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Syrian man carries his sister who was wounded in a government airstrike hit the neighborhood of Ansari, in Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013. The Britain-based activist group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which opposes the regime, said government troops bombarded a building in Aleppo's rebel-held neighborhood of Eastern Ansari that killed over 10 people, including at least five children. (AP Photo/Abdullah al-Yassin)
Syrian man carries his sister who was wounded in a government airstrike hit the neighborhood of Ansari, in Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013. The Britain-based activist group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which opposes the regime, said government troops bombarded a building in Aleppo's rebel-held neighborhood of Eastern Ansari that killed over 10 people, including at least five children. (AP Photo/Abdullah al-Yassin)
Syrian man carries his relative who was wounded by a government airstrike hit the neighborhood of Ansari, in Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013. The Britain-based activist group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which opposes the regime, said government troops bombarded a building in Aleppo's rebel-held neighborhood of Eastern Ansari that killed over 10 people, including at least five children. (AP Photo/Abdullah al-Yassin)
A Syrian man carries a child's body after a government airstrike hit the neighborhood of Ansari, in Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013. The Britain-based activist group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which opposes the regime, said government troops bombarded a building in Aleppo's rebel-held neighborhood of Eastern Ansari that killed over 10 people, including at least five children. (AP Photo/Abdullah al-Yassin)
A Syrian boy holds a bird in his hand that he said was injured in a government airstrike hit the neighborhood of Ansari, in Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013. The Britain-based activist group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which opposes the regime, said government troops bombarded a building in Aleppo's rebel-held neighborhood of Eastern Ansari that killed over 10 people, including at least five children. (AP Photo/Abdullah al-Yassin)
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) ? The leader of Syria's main opposition group called Monday on President Bashar Assad to respond to his overture for a dialogue to save the country from complete destruction.
Mouaz al-Khatib, the head of the Syrian National Coalition, said he is extending his hand "to facilitate the peaceful departure" of the regime and called on Assad to begin releasing tens of thousands of political prisoners as a precondition.
Al-Khatib said last week he is willing to hold talks with the regime in Egypt, Tunisia or Turkey if that would help end the bloodshed. His offer marked a departure from the mainstream opposition's narrative insisting that Assad step down before any talks and has angered some of his colleagues who accused him of acting unilaterally.
More than 60,000 people have been killed since the uprising against Assad began almost two years ago. The revolt, which began with largely peaceful protests, has turned into civil war now locked in a deadly stalemate with sectarian overtones.
Al-Khatib's offer reflects the realization among some opposition leaders that a victory is unlikely to be achieved on the ground as well as disillusionment with an international community that has largely failed to stem the bloodshed and has balked at military intervention to help topple Assad.
Al-Khatib, a 52-year-old preacher turned activist, renewed his offer Monday in an interview with Qatari-based Al-Jazeera television and said he was placing the ball in Assad's court.
"We say to the Syrian leadership, let us search for an exit for the crisis before Syria gets destroyed even more," he said.
"The regime has to take a clear stance and we will extend our hand for the sake of our people and in order to facilitate the peaceful departure of the regime," he added.
Al-Khatib met separately with Russian, U.S. and Iranian officials on the sidelines of a conference on security in Munich over the weekend.
There has been no comment from Syrian officials on al-Khatib's initiative last week or his latest comments.
A senior Iranian official visiting Damascus appeared to voice support for al-Khatib's call for dialogue, without naming him.
"We welcome any initiative that leads to dialogue," said Saeed Jalili, the head of Iran's National Security Council. He said the talks should be held in Damascus.
Jalili also commented on an airstrike on Syria last week, saying Israel will regret conducting it. He urged the entire Muslim world to be ready to defend the Syrian people.
"Just as it regretted its aggressions after the 33-day, 22-day and eight-day wars, today the Zionist entity will regret the aggression it launched against Syria," Jalili told a news conference in Damascus. He was referring to past wars between Israel and Hezbollah or the Palestinian Hamas rulers of Gaza.
"The Islamic world will not allow aggression against Syria," he said. "Syria stands on the front line of the Islamic world against the Zionist regime. ... The Islamic world must react appropriately to the Israeli aggression."
Iran is Syria's closest regional ally and Jalili used his 3-day visit to pledge Tehran's continued support for the President Bashar Assad's regime
Israel has all but confirmed it was behind the airstrike near Damascus last week. U.S. officials said the Israelis struck a military research center and a convoy next to it carrying anti-aircraft weapons destined for the Islamic militant group Hezbollah in neighboring Lebanon.
Syria said has vowed to retaliate.
As Jalili was speaking in Damascus, activists said Syrian warplanes hit several opposition strongholds in the city's outskirts, from where rebels have been threatening the capital, the seat of Assad's power.
The Britain-based activist group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said fighter jets carried out airstrikes on the neighborhood of Kfarbatna, Harasta and Zamalka, south of Damascus. Regime troops shelled other towns and villages around the capital with artillery as soldiers and rebels fought in street clashes, the Observatory said. The group relies on reports from anti-regime activists on the ground.
There were no immediate reports on casualties from airstrikes and shelling, but the Observatory said at least five rebels were killed in clashes with troops.
Elsewhere in Syria, army troops also battled rebels in oil-rich Deir el-Zour in the east, along Syria's border with Iraq. In the north fighting was concentrated around the battlefield city of Aleppo, particularly along the road that links the city with its airport.
The Observatory said there was heavy fighting near Aleppo international airport as regime troops tried to dislodge rebels from Sheik Said area, southeast of the city that is Syria's largest urban center and its main commercial hub.
Rebels captured the strategic Sheik Said neighborhood on Saturday. It was a significant blow to regime forces that have been battling rebels for control of Aleppo since last summer. The army used the road to supply troops.
Another activist group, the Local Coordination Committees, said regime fighter jets carried out several airstrikes on Sheik Said on Monday in an effort to reverse rebels' advance in Aleppo. There were no reports of casualties from the bombing.
Rebels hold large parts of the city and its outskirts, including several army bases, but they have been unable to capture Aleppo in seven months of a deadly stalemate due to regime's far superior firepower.
Also Monday, Russia's Foreign Ministry said two Russians and an Italian kidnapped by Syrian rebels have been freed.
Viktor Gorelov and Abdessattar Hassun are in the Russian Embassy in Damascus and in good health, the ministry said, adding that Italian Mario Belluomo, will be handed over to Italian envoys by Syria's Foreign Ministry. The three were abducted together on Dec. 12.
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Mroue reported from Beirut. Associated Press writer Barbara Surk in Beirut contributed to this report.
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Jo Appleby, a lecturer in Human Bioarchaeology, at University of Leicester, School of Archaeology and Ancient History, who led the exhumation of the remains found during a dig at a Leicester car park, speaks at the university Monday Feb. 4, 2013. Tests have established that a skeleton found , including this skull, are "beyond reasonable doubt" the long lost remains of England's King Richard III, missing for 500 years.(AP Photo/Rui Vieira, PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT - NO SALES - NO ARCHIVES
Jo Appleby, a lecturer in Human Bioarchaeology, at University of Leicester, School of Archaeology and Ancient History, who led the exhumation of the remains found during a dig at a Leicester car park, speaks at the university Monday Feb. 4, 2013. Tests have established that a skeleton found , including this skull, are "beyond reasonable doubt" the long lost remains of England's King Richard III, missing for 500 years.(AP Photo/Rui Vieira, PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT - NO SALES - NO ARCHIVES
Jo Appleby, a lecturer in Human Bioarchaeology, at University of Leicester, School of Archaeology and Ancient History, who led the exhumation of the remains found during a dig at a Leicester car park, speaks at the university Monday Feb. 4, 2013. Tests have established that a skeleton found , including this skull, are "beyond reasonable doubt" the long lost remains of England's King Richard III, missing for 500 years.(AP Photo/Rui Vieira, PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT - NO SALES - NO ARCHIVES
Undated photo made available by the University of Leicester, England, Monday Feb. 4, 2013 of the earliest surviving portrait of Richard III in Leicester Cathedral, ahead of an announcement about the identity of the skeleton found underneath a car park last September. Richard was immortalized in a play by Shakespeare as a hunchbacked usurper who left a trail of bodies ? including those of his two young nephews, murdered in the Tower of London ? on his way to the throne. (AP Photo/ University of Leicester)
Undated photo made available by the University of Leicester, England, Monday Feb. 4 2013 of the skull found at the Grey Friars excavation in Leicester, potentially the long lost remains of England's King Richard III, ahead of an announcement about the identity of the skeleton found underneath a car park last September. Richard was immortalized in a play by Shakespeare as a hunchbacked usurper who left a trail of bodies ? including those of his two young nephews, murdered in the Tower of London ? on his way to the throne. (AP Photo/ University of Leicester)
Michael Ibsen, a descendant of England's King Richard III, from whom DNA samples were taken, listens during a press conference Monday Feb. 4, 2013 at the University of Leicester Council Chamber building, regarding the exhumation of the remains found during a dig at a Leicester car park. Tests have established that a skeleton found are "beyond reasonable doubt" the long lost remains of King Richard III, missing for 500 years.(AP Photo/Rui Vieira, PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT - NO SALES - NO ARCHIVES
LEICESTER, England (AP) ? He wore the English crown, but he ended up defeated, humiliated and reviled.
Now things are looking up for King Richard III. Scientists announced Monday that they had found the monarch's 500-year-old remains under a parking lot in the city of Leicester ? a discovery Richard's fans say will rewrite the history books.
University of Leicester researchers say tests on a battle-scarred skeleton unearthed last year prove "beyond reasonable doubt" that it is the king, who died at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, and whose remains have been missing for centuries.
"Richard III, the last Plantaganet King of England, has been found," said the university's deputy registrar, Richard Taylor.
Bone specialist Jo Appleby said study of the bones provided "a highly convincing case for identification of Richard III."
And DNA from the skeleton matched a sample taken from a distant living relative of Richard's sister. Geneticist Turi King said Michael Ibsen, a Canadian carpenter living in London, share with the skeleton a rare strain of mitochondrial DNA. She said combined with the archaeological evidence, that left little doubt the skeleton belonged to Richard.
Ibsen said he was "stunned" to discover he was related to the king ? he is a 17th great-grand-nephew of Richard's older sister.
"It's difficult to digest" he said.
Richard III ruled England between 1483 and 1485, during the decades-long tussle over the throne known as the Wars of the Roses. His brief reign saw liberal reforms, including introduction of the right to bail and the lifting of restrictions on books and printing presses.
His rule was challenged, and he was defeated and killed by the army of Henry Tudor, who took the throne as King Henry VII.
The last English monarch to die in battle, Richard was depicted in a play by William Shakespeare as a hunchbacked usurper who left a trail of bodies ? including those of his two princely nephews, murdered in the Tower of London ? on his way to the throne.
Many historians say that image is unfair, and argue Richard's reputation was smeared by his Tudor successors. That's an argument taken up by the Richard III Society, set up to re-evaluate the reputation of a reviled monarch.
The society's Philippa Langley, who helped launch the search for the king, said she could scarcely believe her quest had paid off.
"Everyone thought that I was mad," she said. "It's not the easiest pitch in the world, to look for a king under a council car park."
Now, she said, "a wind of change is blowing, one that will seek out the truth about the real Richard III."
For centuries, the location of Richard's body has been unknown. Records say he was buried by the Franciscan monks of Grey Friars at their church in Leicester, 100 miles (160 kilometers) north of London. The church was closed and dismantled after King Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries in 1538, and its location eventually was forgotten.
Then, last September, archaeologists searching for Richard dug up the skeleton of an adult male who appeared to have died in battle.
Appleby said the 10 injuries to the body were inflicted by weapons like swords, daggers and halberds and were consistent with accounts of Richard being struck down in battle ? his helmet knocked from his head ? before his body was stripped naked and flung over the back of a horse in disgrace.
She said some scars, including a knife wound to the buttock, bore the hallmarks of "humiliation injuries" inflicted after death.
The remains also displayed signs of scoliosis, which is a form of spinal curvature, consistent with contemporary accounts of Richard's appearance, though not with Shakespeare's description of him as "deform'd, unfinished," hunchback.
Researchers conducted a battery of scientific tests, including radiocarbon dating to determine the skeleton's age. They found the skeleton belonged to a man aged between his late 20s and late 30s who died between 1455 and 1540. Richard was 32 when he died in 1485.
The discovery is a boon for the city of Leicester, which has bought a building next to the parking lot to serve as a visitor center and museum.
The mayor, Peter Soulsby, said the monarch would be interred in the city's cathedral and a memorial service would be held.
Asked if the late king would get a state funeral, Prime Minister David Cameron's spokesman Jean-Christophe Gray said it was a matter for the university.
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WASHINGTON (AP) ? The nation's schools chief says more needs to be done to make sure children live long enough to attend college. He is joining more than 350 university presidents in urging Congress to take action to protect students from gun violence.
Education Secretary Arne (AR'-nee) Duncan told reporters Monday that guns have no place in schools or on college campuses, other than in the hands of law enforcement. Standing with members of College Presidents for Gun Safety, Duncan also said pressure from outside Washington is needed to force Congress to act on proposals to reduce gun violence.
In the wake of the Newtown, Conn., school shooting that killed 20 students, lawmakers have considered new measures including expanded background checks for gun buyers and a ban on some types of weapons.
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Robert Griffin II was named Offensive Rookie of the Year Saturday. San Francisco 49er Colin Kaepernick could be on his way to an even better title: Super Bowl champ.?
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OK, with the Offensive Rookie of the Year award won decisively by Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III Saturday night, we now know that RG3 has jumped into the early lead in the race to see who will be the best quarterback of the Class of 2012.
Tonight, Colin Kaepernick might take a huge leap past him. Sure, the San Francisco 49er quarterback is technically in his second year. But he's started fewer games than RG3 or his two rookie challengers, Andrew Luck or Russell Wilson. And the Big 3 of the rookie class are surely the standard against which Kaepernick will be judged.
And based on the early returns, he could be the best of the bunch. No one who saw his performance against the Green Bay Packers could argue that RG3 is out of his league as a runner.
Then Atlanta basically dared him to beat him with his arm after the Falcons jumped out to a 17-0 lead ??and he did. Luck might have led a rookie-record seven late-game comebacks this season, but none were bigger or more impressive than Kaepernick's that day.
And in doing so, he one-upped Wilson, who had brought his Seattle Seahawks back against Atlanta the week before, only to lose.
In short, Kaepernick has all the tools: RG3's trickery, speed, and accuracy; Luck's mettle and bruising physical build (6-4, 230 lbs.); and Wilson's preternatural calm.
Rookie of the Year? Yes, he missed that award. But by the end of the day, Kaepernick might be the first of the Fab 4 to have what each wants most: a Super Bowl ring.
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Every Super Bowl Sunday is like a giant reunion, annually bringing people together in living rooms, dens and sports bars across the nation to watch the big game and pig out. (See our 21 easy Super Bowl recipes). The much-ballyhooed commercials also tend to bring familiar faces back year after year, and 2013's crop is no exception (check out the sneak previews).
World's sexiest race car driver Danica Patrick returns for GoDaddy.com (along with supermodel Bar Refaeli), The Rock is again rocking a milk mustache, Allstate's Mr. Mayhem makes another unwelcome visit, and once again ?the Dude? (Jeff Bridges) makes his laid-back pitches for Hyundai. No Super Bowl is allowed to kick off without Budweiser's Clydesdales, and this year's touching horse tale is not to be missed. (Have some tissues on hand ? I'm just sayin'.)
Coke and Pepsi carry on their escalating taste (and spending) wars this year, the hyper-precocious E-Trade baby is back in the crib with his fast-talkin' schtick intact, and Hollywood's coming attractions abound with a bevy of familiar stars like Johnny Depp ("The Lone Ranger"), Brad Pitt ("World War Z"), and Robert Downey Jr. ("Iron Man 3") all battling bad guys and ? spoiler alert ? saving the day!
And, of course, there are some brand new, er ... faces, too. (Cue Kate Upton Mercedes ads.)
So stay tuned to this spot for The Monitor's picks for Super Bowl XLVII's COMMERCIALS TO STAY PUT IN YOUR LAY-Z-BOY RECLINER FOR. (If you say the last part really loud in an announcer voice, it makes it very Super Bowly-sounding, seriously.)
Until then, you can enjoy the Monitor's picks for the five best Super Bowl commercials of all time.
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