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33 die in Syria rival attacks
AFP, BEIRUT: At least 33 people were killed in the Damascus region as the army bombarded a rebel-held town and the rebels fired rockets into the capital, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
said yesterday.
At least 24 people, including five children, were killed by government air strikes on Douma, a rebel-held suburb near Damascus. Later, the rebels fired rockets into the capital, striking Arnus Garden, killing nine people, including five women.
Trump announces 2016 bid
AFP, NEW YORK: Property tycoon Donald Trump, one of America's most flamboyant and outspoken billionaires, declared Tuesday
he was running for the White
House, promising to make America great again.
"I am officially running for president of the United States and we are going to make our country great again," he said, speaking at Trump Tower in New York.
Tiger kills man in Tbilisi
AFP, TBILISI: A tiger that killed a man in the central square of Georgia's capital Tbilisi yesterday was shot dead, officials said, four days after hundreds of animals escaped from the city's zoo after deadly floods.
Eyewitnesses told Georgian TV they saw a person getting mauled by a white tiger.
S Korea MERS toll hits 20
AFP, SEOUL: South Korea yesterday announced its 20th death from the MERS virus as criticism grew of efforts to contain the outbreak, with alarming reports of new cases slipping through a quarantine that already affects thousands.
A 54-year-old woman died of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome yesterday morning after being diagnosed on June 5, the health ministry said.

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33 die in Syria rival attacks AFP, BEIRUT: At least 33 people were killed in the Damascus region as the army bombarded a rebel-held town and the rebels fired rockets into the capital, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said yesterday. At least 24 people, including five children, were killed by government air strikes on Douma, a rebel-held suburb near Damascus. Later, the rebels fired rockets into the capital, striking Arnus Garden, killing nine people, including five women. Trump announces 2016 bid AFP, NEW YORK: Property tycoon Donald Trump, one of Americas most flamboyant and outspoken billionaires, declared Tuesday he was running for the White House, promising to make America great again. I am officially running for president of the United States and we are going to make our country great again, he said, speaking at Trump Tower in New York. Tiger kills man in Tbilisi AFP, TBILISI: A tiger that killed a man in the central square of Georgias capital Tbilisi yesterday was shot dead, officials said, four days after hundreds of animals escaped from the citys zoo after deadly floods. Eyewitnesses told Georgian TV they saw a person getting mauled by a white tiger. S Korea MERS toll hits 20 AFP, SEOUL: South Korea yesterday announced its 20th death from the MERS virus as criticism grew of efforts to contain the outbreak, with alarming reports of new cases slipping through a quarantine that already affects thousands. A 54-year-old woman died of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome yesterday morning after being diagnosed on June 5, the health ministry said.