The streets of the Syrian capital, Damascus, were awash with pro-government demonstrators today, with thousands of people mobilizing to support the regime of President Bashar al-Assad one year after the start of a popular revolt. Pictures from the mass rally, which showed giant Syrian flags being unfurled and waved, were intended to match pockets of [...]

The U.S. soldier accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians last weekend had twice been injured during tours in Iraq and was reluctant to leave on his fourth deployment, a Seattle lawyer said Thursday. “He wasn’t thrilled about going on another deployment,” said the lawyer, John Henry Browne. “He was told he wasn’t going back, and [...]

The driver of a bus that crashed in Switzerland, killing 22 schoolchildren and six adults, may have been trying to insert a disc on the onboard entertainment system shortly before the accident, Swiss and Belgian papers have reported. The Dutch-language Belgian daily Het Laatste Nieuws said children who were aboard the bus reported seeing the [...]

New England quarterback Tom Brady might want to watch his back. The Jets’ Mark Sanchez, too. After spending the past six seasons harassing quarterbacks for the Houston Texans, defensive end Mario Williams — one of the NFL’s top pass-rushers — has found new motivation in a whopping contract and a new home in the AFC [...]

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