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A hidden eye on the Syrian conflict

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 12:00 AM PDT

Wael Salahudeen is among the artists who have risked arrest to secretly turn their lenses on the fight.

DAMASCUS, Syria — In retrospect, he realizes he shouldn't have gone back to the restaurant.

At Afghanistan university, disputed name turns into fighting word

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 06:57 PM PDT

Students tired of the violence in Afghanistan opposes naming Kabul Education University after a former warlord. Their chancellor criticizes their stubbornness.

KABUL, Afghanistan — If they could sit down together, the chancellor and the hotheaded student activist who helped shut down his university might find that they are not so very different.

'No' tops the agenda ahead of China's 18th party congress

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 12:00 AM PDT

Beijing has imposed a slew of prohibitions in the run-up to the Communist Party leadership change, on everything from which foods can be sold to what can be shown on TV.

BEIJING — In honor of the upcoming 18th congress of the Chinese Communist Party, here are just a few of the things you cannot do in Beijing.

Defiant Berlusconi: 'I'm staying in the game'

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 12:00 AM PDT

Italy's former prime minister, sentenced Friday to prison for tax fraud, announces that he'll remain in public life and work to reform the judiciary.

ROME — Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi came out swinging Saturday after a court sentenced him to four years in prison for tax fraud, vowing to dedicate himself to reforming the Italian justice system, which he said was dominated by a "dictatorship of magistrates."

More Jews praying on site also sacred to Muslims

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 12:00 AM PDT

Israeli police and Muslim officials say the prayers at the Temple Mount-Al Aqsa mosque site are a provocation. Others call them a basic human right.

JERUSALEM — A simple, ancient ritual is threatening the delicate security balance atop Jerusalem's most sacred plaza: Jews are praying.