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Iran reaffirms support for Syria's Assad; U.S. warns of proxy war

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 12:00 AM PDT

Iran's security chief, Saeed Jalili, meets with Bashar Assad in Syria. Hillary Rodham Clinton warns outsiders against sending in terrorist fighters.

BEIRUT — Iran'stop security official on Tuesday reaffirmed Tehran'ssupport for Syrian President Bashar Assad as the United States warned of a potential proxy war in Syria and an influx of terrorists to the strife-torn nation.

DreamWorks Animation plans entertainment district in Shanghai

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 12:00 AM PDT

DreamWorks Animation plans to partner with China's largest media firms to open Dream Center — an entertainment hub similar to Universal Citywalk — in 2016.

DreamWorks Animation and China's largest media companies plan to invest more than $3 billion to build a sprawling entertainment, dining and shopping district in Shanghai.

Mexico memorial to drug war victims inspires debate

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 12:00 AM PDT

Even as the winning design for the monument was announced, conflicting visions and bitter disputes arose over who should be honored and how.

MEXICO CITY — It must have seemed like a good idea at the time: a memorial to the thousands of victims of the drug violence that has convulsed Mexico for most of the last decade.

This is London Mayor Boris Johnson's moment to bask

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 04:32 PM PDT

The London Olympics have been a boon to the city and its mayor. Some wonder whether the goofy Boris Johnson might even become prime minister.

LONDON — For most politicians, getting stuck on a zip line and dangling helplessly in midair for several minutes above crowds of pointing spectators would be a public relations nightmare from which they'd prefer not to wake up.