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Ohio-Rape-Online-Video (monitoring)

Images and messages posted to social media that appear to depict the sexual abuse of a girl in Steubenville, Ohio, have been taken out of context, the attorney for one of the teenagers charged in the incident said Friday.

Syria-Civil-War (monitoring)

U.S. troops arrived in Turkey on Friday to man Patriot missile defense batteries near the Syrian border, Turkish state media said.

ICE-child-abuse-arrest

A high-profile appeal for help from the public to solve three child pornography cases has led to the arrest of two suspects, Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Friday.

New-York-Lance-Armstrong

Lance Armstrong is considering publicly admitting he illegally doped during his cycling career in an attempt to restore his athletic eligibility, the New York Times reported, citing unnamed people with direct knowledge of the situation.

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Syria-Civil-War

U.S. troops arrived in Turkey on Friday to man Patriot missile defense batteries near the Syrian border, Turkish state media said.

India-Rape-Case

New details emerged Friday of the fatal gang rape of a 23-year-old student in New Delhi from a male friend, who detailed the incident as horrific and their subsequent treatment as callous.

Venezuela-Chavez-Health

Venezuela's vice president said Friday that President Hugo Chavez is "fighting for his health" after cancer surgery, and he slammed the opposition for trying to take advantage of the situation and steal power.

Chavez-US-health

Speculation is swirling that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's health is worse than the government is letting on and there is some thought the United States may be trying to influence a transition from power, although the State Department says that any future political change has to be decided by Venezuelans.

Venezuela-Chavez-Scenarios

Hugo Chavez is scheduled to take the oath of office for a new six-year term as president of Venezuela in just a few days, but it's unclear whether he'll even be in the country. Chavez has been recovering from surgery in Cuba, where he is undergoing cancer treatment. The uncertainty over what will happen on inauguration day -- January 10 -- has roiled this oil-rich country of more than 28 million people.

Al-Jazeera

When Al Jazeera becomes a major U.S. cable channel, as it plans, some Americans are likely to click past it, recalling the alleged anti-American tone by the pan-Arab network during the Iraq war a decade ago.

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