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- Syria cease-fire in doubt within hours
- Libya militia tensions hampered post-attack U.S. rescue effort
- Sudan accuses Israel of airstrike on munitions factory
- Russia activist was tortured in custody, rights group says
- Syria activists record all they can for history's sake
| Syria cease-fire in doubt within hours Posted: 25 Oct 2012 12:00 AM PDT Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi announces a cease-fire for the Eid al-Adha holiday, but Syria's government says it is studying the plan, and many rebels just scoff. BEIRUT — Only hours after the international envoy to Syria announced a cease-fire for the upcoming Eid al-Adha holiday, it was already thrown into doubt.  |
| Libya militia tensions hampered post-attack U.S. rescue effort Posted: 24 Oct 2012 05:36 PM PDT A team trying to reach survivors of the attack that killed the U.S. ambassador was held up by poor communications among the militias providing security. BENGHAZI, Libya — The U.S. ambassador was missing, his compound was in flames and the safe house where survivors took shelter had come under fire. But the U.S. rescue team had to wait, stymied by the disarray in post-revolutionary Libya.  |
| Sudan accuses Israel of airstrike on munitions factory Posted: 24 Oct 2012 05:33 PM PDT Four planes bombed the Yarmouk arms complex in the capital, Khartoum, killing two, Sudan's information minister says. JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Sudan on Wednesday accused Israel of launching an airstrike that caused a large explosion at a munitions factory, killing two people, in a residential area of the capital, Khartoum.  |
| Russia activist was tortured in custody, rights group says Posted: 25 Oct 2012 12:00 AM PDT Leonid Razvozzhayev says he was seized in Ukraine and taken to Russia, where he was forced to sign a confession, the group says. Authorities deny the claim. MOSCOW — An opposition activist being held by Russian authorities says he was kidnapped from Ukraine, tortured and forced to sign a confession, a human rights group said Wednesday.  |
| Syria activists record all they can for history's sake Posted: 24 Oct 2012 05:19 PM PDT Trying to identify corpses, digitally documenting destruction, the activists want to be sure that 'one day no one can say a piece of our history is missing.' MOADAMYEH, Syria — As his camcorder scanned the charred walls and partially collapsed roof of the mosque on the outskirts of town, Adnan Sheikh began his narration like he had dozens of other times:  |
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