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• Activist: Rockets rip through Syrian city
  Intense blasts echoed through the ravaged Syrian city of Homs on Monday after a weekend bloodbath ended in hundreds of deaths there, local activists said.
  
  
• One dead, dozens injured in fifth day of Egypt clashes
  Violent clashes near Egypt's Interior Ministry on Monday left at least one person dead and 72 injured, a health ministry official said.
  
  
• Australians urged to flee flooding
  Australian authorities on Monday pleaded with hundreds of people who had chosen to remain in a town in the path of rising flood waters to vacate their homes.
  
  
• Aftershocks rattle Philippines; quake death toll climbs
  A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Monday off the third-largest island in the Philippines, killing at least 12 people, an official said.
  
  
• President: Tuareg fighters from Libya stoke violence in Mali
  Tuareg tribesman who reportedly fought for Moammar Gadhafi in Libya have returned to Mali with weapons, stoking violence and forcing thousands to flee, Mali's president said.