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Reuters - 23 minutes agoAMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian rebels battled President Bashar al-Assad's forces on the edge of central Damascus on Wednesday, opposition activists said, seeking to break through … More »
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AFP News - 1 hour 16 minutes agoThe United States on Wednesday tightened sanctions on Iran to further choke off its oil income, saying it was necessary to increase pressure on Tehran over its suspected … More »
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AFP News - 1 hour 45 minutes agoGunmen have killed nine Mexican police officers and wounded another in an ambush in Guerrero, a southwestern state beset by a crime wave from its Acapulco resort to its … More »
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Reuters - 1 hour 51 minutes agoTUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's ruling Islamists dissolved the government on Wednesday and promised rapid elections in a bid to calm the biggest street protests since the … More »
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Reuters - 1 hour 56 minutes agoCAIRO (Reuters) - The foreign minister of Iran said on Wednesday he thought the Syrian government was ready to negotiate with the opposition and that the two sides would … More »
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AFP News - 2 hours 3 minutes agoSyria's army on Wednesday launched a fierce assault around Damascus, blasting rebel strongholds and sealing the main entrances to the capital, witnesses said, as prospects … More »
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AFP News - 2 hours 21 minutes agoProminent Tunisian opposition leader Chokri Belaid was shot dead on Wednesday, sparking deadly protests, attacks on offices of the ruling Islamist Ennahda party, and … More »
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AFP News - 2 hours 33 minutes agoFrance urged the United Nations Wednesday to send peacekeepers to Mali, where French forces have killed hundreds of Islamist rebels but are still coming under attack … More »
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AFP News - 2 hours 44 minutes agoEgyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Wednesday urged Syrian opposition groups to unify, as he addressed leaders of Islamic states at a summit that also focused on the … More »
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Reuters - 2 hours 55 minutes agoOTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian government is eyeing legislation that would let it revoke the citizenship of dual nationals involved in acts of terrorism following news … More »
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Reuters - 3 hours agoKIDAL, Mali (Reuters) - French and Malian troops are fighting Islamist rebels in the Sahara outside northern Mali's biggest town, France's defence minister said on Wednesday, … More »
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AFP News - 3 hours agoThe results of the National Transportation Safety Board's Boeing 787 Dreamliner probe will likely not be known for at least weeks, NTSB chair Deborah Hersman said We … More »
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Reuters - 3 hours agoBEIRUT (Reuters) - The Lebanese Islamist Hezbollah movement dismissed on Wednesday Bulgaria's accusation that it carried out a bomb attack that killed five Israeli tourists … More »
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AFP News - 4 hours agoSpanish police said Wednesday they had seized 4.1 tonnes of cocaine worth nearly a quarter of a billion euros in one of the biggest ever seizures of the drug in the … More »
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Reuters - 5 hours agoCAIRO (Reuters) - Old habits die hard for Mahmoud Abbas. The Palestinian president almost hailed deposed Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak during an Islamic summit in Cairo … More »
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Reuters - 6 hours agoJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel risks sleepwalking into a crisis with its allies over relentless settlement-building in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem unless … More »
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Reuters - 6 hours agoMIDLAND CITY, Alabama (Reuters) - Bomb technicians searched for explosive devices Wednesday after two were found at the rural Alabama property where a man, who had held … More »
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Reuters - 6 hours agoTYRE, Lebanon (Reuters) - A new video making the rounds in Lebanon opens with ominous string music reminiscent of a horror film and the title "Before it's too late." … More »
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Reuters - 6 hours agoMOSCOW (Reuters) - Progress at talks between world powers and Iran on its nuclear programme later this month will depend on the United States showing "genuine honesty … More »
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Reuters - 6 hours agoDHAKA (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Bangladesh on Wednesday to demand the execution of a leader of the country's biggest Islamist party after … More »
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AFP News - 7 hours agoUkrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on Wednesday called a $7 billion bill from Russian gas giant Gazprom unfair, saying he was prepared to negotiate with Moscow. More »
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AFP News - 7 hours agoA major 8.0 magnitude earthquake jolted the Solomon Islands Wednesday with small tsunami waves buffeting Pacific coasts, leaving at least five people dead and dozens … More »
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Reuters - 8 hours agoTUNIS (Reuters) - A Tunisian opposition politician was shot dead on Wednesday, sending protesters onto the streets of cities nationwide two years after the uprisings … More »
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AFP News - 8 hours agoConservation workers at the long-neglected Roman city of Pompeii began a 105-million euro ($142-million) makeover partly funded by the EU on Wednesday, a day after former … More »
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AFP News - 9 hours agoThe United States has sent an FBI team to join the Turkish investigation into a deadly suicide bombing on the US embassy in Ankara last week, the mission said Wednes … More »
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AFP News - 10 hours agoThe general director of Russia's Bolshoi Theatre was engaged in a war of words Wednesday with a star dancer whom he said was partly to blame for the acid attack on its … More »
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Reuters - 10 hours agoBRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will consider adding Lebanon's Hezbollah movement to its list of terrorist organisations after it was implicated in a bombing … More »
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AFP News - 11 hours agoGermany's education minister and a close ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel was fighting for her political life on Wednesday after her former university stripped her of … More »
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Reuters - 11 hours agoTOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe urged China on Wednesday not to stoke tension over disputed East China Sea isles, a day after Japan said a Chinese … More »
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AFP News - 12 hours agoThe White House has defended drone strikes against Al-Qaeda suspects as legal, ethical and wise and insisted they complied with US law and the Constitution, even if they … More »
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AFP News - 12 hours agoA Komodo dragon in Indonesia has attacked two employees in one of the giant lizards' protected island habitats, leaving its victims hospitalised with serious injuries, … More »
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AFP News - 13 hours agoFrench and Malian troops clashed with Islamist rebels near the large town of Gao, Paris said Wednesday after reporting that hundreds of insurgents had been killed in … More »
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AFP News - 13 hours agoMalaysian authorities will offer a $16,000 reward for information on 14 rare Borneo pygmy elephants found dead last month, if it is confirmed they were poisoned. More »
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Reuters - 14 hours agoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, already deeply immersed in high-profile domestic policy, is finding that his clout extends to foreign affairs as … More »
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AFP News - 14 hours agoBritish lawmakers voted in favour of controversial legislation allowing gay marriage despite fierce opposition from members of Prime Minister David Cameron's own par … More »
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AFP News - 14 hours agoDefence lawyers began cross-examining the male companion of a student who was gang-raped on a bus in New Delhi, the man's father said, at the trial of five adults accused … More »
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Reuters - 16 hours agoDUBAI (Reuters) - A once-feared Iranian prosecutor at the centre of a confrontation between two of the Islamic Republic's most powerful figures was freed on Wednesday, … More »
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AFP News - 17 hours agoBulgaria has blamed Hezbollah for a July 2012 bomb attack that killed five Israeli tourists, leading to renewed calls on the EU to declare the Lebanese movement a "terrorist" … More »
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AFP News - 19 hours agoEgypt's top cleric has told visiting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad not to interfere in the affairs of Bahrain or other Gulf states, and to uphold the rights of … More »
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AFP News - 21 hours agoA major magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck off the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean and a tsunami warning was issued, US officials said. More »
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AFP News - 21 hours agoA prominent Danish writer who heads a controversial group that claims free speech is under threat from Islam escaped an attempt on his life in Copenhagen, police sai … More »
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AFP News - 21 hours agoA gay Saudi prince jailed for life in Britain for murdering his servant is to serve the rest of his sentence in his home country, a British government source said. More »
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AFP News - 22 hours agoA Somali court jailed a woman, who said she was raped by security forces, for insulting state institutions in a case that has sparked international alarm. More »
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AFP News - 22 hours agoAt least 12 members of Syria's security forces were killed in two suicide car bombings targeting a military intelligence headquarters in the south-central city of Palmyra … More »
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AFP News - 22 hours agoProsecutors questioned a former treasurer of Spain's ruling party on Wednesday over allegations of corrupt payments implicating Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. More »
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AFP News - 22 hours agoThe US Justice Department said Tuesday it is seeking at least $5 billion in civil penalties from Standard & Poor's for losses due to inflated ratings of mortgage bon … More »
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Reuters - Wed, Feb 6, 2013PARIS (Reuters) - France plans to begin pulling troops out of Mali from March and will focus its operations on flushing out Islamist rebels in the north of the country, … More »
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Reuters - Wed, Feb 6, 2013WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama plans to visit Israel, the West Bank and Jordan this spring, the White House said on Tuesday, raising the prospects of a … More »
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Reuters - Wed, Feb 6, 2013LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's parliament voted heavily in favour of legalising gay marriage on Tuesday, but Prime Minister David Cameron's authority in his own party took … More »
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AFP News - Wed, Feb 6, 2013An offer of talks by Syria's main opposition leader to President Bashar al-Assad suffered setbacks on Tuesday as state media said it was two years too late, and a principal … More »
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