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QUOTE OF THE DAY “We are serious about having negotiations that would lead to a political solution. But if Assad is not serious, we are not going there for a photo op.” Louay Safi, of the opposition Syrian National Coalition, on an international conference aimed at making peace between rebel groups and Syrian President Bashar Assad Article, this page Paris cathedral evacuated after suicide PARIS — Some 1,500 visitors were cleared out of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris after a man put a letter on the altar of the 850-year-old monument Tuesday, pulled out a gun and shot himself in the head. Continue reading...
Attacks, bombing kill 14 Afghan police
KABUL — A coordinated Taliban assault on checkpoints in southern Afghanistan killed four policemen before a counterattack drove the insurgents back, Afghan officials said Tuesday. Also, at least 10 other policemen died in two attacks in the country’s west. Continue reading...
7 Burmese Muslims sentenced for lynching of Buddhist monk
A Burmese court sentenced seven Muslims to prison Tuesday — one of them to a life term — in the killing of a Buddhist monk amid deadly sectarian violence that was directed against Muslims but has not led to any criminal trials against members of the country’s Buddhist majority. Continue reading...
Candidates on the outs gone from Iran elections
Iran’s election overseers removed potential wild-card candidates from the presidential race Tuesday, blocking a top aide of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a former president. Continue reading...
Rioters in Sweden rampage 2nd day
Some 200 youths hurled rocks at police Tuesday and set cars ablaze in a suburb of Stockholm, the second day of rioting triggered by the fatal police shooting of a man wielding a knife. Continue reading...
China leader woos businesses
Prime Minister Li Keqiang of China spoke before a gathering of nearly 500 business leaders in the Indian capital Tuesday and said India and China must do business with each other. Continue reading...
At least 95 die in attacks in Iraq
BAGHDAD — A wave of attacks killed at least 95 people in Shiite and Sunni areas of Iraq on Monday, officials said, pushing the death toll over the past week to more than 240 and extending one of the most sustained bouts of sectarian violence the country has seen in years. Continue reading...
Bomber in Afghan police garb kills 14
KABUL — A suicide bomber dressed in a police uniform killed 14 people including a prominent provincial council chief outside the council headquarters in northern Afghanistan on Monday, authorities said. The Taliban insurgency quickly claimed responsibility. Continue reading...
Hezbollah’s role in civil war is growing
Hezbollah was pulled more deeply into Syria’s civil war as 28 guerrillas from the Lebanese Shiite militant group were killed and dozens more wounded while fighting rebels, Syria activists said Monday. Continue reading...
Syrian troops advance in battle for key region
Syrian troops pushed into a rebel-held town near the Lebanese border Sunday, fighting house to-house and bombing from the air as President Bashar Assad tried to strengthen his grip on a strategic strip of land running from the capital to the Mediterranean coast. Continue reading...
Few show for Pakistan redo vote
Voters in an upscale district of Karachi turned out in low numbers Sunday for a repeat of the parliamentary election there, a day after a prominent official in Imran Khan’s political party was gunned down in the area, officials said. Continue reading...
The world in brief
QUOTE OF THE DAY “It has been scientifically proven that there are never zero mines on a demined field, and that’s where bees could come in.” Nikola Kezic, an expert on the behavior of honeybees, which are being trained to detect leftover land mines from the Balkan Wars Article, this page Continue reading...
Names and faces
A Los Angeles sheriff’s spokesman says Terminator 2 star Edward Furlong has been arrested on suspicion of violating a restraining order filed by his ex-girlfriend. Continue reading...
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Roberto Tapia, the director of environmental enforcement for the U.S. Virgin Islands’ environment agency, was armed, uniformed and possessed a bag containing more than 15 pounds of cocaine, according to a criminal complaint, when federal agents arrested him on drug-trafficking charges related to accusations he used one of his department’s boats in trafficking. Continue reading...
U.S. Embassy employee in spy case flies out of Russia
The U.S. Embassy employee accused of spying in Moscow flew out of Russia on Sunday, five days after he was ordered to leave the country, NTV television reported. Continue reading...
