Defected Syria envoy: Only force can topple Assad
Highest-ranking diplomat to abandon Assad regime dismisses main international plan seeking to stop violence
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Mortar fire reported in central Damascus
Opposition gives varying accounts of who is firing, but clashes in upscale area of capital signal rebels' advance
U.S. pushes Beijing over South China Sea rules
Americans press China to accept code of conduct governing territorial disputes in resource-rich waters
Syria's ambassador to Iraq abandons Assad
In highest-level diplomatic defection to date, Nawaf al-Fares, says he's joining opposition over massacre of civilians
3,500 more troops on Olympic security duty
Britain's military says it will fill gap as private contractor admits it may not be up to challenge of securing games
Bin Laden's cook freed from Gitmo after 10 years
Ibrahim al-Qosi, 52, reunites with his family in Sudan; Guantanamo Bay now has 168 prisoners
The Rausings, U.K. billionaires, had drug issues
Super wealthy Eva Rausing, found dead at home this week, and her husband Hans have been arrested over drugs before
Annan says Syria president discussed transition
Meanwhile, a Syrian opposition figure said that the Syrian ambassador to Iraq has defected and will seek asylum in Turkey
Mexico paper won't cover violence after attack
El Manana newspaper says it will stop covering violent criminal disputes after a second grenade attack against its offices
Syrian opposition blames Russia for suffering
Prominent group's leader criticizes Assad regime ally's position on conflict as Russian ships heads to Syrian port
Yemen: Deadly suicide bombing at police academy
Suicide bomber throws himself into crowd of cadets leaving academy after class, security official says
Answers sought in U.K. billionaire's death
Eva Rausing's death treated as unexplained as police conduct tests to shed light on case of one of Britain's richest women
U.K. billionaire found dead in London
American-born Eva Rausing, one of U.K.'s richest women, found dead; Husband reportedly being questioned - cops say death "unexplained"
China gives cash to couple in forced abortion
Family of woman forced to undergo abortion for running afoul of one-child policy accepts around $11K after public uproar
Dead man found in tiger pit at Denmark zoo
Suicide not ruled out for 21-year-old found with fatal bite to his throat at Copenhagen Zoo; No plans to put tigers down
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