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• Tropical storm Irina is forecast to strike Mozambique at about 00:00 GMT on 4 March.
• Suicide bomber attacks Algerian security base
• Syrian forces pound Homs anew, block aid convoy
• Assad's forces kill 3 protesters in eastern Syria
• Chinese village unites for symbolic poll in bid to end graft

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U.N. chief speaks of "grisly reports" from Syria

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he had received "grisly reports" that Syrian government forces were arbitrarily executing, imprisoning and torturing people in the battle-scarred city of Homs after rebel fighters had fled

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• Syrian forces pound Homs, block aid convoy
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   Thousands flee from Nigeria crackdown on Boko Haram

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Tropical storm Irina is forecast to strike Mozambique at about 00:00 GMT on 4 March.

Americas

Afghans won't accept U.S. justice for Koran blunder-cleric

Asia and Pacific

Chinese village unites for symbolic poll in bid to end graft

Europe

Portugal prays for rain as drought adds to crisis

Middle East

Syrian forces pound Homs anew, block aid convoy

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