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Syria blames rebels for Houla massacre

AMMAN - Facing growing world outrage over the killing of at least 109 people in a restive town, Syria on Sunday accused rebels of carrying out the massacre, in which dozens of children perished.

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Dutch support for austerity parties falls - poll

AMSTERDAM - Support in the Netherlands for the five parties that back budget cuts to meet EU targets has fallen sharply over the past month and below the level needed to form a government after elections in September, a poll showed on Sunday.

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BBC presenter arrested in Zimbabwe, lawyer says

HARARE - A BBC radio presenter has been arrested in Zimbabwe and charged with working without a permit, his lawyer told Reuters on Sunday.

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German teenager enslaved for years in Bosnia

KARAVLASI, Bosnia - A teenage German woman has been rescued from a Bosnian couple who are accused of starving and beating her for years and of harnessing her to a horse cart and making her pull it.

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Egypt jails Mubarak aide for graft

CAIRO - A Cairo criminal court on Sunday sentenced ousted President Hosni Mubarak's former chief of staff to seven years in jail and fined him 36.4 million Egyptian pounds on charges of making illegal gains, the state news agency MENA said.

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Merkel party urges opposition to back fiscal pact

BERLIN - A top ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives appealed to the opposition Social Democrats and Greens on Sunday to refrain from "playing political games" and back the government to endorse Europe's new fiscal pact and permanent bailout fund.

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GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks, euro fall on fears of Greek euro exit

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