Suicide Car Bombs Kill At Least 44 In Damascus -- CNN
(CNN) -- Two powerful suicide car bombs shook the seat of Syrian power Friday in a strike the government blamed on terrorists and opposition forces called the work of the Bashar al-Assad regime.
In incidents carrying "the blueprints of al Qaeda," bombs exploded outside the offices of two security branches in Damascus, the Syrian capital, said the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency, or SANA.
At least 44 people were killed and another 166 wounded. The casualties included security personnel as well as civilians, SANA said.
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MIDDLE EAST
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ASIA
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China jails human rights activist for 9 years.
AFRICA
Day of violence in northern Nigeria kills at least 24.
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Three aid workers shot dead in Somalia.
New Libyan leaders juggle demands, grievances.
U.N. urges Libya to sell off uranium cache.
ICC frees Rwandan rebel Callixte Mbarushimana.
Oil spill moves toward Nigerian coast.
EUROPE
French National Assembly passes Armenian genocide bill. Turkey withdraws Ambassador from France.
Thousands sign up for new Russian protest.
Mikhail Gorbachev 'ashamed' of Vladimir Putin.
Ukrainian court upholds 7-year jail sentence for former premier Yulia Tymoshenko.
Prince Philip undergoes 'precautionary tests' after suffering chest pains.
AMERICAS
Fatal ambushes targeting police in the U.S. increase.
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ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
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