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Syria, Israel exchange fire on Golan Heights Reuters - 51 minutes agoBy Dominic Evans BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria said its troops destroyed an Israeli vehicle that crossed into its territory from the Israeli-occupied More »
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Elite Hezbollah fighters poured across the border from Lebanon into Syria on Tuesday, a watchdog and others said, bolstering Syrian regime forces More »
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- Peace debate exposes deep rifts in Israeli government Reuters - 1 hour 21 minutes ago
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- Paris's Notre Dame evacuated after man shoots himself dead AFP - 1 hour 32 minutes ago
A man shot himself dead Tuesday in front of the altar of Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral, forcing the evacuation of the French capital's famed tourist More »
- Fighting in eastern DR Congo leaves 19 dead AFP - 1 hour 34 minutes ago
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- Ten S.Africa chrome miners hurt in clash AFP - 1 hour 49 minutes ago
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LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron is committed to governing as part of a two-party coalition until the next national election in 2015,
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