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UN: 32 children, 60 adults killed in Syria attack
The head of the U.N. observer team in Syria says at least 32 children under 10 years of age and more than 60 adults were killed in fighting in the center of the country Friday.
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WORLD
Singapore's ruling party loses by-election
Voters dealt Singapore's ruling People's Action Party its third electoral setback in a year, allowing the opposition to hold onto a Parliament seat in a by-election Saturday.
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Egypt's 3rd runner-up calls for vote recount
The third runner-up in Egypt's presidential race called Saturday for a partial vote recount, citing violations, his spokesman said.
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Activists: Toll from Syrian attack more than 90
Government troops shelled a string of villages in central Syria before pro-regime thugs swept through the area, shooting people in the streets and in their homes in attacks that killed more than 90 people, activists said Saturday.
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Iraqi president calls for dialogue to solve crisis
Iraq's president on Saturday urged the nation's bickering factions to resolve the bitter political dispute that has gripped the government for nearly six months, warning that the crisis threatens to split the country.
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WORLD
Heavy winds, rain damage Bahamas islands
Heavy winds in the Bahamas have toppled cars, felled trees and damaged roofs as thunderstorms roll through the Caribbean archipelago.
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WORLD
Georgia opens new parliament far from Tbilisi
Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has inaugurated the country's new parliament building in the city of Kutaisi, some 220 kilometers (150 miles) from the capital Tbilisi.
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Dutch-born Nazi war crimes convict dies in Germany
Klaas Carel Faber, a Dutch native who fled to Germany after being convicted in the Netherlands of Nazi war crimes and subsequently lived in freedom despite several attempts to try or extradite him, has died. He was 90.
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BUSINESS
Spain's lender Bankia says it won't need more aid
The president of troubled Bankia tried Saturday to calm fears about the future of the bank, saying Spain's second largest mortgage lender will emerge as a solid financial entity after it receives (EURO)19 billion ($23.8 billion) in state aid in the country's biggest ever bank bailout.
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Gunman kills 2, wounds 7 in Finland, then arrested
An 18-year-old gunman killed two people and wounded seven early Saturday in a random shooting in a southern Finnish town, police said.








