Fighting And Chaos Spread Through Syrian City, As Services Vanish -- New York Times
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Chaos continued to spread in Syria’s largest city, Aleppo, on Monday, as rebels attacked the towering municipality building with rockets, sending civil servants fleeing from one of the few government buildings still functioning as dozens of soldiers worked to defend the city center.
“We don’t want to hurt the employees, but we want them not to come to work or they will be killed,” Sa’id Abu Abdo, 25, an armed insurgent, said in Aleppo after the attack. “We will liberate each building in the city.”
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MIDDLE EAST
Syria's Assad tours Aleppo, orders more troops into battle: paper.
Syrian army pushing rebels out of Damascus, activists say.
Troops kill 12 Kurdish fighters in southeast Turkey.
Iran rial plunges as Western sanctions bite.
Ahmadinejad: Iran will retaliate if attacked.
Saudi 'take steps to thwart epidemic' at hajj.
ASIA
North Korea: Spark could set off nuclear war.
Chinese ships 'near waters of disputed isles'.
India slams Pakistan for bringing up Kashmir at UN General Assembly.
Youtube and Facebook 'blocked' in Kashmir.
Civilians struggle to check Pakistan army's power.
Boat sinks off Hong Kong after collision; 36 dead.
Bangladesh says opposition attacked Buddhists.
AFRICA
U.S. pulls all its staff out of Benghazi.
Our revolution has been stolen, say Libya's jihadists.
Nigerian gunmen 'kill Mubi students'. Gunmen kill students at Nigerian college: emergency agency.
Somalia: Kenyan army says it controls Kismayo.
US backs African intervention force in Mali.
EUROPE
Georgia President Mikheil Saakashvili admits election loss. Georgia's president accepts his party lost poll.
Eurozone unemployment soaring.
Vatican orders probe of police for abuse of butler after arrest.
'Murder attempt' on Golden Temple raid General Brar.
France drops rape investigation into ex-IMF head Strauss-Kahn.
AMERICAS
Mexican diplomat says America pretty much invited the Sinaloa drug cartel across the border.
Brazil deploys troops in Rio favelas ahead of election.
Colombian president to have surgery for prostate cancer.
Colombia-FARC peace talks delayed 1 week.
Huge tax increase looms for Americans at year-end 'fiscal cliff'.
South Dakota Oglala Sioux tribe's beer lawsuit fails.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
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Yemen forces kill three Qaeda leaders in bomb factory raid.
More terror suspects to fight extradition to US.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
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The sad state of Japan’s consumer electronics giants.
The great disconnect: Awful earnings vs. a hot stock market.
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