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World › May. 20, 2013 - 07:09AM JST
AMMAN — Lebanese Hezbollah militants attacked a Syrian rebel-held town alongside Syrian troops on Sunday and Israel threatened more attacks on Syria to rein the militia in,…
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World › May. 20, 2013 - 06:44AM JST
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Barack Obama will discuss his counterterrorism strategy Thursday, revealing to the American public his plans for unmanned drones and Guantanamo Bay, the White…
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World › May. 20, 2013 - 06:25AM JST
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — A key city in northeast Nigeria was on lockdown Sunday as the military enforced a 24-hour curfew and blocked supply routes in its sweeping campaign…
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World › May. 20, 2013 - 06:17AM JST
KUWAIT CITY — Kuwait has deported more than 1,000 expats for traffic offenses in the past month, a report said on Sunday, drawing condemnation from a human rights…
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World › May. 20, 2013 - 06:09AM JST
SEOUL — North Korea on Sunday test-fired a short-range missile off its east coast, its fourth in two days, despite pleas from South Korea and the U.N.…
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World › May. 20, 2013 - 06:01AM JST
OSLO — Extreme global warming is less likely in coming decades after a slowdown in the pace of temperature rises so far this century, an international team…
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World › May. 19, 2013 - 03:54PM JST
AUSTIN, Texas — A single winning ticket for a record U.S. Powerball lottery jackpot worth $590.5 million was sold in Florida, organizers said late on Saturday, but there…
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World › May. 19, 2013 - 06:50AM JST
WASHINGTON — Myanmar President Thein Sein on Saturday began the first visit to Washington by a leader of his country in nearly 50 years as the United…
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World › May. 19, 2013 - 06:30AM JST
DAMASCUS — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad insisted he will not resign before the end of his mandate in 2014 as a car bomb exploded in the capital…
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World › May. 19, 2013 - 06:21AM JST
KANO, Nigeria — Nigeria's military on Saturday imposed a 24-hour curfew in parts of a northeastern city as soldiers pressed on with a campaign against Boko Haram Islamists…
