Syria Fighting Rages Despite Truce Deal -- Al Jazeera
Shelling reported in several areas as rebels and government forces blame each other for violations of Eid ceasefire.
Syrian opposition activists have reported a return of heavy government bombardment in major cities, further undermining a truce intended to mark the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday.
Activists in the eastern city of Deir al-Zor, the suburbs of Damascus and in Aleppo, where rebels hold big swathes of territory, said mortar bombs were being fired into residential areas on Saturday morning.
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MIDDLE EAST
Syria bombards major cities, weakening truce: activists. Nearly 150 dead since Eid ceasefire began in Syria – reports.
Syrian rebels and Kurdish militiamen clash in Aleppo.
Double Baghdad blasts kill 13 over Eid holiday.
Iran currency traders face pressures, operate underground.
Iran dissidents Sotoudeh and Panahi win Sakharov prize.
Muslim Hajj pilgrimage enters final stage.
ASIA
Thousands flee renewed Myanmar violence. Burmese government accused of failing to stop anti-Muslim violence.
China says no concession on territorial sovereignty.
China begins criminal probe into Bo Xilai.
Philippines rebel leader: Challenges exist with peace deal.
Pakistani politician: U.S. officials pulled me off plane.
Tibetan man becomes fourth self-immolation in a week.
AFRICA
Somalia's Al-Shabab weakened.
Sudan rebels shell southern city during defense minister visit.
Virunga National Park: DR Congo rangers killed.
Libyan suspect in US envoy attack killed.
South Africa strikes: Sacked platinum miners reinstated.
EUROPE
Ukraine election puts democracy under scrutiny. Klitschko is big hit with Ukrainian voters.
European Parliament visit to Iran canceled.
Europe should label Hezbollah a terrorist group, U.S. urges.
Berlusconi says he feels obliged to stay in politics to reform justice system after conviction.
British ExxonMobil executive 'shot protecting wife after violent mugging'.
AMERICAS
Washington area braces for collision of Hurricane Sandy, nor’easter.
US Presidential candidates offer similar foreign policy visions.
Racial prejudice in US worsened during Obama's first term, study shows.
Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo, ex-revolutionary and dissident, dies in Cuba.
Moody's warns may downgrade five big Canadian banks.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
Al Qaeda's Zawahri calls for kidnap of Westerners.
Indonesia: Suspects planned attack on U.S. embassy.
Report: US expanding anti-terror operations in Djibouti.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
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