World pressure mounts on Syria
SYRIA: World pressure increased on Wednesday on
Syria to end its deadly crackdown on anti-regime protests as
President Bashar al-Assad pledged to pursue a relentless battle
against “terrorist groups.” A day after Turkey warned that Ankara
has “run out of patience” with the crackdown that has claimed more
than 2,000 lives since mid-March, Brazil,
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China’s first aircraft carrier starts sea trial
CHINA: China’s first aircraft carrier on
Wednesday left its shipyard in the country’s northeast to start its
first sea trial, the state news agency Xinhua said. The revamped old
Soviet ship’s sea trial was in line with the schedule of its
refitting project and would not take long,
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Smoky skies in UK as riots spread
UK: The skies over Britain’s Black Country
turned black with smoke once again as the frenzy of violence spread
from London to the industrial West Midlands on Tuesday. Vehicles
were torched as hooded thugs rolled around West Bromwich town
centre, moving on foot or wheeling around on bicycles,
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