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filiopietistic: pertaining to reverence of forebears or tradition, especially if carried to excess.

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Aunt: Family feared for safety of Powell children After the deaths of a Washington man and his sons in a presumed murder-suicide, the details in the 2009 disappearance of the children's mother may never be known.

U.S. shuts embassy as fighting rages Intense blasts echo through the Syrian city of Homs after a weekend bloodbath ended in hundreds of deaths, activists say.

Syrian rebel leadership is split Rival dissident army officers are claiming to lead the increasingly armed rebellion within Syria, exposing rifts within the opposition.