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AMMIQ, LEBANON — Abdul Jawad Abdul Wahed walked more than a mile, his wife and youngest child in tow, to get to this spot on the side of the road where he could make a phone call.

A Syrian from the Qaboun district of Damascus, one of the most embattled parts of the city, Abdul Wahed fled to Lebanon about a year ago, after shelling destroyed his home. For 31 days, he was imprisoned in a notorious Air Force Intelligence prison, tortured and interrogated on charges that he’d supplied weapons to the rebels.

After he was released, his feet were so swollen from beatings that they wouldn’t fit into any of his shoes. He was kicked in the groin so much, he said, that he now needs an operation, if he can find a hospital to provide one.

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BOSTON — Outhitting Boston wasn’t quite enough for the Chicago White Sox to avoid a three-game sweep against the Red Sox.

Chicago finished with 11 hits, but the White Sox also walked eight, matching Boston’s hit total as the Red Sox held off the White Sox 7-6 on Sunday.

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Do you happen to have a fireplace in your home? An old school fireplace works great to keep your home and everyone in it nice, warm and cozy. The thing is, you would need some suitable place to stash away that bunch of firewood, and with the advancement in modern day technology, why not let that work to your advantage with the $249.95 Foldaway Firewood Rack? This is one firewood rack that is extremely easy to stash away, where you can fold it to just 6.5” wide for convenient storage.

This is made possible thanks to its hinged frame which will fold to 1/10th its size, allowing you to enjoy unobtrusive off-season storage in a garage or shed. The frame itself is sturdy in nature and made out of rust-proof aluminum, where it ensures that the wood within will remain 3″ above the ground so that there is no contact with any kind of ground moisture and crawling insects, a deadly double combination. The cover that comes is made out of reinforced, waterproof 600-denier nylon which will protect the wood from rain and snow, while sporting a couple of side panels that open up to provide access to wood, all the while facilitating airflow and evaporation so that there is no mold and fungus growth.
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If the thought of drifting off in a sleeping bag, only to wake up in the middle of the night all twisted and constricted, leaves you feeling anxious and claustrophobic, Sierra Designs wants to help. With its new Backcountry Bed 800 sleeping bag it’s banished constricting zippers, instead opting for a double layered design that feels more like sleeping in your comfy bed.

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Having sat through Meizu’s entire launch event in Beijing, we have to admit: the new MX3 took us by surprise. We weren’t expecting much after knowing some of the key specs from the leaks, and to be frank, the Chinese company lost its way with the MX2; but Jack Wong’s team seems to have put its focus back in place with its latest flagship. First off, while the MX3 has preserved the predecessor’s metallic-rim design, Meizu has now managed to refine the manufacturing process to remove all the sharp edges, and boy does that new body feel good. The TOL (touch-on-lens) display may look odd with its 1,800 x 1,080 resolution, but it looked good on the demo units, and that 15:9 aspect ratio has some advantage for web browsing in portrait mode.

There were many other features that we couldn’t comment on based on our hands-on, such as the audio quality from the Wolfson chip and the image quality from the third-gen Sony 8-megapixel sensor, but the presence of these components suggests that Meizu may be headed back in the right direction. The number of improvements on the slick, Android 4.2-based Flyme 3.0 is also impressive, making it slightly more user-friendly (especially for first-timers) as well as more pleasing to the eye. It’ll just take some getting used to with Meizu’s own soft key approach (virtual buttons on a “Smart Bar” plus a capacitive home button). Much like the battery life and radio performance, we’ll only be able to properly comment on the software part over an extended period of usage, so do keep an eye out for our MX3 review in the near future. Oh, and we have a hands-on video after the break. %Gallery-slideshow77154%

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