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Opposition activists in Homs say anti-government forces were forced onto the defensive in Syria’s third-largest city Tuesday, as fighters under President Bashar Assad launched their latest
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Argentina Rescues Girl Imprisoned in Garage for Nine Years
Argentinean police said Wednesday they rescued a 15-year-old girl who had been severely beaten, starved and locked in a garage for nine years by her foster parents, the BBC reports. The girl was
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Facebook Removes Jihadist Preacher's Page
Facebook confirmed Thursday it removed the page of a radical preacher from Australia who reportedly used social media to encourage terrorist acts, The Guardian reports. Musa Cerantonio, a Muslim
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Iran Mulls Ban on Vasectomies
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Iraq Shutters Abu Ghraib Prison
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Argentina Rescues Girl Imprisoned in Garage for Nine Years
Argentinean police said Wednesday they rescued a 15-year-old girl who had been severely beaten, starved and locked in a garage for nine years by her foster parents, the BBC reports. The girl was
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Facebook Removes Jihadist Preacher's Page
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