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Venezuela Election
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is expected to hold a news conference at 5:30 p.m. ET ahead of Sunday's elections.
Syria-Civil-War (Will update)
Residents of a Turkish border town hid inside their homes Saturday after three Syrian shells landed inside Turkey in separate incidents amid fierce fighting inside Syria over a nearby border town.
US-Abu-Hamza-Extradition (Will update)
After losing a lengthy legal battle to avoid extradition to the United States, Egyptian-born cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri confronted a host of terror charges on Saturday when he was presented before a federal judge in Manhattan.
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Syria-Civil-War
Residents of a Turkish border town hid inside their homes Saturday after three Syrian shells landed inside Turkey in separate incidents amid fierce fighting inside Syria over a nearby border town.
Syria-Normal-Life
Wearing a sheer leopard top, Rauda Alaita buzzed around her beauty salon in Damascus. She decided six months ago to open this little shop, paint its walls seafoam green and call it Aloe Vera. "Everybody told me you are crazy! Starting a business now?" Alaita said. Isn't it strange, running a salon in the middle of a war? "I think life goes on," she replied. "People are tired."
Vatican-Leaks-Trial
The pope's former butler, Paolo Gabriele, was convicted Saturday of aggravated theft for leaking confidential papal documents and sentenced to 18 months in prison.
France-Terror-Operation
French police traded gunfire Saturday in an apartment building hallway with the main suspect in a September supermarket bombing, leaving the suspect dead and one police officer wounded, a prosecutor said.
Israel-Drone-Downed
The Israeli air force shot down an unmanned drone Saturday over the northern Negev desert, the nation's military said.
Drone-protest-march
A convoy of more than 100 vehicles left Islamabad, Pakistan, on Saturday on a march toward South Waziristan to protest U.S. drone attacks.
Libya-Iranian-Hostages-Freed
Seven members of the Iranian Red Crescent were freed in Libya Saturday after 65 days in captivity, the Iran's official IRNA news agency reported.
UK-TV-Presenter-Abuse
