Syrian Rebels Launch Damascus Attacks As Violence Escalates -- The Telegraph
Rebels seeking to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad launched three separate attacks around Damascus on Tuesday, activists and state media said.
A bomb hidden in an army truck also exploded in the capital, wounding several people.
The persistent bloodshed has tarnished efforts by a U.N. team of observers to bolster a truce that the international community sees as the last-chance to prevent the country from falling into civil war.
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MIDDLE EAST
Car bomb explodes in Damascus as violence continues across Syria. Syrian rebels target security officials in capital.
U.N. aims to feed 500,000 Syrians soon.
Egypt's Sinai turning into 'Wild West': Israeli PM.
Palestinian hunger strikes draw attention to Israeli detention practice.
Israel authorises three West Bank settlement outposts.
ASIA
Exclusive: North Korea's nuclear test ready "soon".
North Korea threat: China reaches out to agitated Pyongyang.
Exclusive: China firm boasts about missile-linked North Korea sale: envoys.
Ex-leaders of China protest village Wukan 'punished'.
E.U. suspends most Burma sanctions.
Pakistan's top court to deliver verdict in PM case.
AFRICA
Sudan has 'declared war' on South Sudan.
Sudan’s Bashir, in Heglig, vows no peace talks as jets hit Bentiu in South Sudan.
Analysis-Mali-from democracy poster child to broken state.
Egypt army backs law on Presidential bid ban-report.
5 dead in tribal clashes in Southern Libya.
EUROPE
Yulia Tymoshenko on hunger strike in Ukraine prison.
More grief for Greece as recession seen deeper.
Spain and Italy borrowing rates soar in latest auctions.
Dutch opposition rejects budget cuts, crisis deepens.
Norway killer says hoped to have massacred more.
Vladimir Putin quits as head of Russia's ruling party.
AMERICAS
Mexican immigration at a standstill, report says.
Chavez dismisses rumors, saying he'll be home soon.
YPF Repsol row: EU warns Argentina over nationalisation.
Calderon presses for U.S. answer on Pacific trade pact.
Military personnel involved in prostitution scandal have security clearance suspended.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
British shoe bomber Saajid Badat was told in one on one meeting with Bin Laden that Al-Qaeda leader planned to bring down U.S. economy.
Al Qaeda challenges with lone wolf tactics: Canada.
Al Qaeda's 2008 plan to hit Long Island Railroad revealed.
The threat of Boko Haram for Nigeria, Africa, and beyond.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
Facebook reveals revenue, profit slide ahead of IPO.
Google Drive to offer free storage in the cloud.
Wal-Mart shaken by bribery probe, shares plunge.
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