Clashes close Aleppo airport amid Syria battles
Battles between government troops and rebels forced Aleppo International Airport to halt all flights as fighters contest control of the city and its outskirts. Heavy clashes also raged in Damascus suburbs, notably near Daraya, with rebels threatening civilian and military targets while attempting to erode regime air power.
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Aleppo
Syria
Damascus
Bashar Assad
Syrian Observatory For Human Rights
Antiregime
Syrian Army Brigade 80
Aleppo International
Rami Abdul-Rahman
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Oldest fossils possible in 3.49 billion year rocks
Australian Pilbara rocks reveal bacterial textures dating about 3.49 billion years, possibly the oldest fossils. Researchers led by Nora Noffke cite preserved carbon-12 enrichment as evidence of ancient microbial life, suggesting early Earth hosted microbial networks and signaling.
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Nora Noffke
Old Dominion University
Norfolk
Geological Society of America
Tunisia
Western Australia
Pilbara
South Africa
Maud Walsh
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge
Strelley Pool
Alan Decho
University of South Carolina
Arnold School of Public Health
Noffke
Africa CAR president urges rebels to let him finish term
President Francois Bozize urged rebels near Bangui to lay down arms and let him complete his three year mandate. Rebels split on talks as EU urged peaceful dialogue and security forces faced reports of attacks on opposition supporters amid long rule since 2003.
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Bangui
Central African Republic
Francois Bozize
Bozize
Seleka
Chad
European Union
Catherine Ashton
France
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