The small airport that houses what some here call Smithfield’s “dirty secret” lies just beyond the town’s outskirts, where tobacco warehouses and car dealerships give way to pine forests and then, abruptly, an imposing 10-foot-high fence. Read full article > >

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Ten years later, CIA ‘rendition’ program still divides N.C. town

LIKUANGOLE, SOUTH SUDAN — Nothing is intact in this town, save the memories. Every hut was burned to the ground. The only health clinic and the only school were torched. Hundreds were killed or injured. Thousands more fled. Read full article > >

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In South Sudan, a wave of tribal killings tests fragile independence

Eleven people have died in a hot air balloon crash near the town of Carterton in New Zealand, local officials say.

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Six-thousand fighters from the Lou Nuer tribe in South Sudan attack the town of Pibor, home to a rival tribe, a military spokesman says.

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Several thousand Israelis have demonstrated in the town of Beit Shemesh against the behaviour of ultra-orthodox Jews, who want to enforce segregation between men and women.

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BEIT SHEMESH, Israel — A sign outside a row of synagogues directing women to walk on the other side of the street has turned this town near Jerusalem into a front line of a raging national debate about the imposition of strict social codes by ultra-Orthodox zealots. A community of 86,000 about a half-hour’s drive from Jerusalem, Beit Shemesh has a growing ultra-Orthodox population. The town has become a cauldron of tension in recent days, with crowds of black-cloaked men assaulting television crews and facing off with police, pelting them with rocks and eggs. Read full article > >

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The bodies of 53 Gaddafi supporters are found dead outside a hotel in the town of Sirte after apparently being executed, a rights group says.

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Gaddafi loyalists ‘were executed’

The Princess Royal is to represent the Queen as the “Royal” prefix is awarded to the town of Wootton Bassett, in honour of its role in the repatriation of UK military personnel.

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Royal honour for Wootton Bassett

Forces loyal to ousted Libyan leader Col Mummar Gaddafi launch fresh attacks around the town of Bani Walid.

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Fresh shelling by Gaddafi forces

Anti-Gaddafi forces in Libya say they are close to capturing the town of Bani Walid, one of four towns still controlled by fighters loyal to the former leader.

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‘Battle under way’ for Libya town

LAS VEGAS H as Rick Perry done Mitt Romney a favor? Those who make book in this town wouldn’t say so. The former Massachusetts governor’s status as the titular front-runner in the race for the Republican presidential nomination has been undone by the brash Texas governor. Read full article > >

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Amid negotiations between rebels and loyalists in the town of Bani Walid, a convoy of top Libyan officials fled to Niger, the State Department said.

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Libyan Rebels Press Gains as Some Loyalists Are Said to Flee

Numerous people remained stranded Monday in Greene County, New York, after torrential rains from Hurricane Irene washed out roads and bridges, flooded homes and businesses and left the town largely cut off, according to government officials and residents.

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N.Y. town ‘washed away’ by Irene

Libyan rebels have been pushing forwards towards the town of Sirte

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Syrian tanks and armoured vehicles surround the town of Rastan, north of Homs, which has been the site of anti-regime dissent, activists say.

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Syria town ‘surrounded by tanks’