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BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S.-led air assault on militants in Syria is targeting four provinces today. Activists say one place that's been hit is the country's largest gas plant. Activists say there are casualties, but they don't have concrete figures. Washington and its Arab allies opened their air assault against the group Islamic State last week, going after its military facilities, training camps, heavy weapons and oil installations.
ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — Dozens of Belgians are going on trial today for allegedly leading or being members of a terrorist organization that recruited fighters for jihadi groups in Syria. But few of the 46 suspects are expected to attend the trial's opening. Most are either believed to be fighting in Syria or to have died in the country's civil war. The trial is one of Belgium's biggest-ever terror trials.
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Eastern Ukraine is experiencing its worst violence in more than a week. Fighting between pro-Russian rebels and government troops in the region today has killed at least 12 people and wounded 32. Ukrainian military officials say at least nine of the dead are servicemen. City officials 1n Donetsk say at least three civilians have been killed. Violence has continued despite a cease-fire declared Sept. 5.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A U.N. tribunal is hearing closing remarks at the genocide trial of former Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic (RA'-doh-van KA'-ra-jich), who was president of the breakaway Bosnian Serb Republic during the 1992-1995 Bosnia War that left 100,000 dead. Karadzic says he's innocent of any wrongdoing and was unaware of the 1995 slaughter of more than 7,000 Muslim men and boys by Serb forces at Srebrenica, the worst massacre in Europe since World War II. Prosecutors are calling him a liar.
SPRINGVILLE, Utah (AP) — How five members of a Utah family died is still a mystery. The bodies of Benjamin and Kristi Strack and three of their children were found Saturday night by the Stracks' older son, who hadn't heard from them. Investigators in Springville say there's no evidence of stabbing or gunshot wounds or any visible injuries. And authorities say firefighters did not find any carbon monoxide. But they say the front door and back doors were open before firefighters arrived. Blood samples are being analyzed.
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