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• Syria says it recaptures Aleppo district after battle
• After the battle, despair grips Damascus
• German support for Merkel's crisis handling erodes: poll
• Magnitude 6.0 quake hits off Mexico's Pacific coast
• Gunmen storm Yemen ministry, seize Italian
• Romanian president survives impeachment referendum
• Nigerian Boko Haram suspects kill 5 in Kano: police
• Bolivia says to decide highway's fate by consulting tribes
• First Pisa, now Rome's Colosseum - it's leaning
• Hong Kong protesters oppose "propaganda" education plan
• Syria's rebels hold Aleppo neighborhoods
• Romanian referendum invalid due to low turnout
• In Israel, Romney declares Jerusalem to be capital
• Gunmen briefly seize security building in Yemen
• Report: US presents Israel with Iran strike plan
• Eurogroup chair sees decisions soon in debt crisis
• Rain drenches Olympic cycling, archery events
• 2 NATO service members killed in Afghanistan
• Islamists: Couple in northern Mali stoned to death
• EYES ON LONDON: Records, a surprise and dark skies

Syria says it recaptures Aleppo district after battle Posted: 29 Jul 2012 03:45 PM PDT ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - Syrian troops said they had recaptured a district of Syria's largest city Aleppo, after heavy fighting against rebels who remain in control of swathes of the commercial hub despite being pushed out of the capital Damascus. The past two weeks have seen forces of President Bashar al-Assad struggle as never before to maintain their grip on the country after a major rebel advance into the two main cities and a July 18 explosion that killed four top security officials. ...

After the battle, despair grips Damascus Posted: 29 Jul 2012 06:32 AM PDT (The identities of the reporters have been withheld for their security) DAMASCUS (Reuters) - In the once bustling shopping district of Hamra Street in the heart of Damascus, three men - all made homeless by fighting which raged in the city for two weeks - sit outside their empty shops on a deserted pavement. Residents of the eastern and southern suburbs of the Syrian capital, which have been hardest hit by President Bashar al-Assad's fierce counter-offensive against rebel forces, they have sought shelter with family in central Damascus. ...

German support for Merkel's crisis handling erodes: poll Posted: 29 Jul 2012 09:24 AM PDT BERLIN (Reuters) - Only one third of Germans still believe Angela Merkel is making the right decisions over the euro zone debt crisis, according to a survey published on Sunday, pointing to a steep erosion in domestic support for the chancellor over the last weeks. The survey by YouGov, due to be printed in Monday's edition of Bild newspaper, found 33 percent in favor of her stance but 48 percent against, a setback for the chancellor who is to seek a third term in a 2013 federal election, which she has vowed to make a vote on Europe. ...

Magnitude 6.0 quake hits off Mexico's Pacific coast Posted: 29 Jul 2012 06:49 AM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck off Mexico's Pacific coast on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there were no reports of damage. The quake was centered about 18 miles southwest of Suchiate in the southern state of Chiapas, close to the border with Guatemala. It had a depth of 22 miles, the USGS said. Emergency services in Chiapas state were checking the area but a spokesman said there were no reports of damage. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not immediately issue a tsunami warning. ...

Gunmen storm Yemen ministry, seize Italian Posted: 29 Jul 2012 12:28 PM PDT SANAA (Reuters) - Gunmen kidnapped an Italian embassy security officer in Yemen on Sunday and some 100 armed tribesmen loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh stormed the Interior Ministry, demanding to be enlisted in the police force, officials said. A spokesman for the Italian Foreign Ministry in Rome said a security officer who is a member of the country's Carabinieri military police had been seized in Yemen and that a crisis committee had been activated. The spokesman declined to give further details. ...

Romanian president survives impeachment referendum Posted: 29 Jul 2012 03:29 PM PDT BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian President Traian Basescu survived a referendum on his impeachment on Sunday after the voter turnout fell short of the required level and derailed an effort by his opponents to oust him from office. Leftist Prime Minister Victor Ponta's efforts to unseat the conservative Basescu have brought a stern dressing-down from the European Union, which accused him of undermining the rule of law and intimidating judges. The row over Basescu has delayed policymaking, sent the leu currency plunging to record lows, and pushed up borrowing costs. ...

Nigerian Boko Haram suspects kill 5 in Kano: police Posted: 29 Jul 2012 03:21 PM PDT KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - Suspected members of Islamist sect Boko Haram killed five people and lost four of their members in a series of gun battles in Nigeria's second largest city Kano on Sunday, authorities said. Residents said gunfire and explosions could be heard late on Sunday in the city in Nigeria's mostly-Muslim north. Kano Police Commissioner Ibrahim Idris told Reuters that suspected members of the sect attempted to attack a mosque near the Bayero university on Sunday evening before police engaged them in a gun battle, where four of the sect were killed. ...

Bolivia says to decide highway's fate by consulting tribes Posted: 29 Jul 2012 04:21 PM PDT OROMOMO, Bolivia (Reuters) - Bolivia's leftist government opened a consultation process on Sunday with indigenous people to decide the fate of a proposed highway that has drawn sharp criticism on environmental grounds. The government will take until mid-September to consult 69 communities in the Isiboro Secure Indigenous Territory and National Park (TIPNIS), where work on the middle section of the 185-mile road has been halted for nearly a year. Fierce opposition to the $420 million highway has put President Evo Morales at odds with his indigenous support base. ...

First Pisa, now Rome's Colosseum - it's leaning Posted: 29 Jul 2012 11:32 AM PDT ROME (Reuters) - The ancient Colosseum of Rome, where gladiators fought for their lives, is slanting about 40 cm (16 inches) lower on the south side than on the north, and authorities are investigating whether it needs urgent repairs. Experts first noticed the incline about a year ago and have been monitoring it for the past few months, Rossella Rea, director at the 2,000-year-old monument, said in an article published in the Italian daily Corriere della Sera on Sunday. ...

Hong Kong protesters oppose "propaganda" education plan Posted: 29 Jul 2012 08:46 AM PDT Hong Kong (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Hong Kong parents, students and teachers marched in the streets on Sunday in protest against a school curriculum plan they said was an attempt to brainwash students by extolling the achievements of the Chinese Communist party. The controversy is the latest backlash against perceived political influence from Beijing in the former British colony that returned to Chinese rule in 1997. ...

Syria's rebels hold Aleppo neighborhoods Posted: 29 Jul 2012 11:17 AM PDT Syrian tanks and artillery pounded rebel-held neighborhoods in the commercial hub of Aleppo on Sunday in a bid to retake control as President Bashar Assad's regime accused regional powerhouses Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey of trying to destroy the country.

Romanian referendum invalid due to low turnout Posted: 29 Jul 2012 04:04 PM PDT Romanian election officials declared late Sunday that a referendum to impeach the nation's president on grounds that he overstepped his authority had failed because of low voter turnout.

In Israel, Romney declares Jerusalem to be capital Posted: 29 Jul 2012 02:19 PM PDT Standing on Israeli soil, U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Sunday declared Jerusalem to be the capital of the Jewish state and said the United States has "a solemn duty and a moral imperative" to block Iran from achieving nuclear weapons capability.

Gunmen briefly seize security building in Yemen Posted: 29 Jul 2012 01:30 PM PDT Gunmen loyal to Yemen's ousted ruler seized a security building near the Interior Ministry in the capital for a few hours on Sunday before vacating it, a security official said.

Report: US presents Israel with Iran strike plan Posted: 29 Jul 2012 12:25 PM PDT An Israeli newspaper reported Sunday that the Obama administration's top security official has briefed Israel on U.S. plans for a possible attack on Iran, seeking to reassure it that Washington is prepared to act militarily should diplomacy and sanctions fail to pressure Tehran to abandon its nuclear enrichment program.

Eurogroup chair sees decisions soon in debt crisis Posted: 29 Jul 2012 10:48 AM PDT The German and Italian leaders issued a new pledge to protect the eurozone, while the influential eurogroup chairman was quoted Sunday as saying that officials have no time to lose and will decide in the coming days what measures to take.

Rain drenches Olympic cycling, archery events Posted: 29 Jul 2012 11:54 AM PDT Heavy rain drenched the women's road cycling race Sunday and strong winds rattled through tennis courts and the equestrian arena as the London Olympics faced its first encounter with Britain's often tempestuous weather.

2 NATO service members killed in Afghanistan Posted: 29 Jul 2012 12:47 PM PDT The NATO military coalition on Sunday said two service members were killed in an insurgent attack in the west of the country.

Islamists: Couple in northern Mali stoned to death Posted: 29 Jul 2012 02:49 PM PDT A spokesman for the radical Islamic group controlling northern Mali says a couple who had an adulterous relationship was stoned to death this weekend in the town of Aguelhok.

EYES ON LONDON: Records, a surprise and dark skies Posted: 29 Jul 2012 03:01 PM PDT Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you:

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