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Damascus residents dance and sing in bid to forget war

When night falls in Damascus, gaggles of determined revellers still head out on the town seeking to drown out the thunder of outgoing artillery fire with the boom of music. Duration: 00:43.

Sep 17, 2013

Russia, France at odds over means to end Syrian conflict

Russia and France on Tuesday admitted they still had differences over how to solve the Syrian conflict ahead of a debate in the UN Security Council over stripping the country of its chemical arsenal. Duration: 00:46.

Sep 17, 2013

Rare twin storms batter Mexico leaving over 30 dead

Authorities scrambled to rescue people stranded in flooded homes in Mexico's resort of Acapulco Monday after twin storms slammed opposite coasts in a rare one-two punch that has killed 34 people. Duration: 00:58.

Sep 17, 2013

Kagame confident of Rwanda poll victory

Rwandans vote in parliamentary elections, with the central African nation's strongman Paul Kagame predicting a solid win for his ruling Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF). Duration: 00:51.

Sep 17, 2013

Austrian siege drama as gunman kills four

Police commandos and army tanks surrounded an Austrian poacher's farmhouse on Tuesday after he allegedly went on a killing spree that left three policemen and a paramedic dead. Duration: 00:48.

Sep 17, 2013

Turkey begins retrial over murder of Armenian journalist

A court in Istanbul began a retrial on Tuesday over the murder of an ethnic Armenian journalist, a case that has gripped the nation for years and sparked accusations of state conspiracy. Duration: 01:06.

Sep 17, 2013

Israeli Jews prepare for the holy festival of Sukkot

In Jerusalem, Israeli Jews prepare for Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles, by carefully selecting four plant species, palm leave stalk, citrus, myrtle and willow-branches, which represent the diversity of the Israelites, to carry with them into the week-long holiday which is one of the three pilgrimage festivals when Jews visit Jerusalem. Duration: 00:51.

Sep 17, 2013

Canada's Bombardier launches new jetliner

Bombardier's new CS100 medium range jetliner took to the skies on its maiden flight on Monday, marking the Canadian manufacturer's entry into airspace dominated by Airbus and Boeing. Duration: 00:58.

Sep 17, 2013

UN probe exposes shocking NKorea rights abuses

Sep 17, 2013

'Grand Theft Auto V' hits streets in brash debut

The unabashedly brutal "Grand Theft Auto V" hit the streets Tuesday, in the global launch of a sequel that promises to enthrall fans of the blockbuster videogame franchise. Duration: 00:44

Sep 17, 2013

Gunman at Navy Yard acted alone, had valid pass

Sep 17, 2013

Cuban bishops make big appeal for change

Father Jose Feliz Perez, executive Secretary of the Bishops' Conference of Cuba, talks with journalists a day after Cuban bishops appealed to the government for political reform and continued economic change in their most direct plea in decades. Duration: 01:05

Sep 17, 2013

Tourists visit Costa Concordia salvage site

The rusting hulk of the Costa Concordia cruise ship rose erect from its watery grave off Italy's Giglio island Tuesday after the biggest ever salvage operation of its kind. Tourists come to see the boat. Duration: 00:49

Sep 17, 2013

Bangladesh sentences Islamist leader to death

Bangladesh's Supreme Court sentenced a senior Islamist leader to death for mass murder, toughening the punishment originally handed down by the country's war crimes tribunal. Bangladeshi social activists shout slogans in Dhaka on September 17, 2013, after a verdict was delivered against Abdul Quader Molla, the fourth-highest leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party. Duration: 00:27

Sep 17, 2013