2012年7月29日星期日

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Syria says it recaptures Aleppo district after battle

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 03:45 PM PDT

A member of the Free Syrian Army walks past a destroyed building in AzzazALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - Syrian troops said they had recaptured a district of Syria's largest city Aleppo, after heavy fighting against rebels who remain in control of swathes of the commercial hub despite being pushed out of the capital Damascus. The past two weeks have seen forces of President Bashar al-Assad struggle as never before to maintain their grip on the country after a major rebel advance into the two main cities and a July 18 explosion that killed four top security officials. ...


Syria opposition chief visits Iraqi Kurdistan

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 02:28 PM PDT

Syrian National Council chief Abdel Basset SaydaSyrian National Council chief Abdel Basset Sayda is on a visit to Iraqi Kurdistan in a bid to convince Kurdish leaders to join the opposition, an official from a Syrian Kurdish group said.


200,000 flee Syria's Aleppo in two days: UN

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 12:34 PM PDT

A Jordanian worker walks among the tents at the Zaatari CampThe United Nations said Sunday that 200,000 people have fled the Syrian city of Aleppo in two days as President Bashar al-Assad's forces step up their assault.


Iraq bombings kill six

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 12:16 PM PDT

Iraqis gather at the site of a blast in Fallujah in 2010Bombings in Iraq killed six people on Sunday, including two policemen, and wounded 21 others, security and medical officials said.


Syria's rebels hold Aleppo neighborhoods

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 11:17 AM PDT

This image made from amateur video released by the Shaam News Network and accessed Sunday, July 29, 2012, shows a Syrian military tank in Daraa, Syria. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video) TV OUT, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT, DATE, LOCATION OR AUTHENTICITY OF THIS MATERIALSyrian tanks and artillery pounded rebel-held neighborhoods in the commercial hub of Aleppo on Sunday in a bid to retake control as President Bashar Assad's regime accused regional powerhouses Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey of trying to destroy the country.


Iran urges baby boom

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 09:15 AM PDT

Iranian nurse Zahra Akbarzadeh, left, gives one-day-old baby girl Setayesh to her mother, Tayyebeh Sadat Bidak, to feed her at the Mehr hospital, in Tehran, Sunday, July 29, 2012. In a major reversal of once far-reaching family planning policies, Iran is now slashing its birth-control programs in an attempt to avoid an aging demographic similar to many Western countries that are struggling to keep up with state medical and social security costs. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)Iran's new message to parents: Get busy and have babies.


Syrian lashes out at Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey, vows to beat rebels in Aleppo

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 08:50 AM PDT

BEIRUT - The Syrian regime accused regional powerhouses Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey of trying to destroy the country and vowed Sunday that it would defeat rebels who have captured large swathes of the commercial hub Aleppo.

Kurds in secret weapons deal: Iraqi official

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 08:31 AM PDT

Kurdish peshmerga are commanded by the autonomous Kurdish administration of northern IraqA high-ranking Iraqi official on Sunday said security agencies have uncovered a secret weapons deal between the autonomous Kurdistan region and an unnamed foreign country.


Officials: 7 Iraqi police killed in attacks

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 08:08 AM PDT

Two bombings and a drive-by shooting Sunday killed seven Iraqi police in a former al-Qaida stronghold in the western part of the country, authorities said, another sign of the militants' resurgence.

Army to the rescue again - this time to fill seats

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 08:06 AM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - British troops brought in at short notice to help with security at the Olympic Games were summoned to the rescue for a second time on Sunday - this time in the less arduous role of filling empty seats. The Games organising committee, LOCOG, turned to the army again after television footage of rows of empty seats at many venues caused outrage among Britons who had tried and failed to buy tickets under a complex allocation system. ...

7 dead in bombings, shooting targeting police in former al-Qaida stronghold

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 07:36 AM PDT

BAGHDAD - Authorities say seven Iraqi police have been killed in two bombings and a drive-by shooting in a former al-Qaida stronghold in western Iraq.

Rebels in Aleppo 'will be defeated': Syria FM

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 07:23 AM PDT

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-MuallemRebels fighting government forces in Syria's commercial capital Aleppo "will definitely be defeated," Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem said on an unannounced visit to key ally Iran on Sunday.


Pope appeals urgently for end to bloodshed in Syria

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 06:41 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI blesses pilgrims gathered in Castel GandolfoPope Benedict XVI launched an urgent appeal for an end to bloodshed in Syria on Sunday, calling on the international community to do everything to help resolve the conflict.


Syria lashes out at Saudi, Qatar, Turkey

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 06:38 AM PDT

In this citizen journalism image taken on Saturday, July 28, 2012 and provided by Edlib News Network ENN, a Syrian boy poses for a photograph in Maarat al-Numaan on the eastern edge of Idlib province, northern Syria. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS HANDOUT PHOTOThe Syrian regime accused regional powerhouses Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey of trying to destroy the country and vowed Sunday that it would defeat rebels who have captured large swathes of the commercial hub Aleppo.


US Air Force looks to train pilots for hi-tech threats

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 02:20 AM PDT

Former fighter pilots have been recruited to help oversee simulated air battlesFor over a decade US fighter pilots have become accustomed to "owning the sky" in wars against insurgents who have no air defenses, but now the air force is trying to get back to basics reminding pilots how to fly against a sophisticated enemy.


Today in History

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 09:02 PM PDT

Today is Sunday, July 29, the 211th day of 2012. There are 155 days left in the year.

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