Fearful Alawites pay sectarian militias in battered Homs
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Door for Israeli-Palestinian peace may be closing: U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday the “door may be closing, for good” on a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying the continued growth of Jewish settlements undercuts peace.
Former fighters exchange fire outside Libya congress
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Former Libyan rebel fighters exchanged fire outside the national congress in Tripoli on Tuesday, a member of the national assembly said.
Remains of Smolensk plane crash victims swapped: prosecutors
WARSAW (Reuters) – A plane crash in Russia in 2010 that claimed the lives of Poland’s president and 94 others is once again troubling ties between Moscow and Warsaw after the revelation that some grieving families received the wrong bodies to bury.
Iran sees cyber attacks as greater threat than actual war
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran is prepared to defend itself in case of a “cyber war” which could cause more harm than a physical confrontation, a commander in the country’s Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday.
China carrier a show of force as Japan tension festers
TOKYO/BEIJING (Reuters) – China sent its first aircraft carrier into formal service on Tuesday amid a tense maritime dispute with Japan in a show of force that could worry its neighbors.
Ghana says to help Ivory Coast investigate raids that closed border
ACCRA and NOE, Ivory Coast (Reuters) – Ghana has promised to help investigate attacks in Ivory Coast that Ivorian officials say were launched by supporters of former President Laurent Gbagbo exiled in the neighboring state.
Analysis: Clock ticking on French fracking veto
PARIS (Reuters) – President Francois Hollande’s move to leave French shale gas untapped to protect a frayed alliance with the Greens may come back to haunt him as the economy grinds to a halt and job cuts pile in.
Clinton reassures Egypt’s Mursi on U.S. assistance
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reassured Egypt’s new Islamist president on Monday that the United States would forge ahead with plans to expand economic assistance despite anti-American protests that cast new shadows over U.S. …
Syrian air strike kills at least 54: activists
BEIRUT (Reuters) – At least 54 people were killed when a jet fighter blew up a fuel station amid heavy fighting between government and rebel forces in northern Syria on Thursday, a British-based monitoring group said.
