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August 14, 2011

Aruba suspect charming, changeable

Police are focusing on a Maryland man after his female traveling companion disappears.
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August 14, 2011

Libyan rebels push into strategic city

They claimed to control most of Zawiya after heavy clashes with entrenched Gadhafi forces.
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August 14, 2011

Syrian forces kill five people

BEIRUT – Syrian tanks, security agents and pro-regime gunmen fanned out into the streets of several towns to root out protesters demanding the ouster of President Bashar Assad in a sweep Saturday that killed at least five people. The heaviest assault was in the Mediterranean coastal city of Latakia, where a day earlier thousands had […]
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August 14, 2011

Gunmen kidnap American contractor in Pakistan

The victim is Warren Weinstein, a director for J.E. Austin Associates.
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August 14, 2011

Reinstatement tough task for ex-military gays

SAN DIEGO – Former Air Force officer Michael Almy’s five-year battle to get back into the military after being discharged for being gay is still far from over despite the end of the policy that halted the decorated war veteran’s 13-year career. The repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell” coincides with the most competitive time […]

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August 14, 2011

Shale gas reviving chemical industry

Dow and other companies are planning to build new plants in the United States, the first since 2001.
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August 14, 2011

Texas governor joins GOP race in big way

Rick Perry is seen as one of the few candidates who can unite disparate elements of the party.
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August 14, 2011

World/Nation Dispatches

TEL AVIV Tens of thousands protest over poor social conditions Tens of thousands of Israelis in smaller cities across the country took to the streets Saturday night, in an attempt to prove that the socioeconomic discontent sweeping the country is nationwide and not confined to the main cities. At least 60,000 people were reported to […]
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August 14, 2011

Can U.S. cool its own social tinder?

Because so many factors – race, class, lawlessness – may feed the unrest, predictions vary widely.
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August 13, 2011

Saudis taking lead role in opposing the Syrian regime

Usually content to follow the U.S., Saudi rulers are surprisingly strong in condemning Assad's actions.