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Historic, once-bustling bazaar in Syria now a battleground

Posted: 17 Oct 2012 12:00 AM PDT

The ancient Souk Madina, a World Heritage Site, is divided between rebels and President Bashar Assad's forces. Caught in the middle are residents and merchants.

ALEPPO, Syria — The familiar passageways have turned hostile, the comforting labyrinth now a maze of menace.

In Egypt, doctors see strike as their 'last resort'

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 07:09 PM PDT

Egypt's doctors are demanding a larger national healthcare budget, higher wages and better security in hospitals that have seen a marked increase in violence.

CAIRO — The mother, barely past girlhood, was the first to die in Dr. Ahmed Eldin's care. Her heart would not stir beneath his compressions.

Britain will not extradite hacker with Asperger's

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 07:02 PM PDT

The U.S. had sought the extradition of Gary McKinnon, who admits hacking into Pentagon databases. He says he was looking for information on UFOs.

LONDON — In a case that has dogged Anglo-American relations for a decade, Britain said Tuesday that it would not send a confessed computer hacker to the United States to face charges relating to a spectacular break-in of Pentagon databases and other sensitive networks around the time of the Sept. 11 attacks.