16 June 2011
Last updated at 21:25 ET
Syria army enters towns in north
Syrian security forces move on two northern towns as one of the key members of the country's inner circle relinquishes his business interests.
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The US will hunt down and kill new al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri as it did Osama Bin Laden, Washington's top military officer says.
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