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West expels envoys over massacre of Syrian children
BEIRUT - Western powers expelled Syria's envoys on Tuesday in outrage at a massacre of 108 people, almost half of them children, and peace envoy Kofi Annan urged President Bashar al-Assad to halt the bloodshed as "a tipping point" had been reached. | Video
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French government opposes payout for ex-Air France CEO
PARIS - France's new Socialist government opposes a 400,000 euros ($ 499,290) indemnity payment for former chief executive of Air France-KLM Pierre-Henri Gourgeon as it seeks to clamp down on executive pay, Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici said on Tuesday.
Taylor war crimes sentence could set precedent
AMSTERDAM - Former Liberian President Charles Taylor could be jailed for the rest of his life on Wednesday when he is sentenced by an international court for backing Sierra Leonean rebels in their war of murder, rape and mutilation.
Israel pours cold water on big-power talks with Iran
TEL AVIV - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday nothing short of Iran stopping uranium enrichment, getting rid of what it already produced and dismantling the means of making more, would satisfy him that it had no nuclear weapons project.
Candidate's HQ attacked as vote polarizes Egypt
CAIRO - An attack on the offices of one of the two finalists in Egypt's presidential race has sounded a warning that the last round of voting might spark more violence in a nation polarized by the choice between an Islamist and an ex-general from Hosni Mubarak's era. | Video
Mexico presidential front-runner suffers poll setback
MEXICO CITY - Enrique Pena Nieto, the favorite to win Mexico's presidential election, has suffered his biggest drop in support during the campaign after demonstrators said his party was corrupt and oppressive, an opinion poll showed on Tuesday.
Wall Street rises on Greek bets, Facebook falls 10 percent
NEW YORK - Stocks rose on Tuesday as signs Greece would stay in the euro zone were enough to spark buying in what has been a weak month for equities, while Facebook plumbed new lows on high volume.
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