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Who shot Bin Laden? Media feud among Navy SEALs - 03/28/2013

WASHINGTON- A new version of the events surrounding the killing of Osama bin Laden was unveiled Wednesday sharply contradicting earlier claims by a Navy SEAL who said he pulled the trigger. Esquire...

British PM's wife visits Syrian refugees in Lebanon - 03/28/2013

LONDON- Young Syrians are having their childhoods "smashed to pieces" by the conflict, British Prime Minister David Cameron's wife said on Wednesday following a visit to a refugee camp in Lebanon....

Rare British royal's signature up for auction in US - 03/28/2013

LOS ANGELES- A document signed by Britain's King Richard III will be auctioned in Los Angeles next week, two months after scientists found the ancient royal's remains under a modern-day car park. The...

Applause as opposition takes Syria seat at Arab summit - 03/26/2013

DOHA, Wissam Keyrouz- Opposition chief Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib took Syria's seat at the Arab League on Tuesday as leaders gathered for the annual summit in Doha gave member states the "right" to arm...

UAE to examine recordings, finances of detained Islamists - 03/26/2013

ABU DHABI- The UAE justice ministry ordered on Tuesday the examination of voice recordings and financial accounts of dozens of Islamists on trial for plotting to seize power in the federation, state...

Obama names first woman Secret Service chief - 03/26/2013

WASHINGTON- US President Barack Obama Tuesday named Julia Pierson as the first female chief of the Secret Service, the elite protection branch sullied by a prostitution scandal in Colombia last year....

Tunisia camp for Libya refugees to close in June - 03/26/2013

TUNIS- A camp in southern Tunisia for people who fled the Libya conflict is to close in late June despite protests by residents who have failed to win asylum elsewhere, the UN refugee agency said on...

Muslim condemned to death for killing 2 Copts in Egypt - 03/26/2013

CAIRO- A Muslim man was sentenced to death on Monday after having been found guilty of killing two Coptic Christians in southern Egypt in 2011, court sources said. The court in Sohag, 500 kilometres...

Scientists unravel genetic code of oesophageal cancer - 03/24/2013

PARIS- Scientists said Sunday they had found mutations in 26 genes that may cause oesophageal cancer, a breakthrough they hope will lead to new drugs for the deadly and increasingly frequent disease....

Syrian opposition invited to Arab summit: envoy - 03/24/2013

DOHA- The opposition Syrian National Coalition has been invited to the Arab summit this week, bringing the rebels closer to filling Syria's seat in the Arab League, the group's Qatar envoy said...
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