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News for Friday, 23 Sep 2011

Syrian forces kill two in attacks on Friday protests

Syrian forces killed at least two protesters when they fired live ammunition to disperse pro-democracy protests after Friday prayers in intensified assaults to crush a six-month uprising, activists said. Citing...

Chinese held 6 women as sex slaves, killed 2

Police in central China have detained a man for holding six women as sex slaves in an underground prison for two years, killing two before one escaped and notified the...

US special forces chiefs seek balanced Afghan drawdown

Military chiefs planning the U.S. troop drawdown in Afghanistan must be careful not to undercut special operations forces by removing too many of the regular units that support them, leaders...

Gunmen kill four in Russia’s North Caucasus

Gunmen in Russia's violence-plagued North Caucasus province of Dagestan shot dead a high-level law enforcement official as well as his daughter, nephew and driver on Friday, authorities said. The attack...

UK lawyers to start News Corp action in US

British lawyers acting for phone-hacking victims are planning to launch legal action in the United States against directors of News Corp, Sky TV said on Friday, quoting sources. They will...

Abbas to stake Palestinian claim to state at UN

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas asks the UN on Friday to recognize a state for his people, even though Israel still occupies its territory and the US has vowed to veto...

Pope tells German Muslims all must be bound by law

Pope Benedict told German Muslims in Berlin on Friday they can expect cooperation and support from Roman Catholics as long as they respect Germany's constitution and the limits it sets...

Bombs in Iraq’s capital kill 4, wound 9

A series of bombs went off simultaneously killing at least four people and wounding nine others in a mainly Sunni residential area in the Iraqi capital on Friday, security sources...

Libya interim govt to be announced within days: NTC

An interim government in Libya will be announced within the next few days and will include 22 ministerial portfolios, a spokesman for the North African country's transitional rulers said on...

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