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Rescuers dig for life after US tornado kills 24 - 05/22/2013

MOORE, Oklahoma, Robert MacPherson- Families returned to a blasted moonscape that had been an American suburb Tuesday after a monstrous tornado tore through the outskirts of Oklahoma City, killing at...

EU set to brand Lebanon's Hezbollah as 'terrorists' - 05/22/2013

BRUSSELS, Claire Rosemberg- Ending months of hesitation, the European Union opened the door Tuesday to adding the military wing of Lebanon's Hezbollah to its list of international terrorist groups,...

Accidental find shows Vitamin C kills tuberculosis - 05/22/2013

PARIS- Scientists said Tuesday they had managed to kill lab-grown tuberculosis (TB) bacteria with good old Vitamin C -- an "unexpected" discovery they hope will lead to better, cheaper drugs. A team...

Hezbollah fighters killed in battle for Syria's Qusayr - 05/20/2013

DAMASCUS- A Syrian government assault on the rebel bastion of Qusayr raged into a second day Monday, with at least 28 members of Lebanon's Shiite group Hezbollah reported killed as they fought...

Tunisia PM vows firm action after Islamist unrest - 05/20/2013

TUNIS, Antoine Lambroschini- Tunisia's Islamist premier Ali Larayedh on Monday vowed tough action against Ansar al-Sharia after bloody clashes between police and members of the radical Salafist...

British PM faces party rebellion over gay marriage - 05/20/2013

LONDON, Guy Jackson- British Prime Minister David Cameron faced deepening splits within his Conservative Party on Monday as a divisive bill to legalise gay marriage returned to parliament. The bill...

Arab League to hold emergency Syria meeting - 05/20/2013

CAIRO- An Arab League committee on Syria will hold an emergency meeting on Thursday ahead of an international peace conference on ending the country's civil war, the bloc's deputy leader said on...

Syrian forces storm rebel bastion of Qusayr - 05/20/2013

DAMASCUS- Syrian troops backed by Lebanon's Hezbollah on Sunday entered Qusayr, a strategic rebel stronghold linking Damascus to the coast, a day after President Bashar al-Assad insisted he would not...

Clashes at Cairo demo calling on Morsi to resign - 05/19/2013

CAIRO- Demonstrators calling for Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Morsi to resign and demanding early elections clashed with riot police in Cairo late Friday. Hundreds of people had marched on...

Russia's missile shipment will embolden Syria: US - 05/18/2013

WASHINGTON- Russia's shipment of anti-ship missiles to Syria will "embolden" the regime and fuel the country's civil war, the US military's top officer said Friday. General Martin Dempsey's comments...
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