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ALEPPO, Syria (AP) -- Two suicide car bombers struck security compounds in Aleppo on Friday, killing 28 people, Syrian officials said, bringing significant violence for the first time to an industrial center that has largely stood by President Bashar Assad during the 11-month uprising against his rule....
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's military rulers warned Friday that the country faces conspiracies that seek to topple the state and spread chaos, one day before activists plan to mark the anniversary of the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak with protests and a general strike....
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- A strike by Rio police a week ahead of Carnival celebrations is drawing attention to a deeply troubled force in which low wages help fuel corruption, extortion and lethal violence, experts said Friday....
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Al-Qaida's decision to formally extend its terror franchise to what once was a nationalist movement in Somalia may only be a desperate joining of hands to prop up two militant groups that are both losing popular support and facing increasingly deadly military attacks, analysts said Friday....
BEIJING (AP) -- A Chinese court has sentenced a dissident writer to seven years in prison over a poem he wrote urging his countrymen to gather at a public square, a human rights group said Friday....
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece's future in the eurozone grew increasingly precarious Friday as violence erupted on the streets of Athens and dissent grew among its lawmakers after European leaders demanded deeper spending cuts....
AL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) -- Armed tribesmen stopped a tourist bus and kidnapped three Korean women and their guide in Egypt's Sinai peninsula on Friday, the region's security chief said....
MALE, Maldives (AP) -- The United States on Friday backtracked from its swift recognition of the new Maldives government, which the nation's former leader claims came to power in a coup....
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- An Islamic extremist who killed two U.S. airmen in an attack at Frankfurt airport last year was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison Friday....
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- European shippers say they are losing millions because a lengthy stretch of the Danube - one of Europe's key waterways - is stuck in the longest freeze in recent memory....
