Reuters
Syrian Forces Fight Back After Rebel Surge Into Capital -- Jerusalem Post/Reuters
Rights group says 550 people killed in the past 24 hours, making it the deadliest two days in the 16-month uprising.
BAB AL-HAWA, Syria/AMMAN - Syrian government forces pounded rebels in Damascus overnight, battling to reverse opposition gains in the aftermath of the assassination of President Bashar Assad's security chiefs.
Army helicopters and tanks aimed rockets, machine guns and mortars at pockets of rebel fighters who have infiltrated the capital this week in an operation they call "Damascus Volcano."
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MIDDLE EAST
Activists report heavy fighting in Syria's Aleppo.
Ankara: Two more Syrian generals flee to Turkey.
UN concerned for up to one million Syrians displaced by crisis.
Surviving members of Syria inner circle.
Attack on Turkey-Iraq pipeline knocks out oil flows.
Yemenis left with mixed feelings after government troops oust Islamists.
Saudi to non-Muslims: Respect fast or be expelled.
ASIA
Exclusive: Kim plans economic change in North Korea.
With crackdown, N. Korea puts a hold on defectors.
Militant attacks kill 15 in Pakistan. Pakistan blast 'kills nine' in Kurram at Nabi compound.
Muslims in Burma's Rakhine state 'abused' - Amnesty.
AFRICA
South Sudan accuses Sudan of bombing its territory. Sudan: Army bombarded Darfur rebels inside Sudanese territory.
The mess in northern Mali.
11 die in Ivory Coast clashes.
146 presumed dead in accident of overloaded Tanzania ferry as rescue mission is called off.
Libyan economy in post-revolution boom.
EUROPE
Olympic buzz takes off: London welcomes the flame.
Fears over Sicily's future as euro flow stops and bankruptcy looms.
Spain bonds slide as Valencia aid request deepens crisis.
Azerbaijan’s separatist Nagorno-Karabakh territory votes in presidential election.
EU funds for projects that never existed.
AMERICAS
Colombian 'Farc rebels' blow up bridge in San Vicente.
Indian upheaval bares Colombia's nagging conflict.
Chavez's gasoline rationing plan causes uproar.
Argentina nabs half-ton of Africa-bound cocaine.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
Source: Possible 2nd suspect in Bulgaria bus attack.
Expert: No drone backlash in Yemen.
Rezwan Ferdaus admits US model plane explosives plot.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
The falling fortunes of the one percent.
IMF economist accuses Fund of suppressing information.
Corn, soybean prices shoot up as drought worsens.
Google reports sales and profits jump.
Oil prices fall on Europe's economic woes.
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