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'Skyfall' snags top N. America box office slot - 12/10/2012

LOS ANGELES- The James Bond blockbuster "Skyfall" snagged the top spot at the North American box office this weekend, beating animation adventure "Rise of the Guardians," estimates showed Sunday....

Hamas leader calls for 'all Palestine', national unity - 12/08/2012

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories, Adel Zaanoun and Selim Saheb Ettaba- Hamas politburo chief Khaled Meshaal on Saturday rejected ceding "an inch" of Palestinian territory to Israel or recognising...

Mandela admitted to hospital for tests - 12/08/2012

JOHANNESBURG, Susan Njanji- Nelson Mandela was admitted to a hospital in Pretoria Saturday to undergo tests and was said to be doing well, the South Africa government said. The 94-year-old former...

Hamas chief kisses Gaza soil on first ever visit - 12/08/2012

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories, Adel Zaanoun and Selim Saheb Ettaba- Hamas leader in exile Khaled Meshaal made his first visit to Gaza on Friday, kissing the ground and saying he hoped he would...

Belize archeologist sues over Indiana Jones skull - 12/08/2012

LOS ANGELES- A Belize archeologist is suing the makers of a blockbuster "Indiana Jones" film for using a likeness of a so-called Crystal Skull, which he says is a stolen national treasure. Dr. Jaime...

Washington state lights up as marijuana legalized - 12/07/2012

LOS ANGELES, Michael Thurston- Pot smokers lit up in Washington state Thursday as recreational marijuana became legal in a historic first for the United States, clouded by the fact that federal law...

Syrian warplanes pound Damascus suburbs: watchdog - 12/06/2012

BEIRUT- Warplanes pounded suburbs of Damascus on Wednesday as regime forces battled rebels inching ever closer to the capital amid fears that all-out battles may break out there, a monitoring group...

200 prisoners break out of Libya jail: officials - 12/06/2012

TRIPOLI- Almost 200 Libyan prisoners have escaped from a jail in the southern town of Sabha in unclear circumstances, officials said on Wednesday. "One hundred and ninety-seven prisoners escaped the...

Mideast Quartet ineffective: Arab League chief - 12/04/2012

CAIRO- Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi Monday described the Middle East Quartet as ineffective and said he expected Arabs to approach the United Nations to pressure Israel into withdrawing from...

Car bomb kills 15 in Syria's Homs: state media - 12/03/2012

"A terrorist attack struck the Hamra district of Homs," the state SANA news agency said, adding that it killed 15 people and wounded 24 in the government-held neighbourhood. State television said it...
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