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• Assad brother's forces overrun Damascus district
• Bombs kill 20 and wound 80 across Iraq
• Heaviest rains in 60 years kill 37 in Beijing
• Eight killed in deadly 24 hours for NATO in Afghanistan
• Iran adds batch of fuel to reactor: nuclear chief
• Greece now in "Great Depression", PM says
• Fires kill three, rage on in Girona in northern Spain
• Thousands march in Mexico to protest Pena Nieto win
• Lost boys of Bagram still live in prison's shadow
• Madagascar army quells mutiny, kills rebel leader
• Emboldened Syrian rebels push into Aleppo
• Israel marks Munich massacre anniversary in London
• 18 killed in sundown bombings in 2 Iraqi towns
• AP Interview: US Afghan withdrawal halfway done
• Japan probes alleged cover-up at nuclear plant
• Israel alert for attacks abroad, eyeing Olympics
• Norway remembers victims of bomb, shooting attacks
• Egypt president: 1952 coup fell short on democracy
• Al-Qaida: We're returning to old Iraq strongholds
• Kidnapped Libyan Olympic Committee chief released

Assad brother's forces overrun Damascus district Posted: 22 Jul 2012 04:08 PM PDT BAB AL-SALAM, Syria (Reuters) - Syrian troops commanded by the brother of President Bashar al-Assad and backed by helicopter gunships have driven rebel fighters out of a district of Damascus a week after the insurgents launched a major assault on the capital. Members of the Syrian army's Fourth Division under the command of Maher al-Assad, a feared hardliner, executed several young men during the operation to regain control of the northern Damascus district of Barzeh, a witness and activists said. ...

Bombs kill 20 and wound 80 across Iraq Posted: 22 Jul 2012 11:09 AM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Car bombs in two towns south of Baghdad and in the Iraqi city of Najaf killed a total of 20 people on Sunday and wounded 80, police and hospital sources said, in one of the most violent days of the past two weeks. Three car bombs killed 11 people and wounded 38 in Mahmudiya, a town 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad, according to police. The first detonated in a car in a parking lot, the second in another car as police arrived at the scene and a third at the town's police station, the police sources said. ...

Heaviest rains in 60 years kill 37 in Beijing Posted: 22 Jul 2012 11:41 AM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese capital's heaviest rainstorm in six decades killed at least 37 people, flooded streets and stranded 80,000 people at the main airport, state media and the government said on Sunday. The storm, which started on Saturday afternoon and continued late into the night, flooded major roads and sent torrents of water tumbling down steps into underpasses. The Beijing city government said on its official microblog at least 37 people had died, including 25 drowned, six crushed in collapsing homes, five electrocuted and one struck by lightning. ...

Eight killed in deadly 24 hours for NATO in Afghanistan Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:30 PM PDT HERAT (Reuters) - A gunman wearing an Afghan uniform turned his weapon against foreign trainers working for NATO in the western province of Herat on Sunday, killing three, in a grim 24 hours for the coalition which also saw five NATO soldiers killed. The latest rogue shooting by an Afghan in a police or army uniform happened at a regional training center in the relatively peaceful western province near Afghanistan's border with Iran, which is normally patrolled by Italian forces. ...

Iran adds batch of fuel to reactor: nuclear chief Posted: 22 Jul 2012 08:20 AM PDT DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has sent a new batch of enriched uranium to fuel a medical research reactor in its capital, the country's nuclear chief said on Sunday, an indication Tehran is digging in as its standoff with world powers over the enrichment continues. Fereydoon Abbasi-Davani, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, said a fourth batch of 20-percent enriched fuel produced inside Iran has now arrived at the Tehran Medical Research Reactor, according to the Mehr news agency. Iran says the reactor produces medical isotopes used to treat cancer patients. ...

Greece now in "Great Depression", PM says Posted: 22 Jul 2012 08:38 AM PDT ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece is in a "Great Depression" similar to the American one in the 1930s, the country's Prime Minister Antonis Samaras told former U.S. President Bill Clinton on Sunday. Samaras was speaking two days before a team of Greece's international lenders arrive in Athens to push for further cuts needed for the debt-laden country to qualify for further rescue payments and avoid a chaotic default. ...

Fires kill three, rage on in Girona in northern Spain Posted: 22 Jul 2012 02:50 PM PDT MADRID (Reuters) - Forest fires that broke out on Sunday in Girona, a tourist spot bordering with France in Spain's northern Catalonia region, have killed three people and were still out of control in the evening, local media said. The area is home to one of the most popular beach destinations in Spain, the Costa Brava. Strong winds hindered firefighters' efforts and have so far spread two fires over 9,000 hectares (22,000 acres). The interior minister of Catalonia, Felip Puig, was quoted in Spanish media as confirming the deaths. ...

Thousands march in Mexico to protest Pena Nieto win Posted: 22 Jul 2012 04:16 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Thousands of people marched through Mexico City on Sunday to denounce the July 1 election of Enrique Pena Nieto as president, though the protest was smaller than one held earlier this month. Pena Nieto's capture of the presidency for the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, has been challenged by his rival, leftist runner-up Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who alleges the PRI resorted to vote-buying and money laundering to win. ...

Lost boys of Bagram still live in prison's shadow Posted: 22 Jul 2012 02:58 PM PDT KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - During some sleepless nights when his stark bedroom walls remind him too much of his old prison cell in Afghanistan, Jan Sher Khan scans Internet dating sites he'd heard about from U.S. soldiers who once guarded him. The 24-year-old Pakistani never contacts anyone on the dating sites. He doesn't know how he'd tell them he spent more than six years in the U.S. military prison of Bagram after being detained as a 16-year-old and accused of being a suicide bomber. ...

Madagascar army quells mutiny, kills rebel leader Posted: 22 Jul 2012 01:01 PM PDT ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - Madagascar's army stormed a military barracks near the island country's main airport in order to quell a mutiny, killing the corporal who led it and arresting a number of mutineers, the army said on Sunday. The soldiers had seized the barracks located 10km (6.2 miles) from the capital Antananarivo at dawn 16 hours earlier. It was unclear what their grievances or demands were, but the drama escalated dramatically when they shot and fatally wounded an officer who had been sent in to negotiate with them. ...

Emboldened Syrian rebels push into Aleppo Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:45 PM PDT A new rebel group boasting some 1,000 fighters launched an operation Sunday to capture Syria's largest city, Aleppo, while government troops using helicopter gunships and heavy artillery rolled back opposition gains in the capital Damascus.

Israel marks Munich massacre anniversary in London Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:14 PM PDT Complaining that the Olympic movement is still ignoring their pain, Israelis marked the 40th anniversary of the Munich massacre on Sunday with a modest service in the atrium of a London apartment block.

18 killed in sundown bombings in 2 Iraqi towns Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:32 PM PDT Bombs struck two Sunni towns at sundown Sunday just as Iraqis were preparing to break their holy day's fast, killing 18 and wounding more than 50, officials said. Two earlier bomb blasts killed a policeman and wounded dozens of people.

AP Interview: US Afghan withdrawal halfway done Posted: 22 Jul 2012 01:44 PM PDT This year's pullout of 23,000 American troops from Afghanistan is at the halfway mark, U.S. Gen. John Allen, the top commander of U.S. and NATO forces, said Sunday in an interview with The Associated Press.

Japan probes alleged cover-up at nuclear plant Posted: 22 Jul 2012 10:30 AM PDT Japanese authorities are investigating subcontractors on suspicion that they forced workers at the tsunami-hit nuclear plant to underreport the amount of radiation they were exposed to so they could stay on the job longer.

Israel alert for attacks abroad, eyeing Olympics Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:33 PM PDT Israel's prime minister said Sunday that his country is on alert for plots to kill more of its citizens overseas, after speculation that last week's suicide bombing of a tour bus in Bulgaria was a rehearsal for a spectacular attack on Israel's Olympics team.

Norway remembers victims of bomb, shooting attacks Posted: 22 Jul 2012 01:56 PM PDT Norway on Sunday paused to commemorate the 77 victims of a bomb and gun massacre that shocked the peaceful nation one year ago, a tragedy that the prime minister said had brought Norwegians together in defense of democracy and tolerance.

Egypt president: 1952 coup fell short on democracy Posted: 22 Jul 2012 03:22 PM PDT On the eve of the 60th anniversary of a coup that started decades of military rule, Egypt's new president said Sunday that it failed to bring about democracy. He credited last year's uprising with correcting the path.

Al-Qaida: We're returning to old Iraq strongholds Posted: 22 Jul 2012 10:11 AM PDT The first online statement from the new leader of al-Qaida's affiliate in Iraq claims that the militant network is returning to strongholds from which it was driven by U.S. forces and their Sunni allies before the American withdrawal at the end of last year.

Kidnapped Libyan Olympic Committee chief released Posted: 22 Jul 2012 02:54 PM PDT The president of Libya's Olympic Committee said hours after he returned home Sunday that his kidnapping remains a mystery but that authorities promised to investigate the case.

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