro-regime thugs swept through the area, shooting people in the streets and in their homes in attacks that killed more than 90 people, activists said Saturday.
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BANGKOK (AP) — Protests in Myanmar over persistent power shortages have provided a test of how the country's elected but military-backed government will respond to rising expectations sparked by the past year's democratic reforms.
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MADRID (AP) — The president of troubled Bankia tried Saturday to calm fears about the future of the bank, saying Spain's second largest mortgage lender will emerge as a solid financial entity after it receives €19 billion ($23.8 billion) in state aid in the country's biggest ever bank bailout.
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MOSCOW (AP) — Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's former president and current premier, has been elected head of the country's dominant political party, which he urged not to be afraid of opposition.
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BEIRUT (AP) — Government troops and pro-regime thugs killed more than 90 people in a handful of villages in central Syria, activists said Saturday, a death toll that if confirmed would make the attack one of deadliest single events in 15 months of unrest.
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TOKYO (AP) — Japan's environment and nuclear minister visited the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant on Saturday to inspect a spent fuel pool at the center of safety concerns and said it appeared to have been properly reinforced.
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SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni military officials say fighting in two southern flashpoint towns has left 27 al-Qaida fighters and seven soldiers dead, and a top commander says the army is pushing the militants out of the area.
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican confirmed Saturday that the pope's butler had been arrested in its embarrassing leaks scandal, adding a Hollywood twist to a sordid tale of power struggles, intrigue and corruption in the highest levels of Catholic Church governance.
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A lifetime ago, a young black South African student was on trial with 21 other suspects accused by the white racist government of treason, terrorism and working for the African National Congress.
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BAGHDAD (AP) — Officials say a roadside bombing in northern Iraq has killed three soldiers.
Two security officials say the bomb exploded at noon Saturday, hitting an Iraqi army patrol in Badoush.
