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Top Libyan official: Benghazi explosion accident
May 20, 2013 TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libya's deputy prime minister says an investigation has indicated that a deadly explosion in Benghazi last week was an accident and not an attack. more »»
Syrian troops push into strategic rebel-held town
May 20, 2013 BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops pushed into a rebel-held town near the Lebanese border on Sunday, fighting house-to-house and bombing from the air as President Bashar Assad tried to strengthen his grip... more »»
Assad: Syria transition talks are internal matter
May 19, 2013 BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a newspaper interview Saturday he won't step down before elections and that the United States has no right to interfere in his country's politics,... more »»
Afghan lawmakers block law on women's rights
May 19, 2013 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked legislation on Saturday aimed at strengthening provisions for women's freedoms, arguing that parts of it violate... more »»
Attacks kill 16 in Iraq, 8 police kidnapped
May 19, 2013 BAGHDAD (AP) — A string of attacks killed at least 16 people in Iraq on Saturday, while gunmen abducted eight policemen guarding a post on the country's main highway to Jordan and Syria, the latest... more »»
Denmark's de Forest wins Eurovision song contest
May 19, 2013 MALMO, Sweden (AP) — Denmark's Emmelie de Forest has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune "Only Teardrops," despite tough competition from spectacular... more »»
French president signs gay marriage into law
May 19, 2013 PARIS (AP) — France will see its first gay weddings within days, after French President Francois Hollande signed a law Saturday authorizing marriage and adoption by same-sex couples and ending month... more »»
SKorea says NKorea fires 3 short-range missiles
May 19, 2013 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. more »»
Reporter remembers fear in Videla's Argentina
May 19, 2013 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — It was just about a day after Argentine strongman Jorge Rafael Videla had seized power in March of 1976, and the bloodletting was already beginning. more »»
Nigeria military declares 24-hour curfew in city
May 19, 2013 MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's military declared a 24-hour curfew Saturday on neighborhoods in a northeastern city that's the spiritual home of an Islamic extremist network as soldiers continue... more »» |
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