Demonstrators protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Jubar near Damascus Wednesday. REUTERS/Shaam News Network
Syrian Pro-Regime TV Station Attacked, Battles Rage Near Capital -- L.A. Times
BEIRUT -- Gunmen stormed a pro-government television station outside the Syrian capital on Wednesday, burning down the offices and killing three journalists and four security guards, Syria’s official state media reported.
The brazen attack on the station, which had reportedly been placed on the European Union sanctions blacklist, came as accounts of fighting escalated in the restive suburbs surrounding the capital and a dour Syrian President Bashar Assad declared the nation was on a war footing.
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MIDDLE EAST
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ASIA
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AFRICA
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Somali forces capture rebel stronghold.
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EUROPE
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Portugal clings to austerity on edge of abyss.
Assailants attack Microsoft HQ in Athens.
Queen and Martin McGuinness share handshake on road to peace.
AMERICAS
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Britain’s MI5 chief talks threats before Olympics.
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