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Two key executives in Rupert Murdoch’s media empire resigned Friday, and their former boss added public relations muscle as he began a series of apologies in the phone-hacking scandal. EXPLAIN IT TO ME |

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will travel to Brazil “in the upcoming days” to undergo treatment for cancer, Brazil’s state-run news agency reported Friday.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will travel to Brazil “in the upcoming days” to undergo treatment for cancer, Brazil’s state-run news agency reported Friday.

Thousands of Syrian demonstrators staged protests on Friday, the latest outpouring of nationwide anti-government sentiment, an activist group said.

Thousands of Syrian demonstrators staged protests on Friday, the latest outpouring of nationwide anti-government sentiment, an activist group said.

Tribesmen intent on ending the regime of President Ali Abdullah Saleh fought Friday with government forces, resulting in at least four deaths in the city of Taiz, according to medical staff in Freedom Square.

Authorities planned funerals Friday for 13 Turkish soldiers killed in what the NATO secretary general condemned as a “terrorist attack” in a southeastern province.

The U.S. military has handed over five condemned members of Saddam Hussein’s regime, including two of the former dictator’s half-brothers, to Iraqi authorities, state television said Friday.