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Europeans March against Neo-Nazi Threat in Athens

Hundreds turned out in Athens on Saturday to protest against racism and a surge in neo-Nazi activities in Greece and other European countries, in a demonstration backed by prominent European figures and human rights activists.

Police said about 500 people rallied in Athens' central Syntagma Square opposite the Greek parliament, alongside a large banner reading "Europe against neo-Nazis". Organizers put the number at nearly 1,000.

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Egypt's Mubarak Hurt after Slipping in Prison Shower

Egypt's ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak, who is serving a life sentence, was injured when he slipped in a prison shower on Saturday, the official MENA news agency reported.

The former president, who was sentenced over the killings of protesters during the uprising that toppled him last year, was being treated for a head wound and bruising in the medical ward of the south Cairo prison, MENA reported.

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Key Rebel Commander Killed in Aleppo

A top rebel commander in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo was killed in a major battle for a military academy on Saturday, his brigade said.

"It is with pride that Liwa al-Tawhid (brigade) announces the death in combat of the hero martyr, Colonel Yusef al-Jader (Abu Furat)," the brigade said on its Facebook page.

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Hillary Clinton Suffers Concussion, Recovering at Home

Globe-trotting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hit her head and suffered a concussion while battling a nasty stomach bug, officials said Saturday, forcing her to stay home for a second week.

"While suffering from a stomach virus, Secretary Clinton became dehydrated and fainted, sustaining a concussion," Clinton's top aide Philippe Reines said in a statement.

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Four Dead in Attack on Pakistan Airport

A Taliban suicide car bomber and militants armed with rockets targeted an international airport in Pakistan late Saturday, killing four people, wounding dozens more and forcing the airport to close, officials said.

The unprecedented attack on the airport in the northwestern city of Peshawar, a commercial hub and Pakistan Air Force (PAF) base, sparked a prolonged volley of gunfire as army officials launched a search operation, witnesses said.

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Bodies Removed from U.S. Massacre School

The bodies of 20 children and six adults slaughtered by a gunman in a quiet Connecticut town were removed from the blood-soaked school Saturday as police searched for a motive in the massacre.

The formal identification of the victims in one of America's worst mass shootings marked a new chapter for horrified residents of Newtown, Connecticut, where Friday morning a 20-year-old man walked in with at least two powerful pistols and shot everyone he could find in two rooms of the Sandy Hook Elementary School.

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AU Calls for Urgent Talks on Flashpoint Abyei

The African Union on Saturday called for urgent talks between Sudan and South Sudan over the flash point Abyei region but backed off from a threat to refer the matter to the UN Security Council.

The AU's Peace and Security Council had given the two countries until December 5 to settle the final status of oil-producing Abyei, which Sudanese troops occupied for a year until May.

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India Probing Presence of Swedish Arms in Myanmar

India is investigating how Swedish-made weapons bought by its army turned up in Myanmar, a minister visiting Yangon said Saturday, denying New Delhi had supplied arms in contravention of EU sanctions.

Sweden asked India on Thursday to clarify how the weapons wound up in Myanmar after it was revealed the Indian army had purchased them, Trade Minister Ewa Bjorling told the Swedish parliament.

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Tunisia Busts Qaida Recruitment Network

Tunisian security forces have broken up a network that recruited fighters for al-Qaida in North Africa, the interior ministry said on Saturday.

"A terrorist network which was responsible for recruiting radical Islamists and sending them to strongholds of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has been dismantled," a ministry spokesman said, quoted by the official TAP news agency.

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Iraqi Airways Takes Delivery of Boeing 777

Iraqi Airways on Saturday took delivery of a Boeing 777 passenger jet, one of dozens of aircraft Iraq has ordered in a bid to rebuild the airline, a transport ministry official said.

"A Boeing 777 aircraft arrived today," said Karim al-Nouri, an adviser to the transport minister, adding that it was the first of 30 aircraft Iraq has ordered from the U.S. firm.

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