Friday, May 24th, 2013

World

Syria peace conference already hitting snags - Russia

By Steve Gutterman and Erika Solomon
MOSCOW/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Russia said on Saturday there was disagreement over who should represent the opposition in a Syrian peace process, only da...
May 11, 2013, 7:39 pm
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Suspect fathered child in US kidnap case

As the investigation continues, DNA tests have confirmed kidnapping and rape suspect Ariel Castro is the father of a 6-year-old girl born in captivity.
May 11, 2013, 7:36 pm

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Voters throng polls in Pakistan's political heart

LAHORE, Pakistan (AFP) - Saima Ali had a message for Pakistan's women as the country went to the polls: ignore the Taliban threats and vote.
May 11, 2013, 6:48 pm

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US princess-wannabes swoon over Harry

US women seem to have already forgotten the fratboy behaviour exhibited last year when Prince Harry was photographed naked in Las Vegas playing billiards.
May 11, 2013, 6:37 pm

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Egyptian lawyer denies that Mubarak spoke to paper

CAIRO (Reuters) - A lawyer representing former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak denied on Sunday that his client had spoken to a newspaper, describing as a fabrication reports that he had said it was ...
May 11, 2013, 6:32 pm

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Enthusiastic voting in NW Pakistan despite bombs

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) - Bomb attacks wounded 12 people outside polling stations in northwest Pakistan, police said, but many voters were not deterred from casting their ballots in Saturday's landmark polls.
May 11, 2013, 6:31 pm

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Icy Arctic rising as economic hot spot

Diplomats from eight Arctic nations will meet next week over how to protect the Arctic as its waterways increasingly open to commercial shipping traffic.
May 11, 2013, 6:07 pm

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Anger over Boston bomb suspect's burial

Virginian officials and community members are startled and furious that the body of the Boston bombing suspect has been buried in their state.
May 11, 2013, 5:43 pm

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Bomb kills 11 in Karachi as Pakistan votes: doctor

KARACHI (AFP) - A Taliban bomb attack targeting an election candidate killed at least 11 people and wounded 36 others in Pakistan's financial hub of Karachi as polls got under way Saturday, a doctor said.
May 11, 2013, 4:56 pm

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Ex-Guatemalan ruler found guilty of genocide

GUATEMALA CITY (AFP) - Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt was found guilty of genocide and war crimes in a landmark ruling stemming from massacres of indigenous people in his country's long civil war.
May 11, 2013, 4:27 pm

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Aussie dollar slips below US parity on slowdown fears

SYDNEY (AFP) - The Australian dollar slipped below parity with the greenback for the first time in 12 months on Saturday on fears that the mining-powered economy was slowing.
May 11, 2013, 4:17 pm

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Russia 'withheld details' on Boston suspect

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Russia withheld "crucial" information from the United States on one of the suspects of last month's deadly Boston Marathon bombings, The Wall Street Journal reported.
May 11, 2013, 4:15 pm

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Finding woman alive lifts Dhaka rescuers

Until Friday, rescue crews working at the Bangladesh factory collapse site had gone nearly two weeks without discovering anyone alive.
May 11, 2013, 3:56 pm
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US aircraft carrier Nimitz off S. Korea for drill

BUSAN, South Korea (AFP) - A US naval strike group led by the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz arrived off South Korea Saturday for drills, following joint exercises that infuriated North Korea.
May 11, 2013, 3:25 pm

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Pakistan holds landmark polls under Taliban threat

ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistani voters went to the polls Saturday, braving Taliban threats to cast their ballots in an election marking a historic democratic transition for the nuclear-armed state.
May 11, 2013, 2:33 pm

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US man describes alligator attack

A US man has spoken of his ordeal being attacked by an alligator after fleeing from police in Florida.
May 11, 2013, 1:49 pm

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Guantanamo prisoners face body search says lawyer

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Guantanamo officials have warned detainees at the US prison that they will have to be patted down thoroughly each time they meet their lawyers, an attorney said.
May 11, 2013, 1:26 pm

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US, Britain withdraw some staff from Libya

TRIPOLI (AFP) - The United States and Britain both announced they were withdrawing some diplomatic staff from Libya, amid security concerns over a recent flare-up in political unrest there.
May 11, 2013, 1:17 pm

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Gillard wraps up Papua New Guinea visit

Julia Gillard has laid a wreath at Bomana war cemetery in PNG and visited the graves of Victoria Cross winners John French and Ben Kingsbury.
May 11, 2013, 1:13 pm

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Kerry seeks to thaw 'frozen' Cyprus stalemate

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Secretary of State John Kerry called for greater efforts to "unfreeze" decades of tense stalemate between Greece and Turkey over Cyprus, after meeting with the divided island's foreign minister.
May 11, 2013, 12:52 pm

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