Syria's rebels work to form government, restore order after Assad ouster

The lightning overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad left Syrians, countries in the region and world powers nervous on Tuesday about what comes next as the rebel alliance took its first steps in a government transition.

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Explainer: How and why Benjamin Netanyahu&s corruption trial is dividing the Israeli public

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu takes the stand on Tuesday for the first time in his long-running corruption trial. Here is what you need to know about the charges that have divided the Israeli public at a time of Middle East turmoil.

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Israel&s Benjamin Netanyahu set to take the stand in long-running corruption trial

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to take the stand on Tuesday in his long-running trial for alleged corruption, setting off what's expected to be a weekslong spectacle that will draw unwelcome attention to his legal woes as he faces an international arrest warrant for war crimes and the fighting in Gaza continues.

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Lockerbie plane wreckage transported to US for trial of alleged bomb maker

A section of the aircraft that exploded over Lockerbie is being transported to the US before the trial of the ­Libyan man accused of making the bomb.

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‘Stabbed in the back& & Russia desperate to hold key Syrian bases, as Putin faces loss of gateway to Africa

Russia is desperate to make a deal with Syria&s victorious rebels to keep hold of its vital military bases after the collapse of Bashar al-Assad&s regime.

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Syrians crowd Assad&s ‘human slaughterhouse& prison in hunt for their missing loved ones

Families of those imprisoned by Bashar al-Assad&s brutal regime desperately searched the filthy cells of Syria&s most notorious prison for any signs of their loved ones as the country comes to terms with the toppling of his rule.

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