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Makhachkala Bombing Highlights Daghestani Leaders Herculean Task
The four victims of the May 20 double car bombing in Machakhkala bring the number of people killed since Russian President Vladimir Putin named Ramazan Abdulatipov acting president of Daghestan in late January to 96 -- an average of almost one per day. That compares with a total of 405 fatalities in insurgency-related violence in 2012. But the North Caucasus insurgency is only one of many ...
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U.S. Senate Committee Passes Bill To Arm Rebels
A U.S. Senate committee has voted in favor of sending weapons to rebels fighting Syria's government. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 15-3 on May 21 for legislation that would send arms to "vetted" moderate members of the Syrian opposition. The measure will now be considered by the full Senate, where calls are growing for President Barack Obama to do more to help ...
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Washington Criticizes Iran After Two Key Presidential Candidates Barred
The United States has criticized Iran after authorities there barred two potentially key candidates from running in next month's presidential election. Former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie -- a close aide to outgoing President Mahmud Ahmadinejad -- were denied a place on the ballot by the Guardians Council of clerics and jurists. Only eight of nearly ...
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North Korea sends top aide to China
Choe Ryong Hae, the director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army, left Pyongyang Airport for China as a special envoy of Kim Jong-un on ...
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Tornado survivors reveal their terror
Moore, Oklahoma - Rescuers went from building to building in search of victims and survivors picked through the rubble of their shattered homes on Tuesday, a day after a massive tornado tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, wiping out blocks of houses and killing at least 24 ...
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Imran Khan leaves Pakistan hospital two weeks after forklift fall
Imran Khan has left hospital more than two weeks after he suffered serious back injuries in a fall from a forklift at a campaign event, a spokesman has said.Khan will remain at his home in the eastern city of Lahore for a while so doctors can monitor his progress, said the spokesman for the ...
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David Cameron says he was able to woo his wife because he could drive her around
David Cameron has confessed that his wife Samantha only fell for him because he owned a car - and that she may not have been 18 when he fell in love with ...
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24 dead I think that will stand mayor says
>Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO and KOKH. Moore, Oklahoma (CNN) -- What began as a hunt for survivors is now an arduous recovery ...
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Video Face-chewing victim recovering strumming guitar
Ronald Poppo, a homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre attack last year in Miami, plays the guitar in his room at Jackson Memorial Perdue Medical Center in Cutler Bay, Fla. The attack left Poppo blind, but doctors say he's been working with an occupational therapist to learn how to take care of himself. The doctors say Poppo also has learned to play guitar and practices ...
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Afghan president Hamid Karzai hands India weapons wish list
Afghanistan's president, Hamid Karzai, today said he had handed a "wish list" to India seeking greater military and civilian support to fill the vacuum created by the withdrawal of Western next year - an undertaking that is likely to spark anxiety in neighbouring ...
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Freeport cant say when Indonesia mine to reopen confirms 28 dead
1 of 2. Freeport McMoran Chief Executive Richard Adkerson (R) chats with Indonesian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Jero Wacik during a news conference after their meeting in Jakarta May 22, ...
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Militants release seven Egyptians kidnapped in Sinai
CAIRO (Reuters) - Seven members of the Egyptian security forces kidnapped by Islamist militants in Sinai last week were released on Wednesday, ending a crisis that has highlighted lawlessness in the desert peninsula bordering ...
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Watch First look at Xbox One
Big changes for the 2012-2013 season! Watch the current week's episode for FREE up to a week after it airs or subscribe for access to all shows, classic episodes and ...
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Chinese premier begins Pakistan visit
Chinese premier Li Keqiang has arrived in Pakistan for a two-day visit where he will meet prime minister-elect Nawaz Sharif, as the long-time allies look to boost trade ties. Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party swept to victory in the May 11 general election on a promise to revitalise the struggling economy and help from its giant neighbour to the north will be important to ...
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Deadly Attacks Strike Iraq Again
Attacks across Iraq on May 21 left at least 20 dead and many more wounded. In the bloodiest attack, a car bomb exploded near a Sunni mosque in western Baghdad, killing 11 people and wounding 21 more. The fresh violence comes a day after some 70 people were killed in violence targeting majority Shi'a. Nearly 300 people have been killed in the last week amid rising sectarian ...
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Kyrgyzstan To Cancel U.S. Transit Center Agreement
The Kyrgyz government has decided to cancel the U.S.-Kyrgyz agreement on NATO's use of the transit center at Manas International Airport near Bishkek as of July 11, 2014. The announcement was placed on the cabinet's website on May 21. It said a draft of the decision will be given soon to the parliament for approval. A U.S. State Department spokesperson would not speculate on ...
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Imran Khan leaveas hospital back at his home in Pak city of Lahore
Cricket News: Imran Khan had fractured three vertebrae and a rib when he fell 15 feet from a forklift truck at a campaign event in Lahore on May ...
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Rebel Feiglin barred from Knesset Education Ctee
Likud Beytenu removed MK Moshe Feiglin from the Knesset Education Committee Tuesday night, as a result of his rebellion against the coalition because Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will not allow him to visit the Temple Mount.Knesset House Committee chairman Tzachi Hanegbi (Likud Beytenu) announced in the Knesset plenum Tuesday night that coalition chairman Yariv Levine, also of Likud ...
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Government watchdog demands PM appoint deputy
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu must appoint a permanent deputy, the Movement for Quality Government demanded Tuesday.The government watchdog NGO wrote a letter to the Prime Minister's Office and Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein pointing out that Basic Law: Government says that if the prime minister is abroad or incapacitated, his deputy will temporarily take his place as acting prime ...
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Independent probe needed for Claims Conference
Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky has called for an independent probe to investigate allegations against senior executives of the Claims Conference, a spokesman ...
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Jodi Arias begs for life
Jodi Arias points to her family as a reason for the jury to give her a life in prison sentence instead of the death penalty during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, ...
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Is Pope Francis an exorcist
In this image made from video provided by APTN, Pope Francis lays his hands on the head of a young man, who then heaved deeply a half-dozen times, convulsed, and slumped in his wheelchair as the pontiff prayed over ...
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Kenya unfazed by Obama’s ‘snub’
Nairobi - Kenya said on Tuesday it was ';fine'; with United States President Barack Obama avoiding the country on an Africa tour next month, rejecting reports it was due to upcoming crimes against humanity trials of its ...
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Chinas Li offers to help end Pakistans energy crisis
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang waves to the audience during an event organised by Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) in New Delhi May 21, ...
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Insight No more easy pickings in Russias banking market
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Foreign banks that once treated Russia as virgin land where easy money could be made are now finding it a cut-throat market tougher than some bargained ...
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Silicon Valley's Expo ambitions
Moffet Field, a fairly unknown former military airbase in Silicon Valley near Mountain View and Sunnyvale, may become the centerpiece of the 2020 World Expo if Governor Schwarzenegger and other advocated of a California bid get their way.
California wants one of its cities to host the 2020 World Expo, the event is a seminal one on the world calendar and is expected to draw in over 70 million visitors to Shanghai, the city currently hosting the exhibition, which last six months. Read more
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