Armed forces loyal to President Bashar Assad barraged residential buildings with mortars and machine-gun fire, killing at least 30 people, including a family of women and children during a day of sectarian killings and kidnappings in the besieged Syrian city of Homs, activists said Friday.
Women, children killed in violence-torn Syria city
IMF head backs UK austerity measures
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Kenya’s finance minister resigns
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Somali captors move US hostage after SEAL raid
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