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Thousands pour onto the streets in Syria to back government-initiated reforms and national unity.


India train death toll rises to 69

Rescue teams using sniffer dogs searched for bodies and survivors Monday in the mangled remains of two Indian passenger trains that derailed at the weekend, killing 69 and injuring 200.

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Syrians rally to back reforms

Hundreds of thousands of Syrians have taken to the streets in the coastal city of Latakia, raising the country’s national flag and voicing support for reforms promised by the Syrian president. The demonstrators carried what they called world’s biggest national flag, 16 kilometers long and four meters wide, as a sign of support for the reform program initiated by President Bashar al-Assad and rejected foreign meddling in the country’s internal affairs, Syrian Arab News Agency reported on Sunday.

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Ten Israeli aircraft enter Lebanon

Ten Israeli military aircraft have once again penetrated Lebanese airspace and flown over parts of the country in blatant violation of a UN Security Council resolution. Six Israeli warplanes flew over the border village of Kfar Kila, located 96 kilometers (59 miles) south of the capital Beirut, at 9:50 a.m. (0650 GMT) on Sunday and conducted several unwarranted flights above areas in southern Lebanon, a statement released by the Lebanese military read.

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Strauss-Kahn case:

Pressure mounts

A New York state senator and a coalition of women’s rights groups and community leaders gathered Sunday to defend Tristane Banon, the alleged victim of former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and demand the prosecution continue the sexual assault case. “We are here to ask the District Attorney to do his job. We ask (DA) Vance to let the victim have her day in court,” said New York Democratic Senator Bill Perkins at a news conference in Harlem.

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