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8 things to know before visiting Libya
>World-renowned chef, author and Emmy winning television personality Anthony Bourdain visits Libya in the next episode of "Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown," airing Sunday, May 19, at 9 p.m. ET. Follow the show on Twitter and Facebook.(CNN) -- Following Libya's revolution, oil production has been restored and the country has slipped from the front pages. Once more, Libya has become North ...
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Outlook dim as Syria diplomacy gathers force
John Kerry is expected to explain the plans for talks at a meeting in Jordan on Wednesday of the "Friends of Syria" club of countries seeking Assad's downfall, many of which are skeptical of the peace initiative. Syria's opposition will meet on Thursday in Istanbul to announce its stance, and the Arab League's Syria committee will also meet on Thursday in Cairo at the ...
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Police killed as violence continues in Iraq
At least 10 policemen have been killed after unidentified gunmen attacked a police station in the Iraqi city of Rawah, northwest of Baghdad, police officials say. The attack took place on Sunday evening in the city, located about 320km northwest of Baghdad, the Iraqi capital. The base commander was among those killed, a police source told Al Jazeera. Qais al-Rawi, the head of the area's ...
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Breaking Bread Karen J. Greenberg Vexed by Terrorism Trials and Guantnamo and Bearing Witness
Perhaps a meal was not the ideal setting to talk about something as unappetizing as a hunger strike. But there was no way, even with lunch on the table, to avoid that grim topic with Karen J. Greenberg, who has made herself an expert on matters of torture, terrorism trials and the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. There, dozens of inmates are refusing food to protest ...
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Biebers monkey Abandoned animal is German state property after singer fails to claim it back
Justin Bieber’s abandoned monkey Mally is now officially the property of the German state and has been moved to a secret location to protect it from paparazzi photographers and fans wanting to adopt ...
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Imran Khan condemns killing of senior member of his reforming party after she was gunned down outside her home
Former cricketer Imran Khan has condemned the killing of a senior member of his political party and laid the blame with the leader of rival party the Muttahida Quami ...
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Pope Francis admits he falls asleep during nighttime prayer but thinks God understands
The Pontiff told a crowd of 200,000 people about his moment of shuteye, but said he thought God understands that it's hard to stay awake after a tiring ...
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Swingeing socialist tax policies in France mean thousands of millionaires have paid more than 100 of their annual income
Taxes on the rich imposed by Socialist president Francois Hollande meant more than 8,000 French households had tax bills that exceeded their income last ...
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Could South America end its participation in the war on drugs Fears horrific human cost of tackling cartels will lead to change in policy
Latin American countries could stop deploying law enforcement agencies to fight cartels after concluding that the human costs of the 'war on drugs' is just too ...
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No peace deal in Syria and I wont be stepping down says president Assad in rare interview punctured by shell fire
In a rare interview conducted in the library of the presidential palace in Damascus, he warned America and Russia that peace talks were no nearer the negotiating ...
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Benghazi-disciplined diplomat a prolific poet
Raymond Maxwell -- one of the four State Department officials disciplined over security lapses that led to the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last year -- is also a prolific poet. And he's been publishing provocative verses since he was put on administrative leave December ...
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Thunderstorm supercells threaten Midwest
Not sure if these homes have basements, but it's insane to live in Oklahoma tornado country and not have one. We live in the Midwest, and we have a basement to go too when the tornado warnings sound. Every home in practically every subdivision has basements. I wouldn't live in a home without ...
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5 hospitalized in train collision
>Were you there? Share your images with iReport.(CNN) -- Five people remained in the hospital -- one in critical condition -- two days after a commuter train derailed and struck another train on one of the busiest tracks in the country, officials said Sunday. National Transportation Safety Board investigators looking at the accident, along the corridor from New York to New Haven, Connecticut, ...
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HM Led Labor Breakthrough by European Retailers
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Jlem to vie for 2019 UNSC seat despite Berlin bid
Israel will go ahead with its candidacy for an unprecedented seat on the UN Security Council in 2019 despite Germany's determination to run against it, diplomatic officials ...
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A-G told IDF to remove remaining Migron homes
The state should remove the structures that were left intact at the site of the former Migron outpost, Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein told the Civil Administration last week according to his office.The IDF had forcibly evacuated 50 families from the outpost in September, after the High Court of Justice ruled that their homes were built without permits on land classified by the state as ...
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Beduin pelt Retamim residents with stones
Masked Beduin men blocked the road to Kibbutz Retamim in the Negev, throwing stones at residents' cars on Sunday afternoon.Following a complaint from a Retamim woman, who managed to drive around the makeshift roadblocks while the masked men on all-terrain vehicles threw stones at her car, which also contained her three children, without getting hurt, Negev Police sent a special force ...
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WJC to probe Claims Conference fraud cover-up
World Jewish Congress president Ronald S. Lauder has asked Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany chairman Julius Berman and executive vice president Gregory Schneider to respond to allegations of covering up ...
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Could cop have avoided accidentally killing NY student
NEW YORK The police officer who accidentally killed a Long Island college student along with an armed intruder faced the most harrowing decision of a law enforcement career: choosing the split-second moment when the risk is so high that you must act to save a life, says an expert in the field. "The big question is, how do you know, when someone's pointing a gun at you, whether you ...
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Small Fla. town wonders who won Powerball
ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million -; the highest Powerball jackpot in history. But it wasn't Matthew Bogel. On Sunday, he loaded groceries into his car after shopping at the Publix. He shook his head when asked about the jackpot. "It's crazy, ...
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Hofstra University student killed by cops in hostage standoff
Andrea Rebello. (Instagram) A 21-year-old university student who was taken hostage in her apartment and then shot to death during a police standoff with an armed robber on New York’s Long Island was killed by a bullet fired from an officer’s gun, investigators said on Sunday. Andrea Rebello was shot in the head on Friday by one of eight rounds fired at Dalton Smith, who had the ...
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Insight Despite curbs Chinas vast hot money triangle flourishes
ZHUHAI, China/HONG KONG (Reuters) - In an underground mall just a stone's throw from China's teeming border with Macau, a row of 30 small shops with identical golden plaques does a brisk, though shadowy trade with mainland Chinese visitors, many of them bound for the gambling ...
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Exclusive Bangladesh factory banned by Wal-Mart still makes Wrangler shirts
GAZIPUR, Bangladesh (Reuters) - A Bangladesh factory where Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Inditex SA inspectors spotted cracks in the wall this month is still making Wrangler shirts for the world's largest apparel maker, U.S.-based VF ...
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Reports Yahoo to acquire Tumblr for $1.1B
YHOO ) may be on the verge of closing its biggest acquisition during the 10-month reign of CEO Marissa Mayer as she tries to attract more traffic and advertisers to the Internet company's website and mobile applications. The Sunnyvale, California, company's board of directors met Sunday and approved a $1.1 billion acquisition of online content-sharing site Tumblr in a deal Mayer ...
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Republicans continue beating Benghazi drum
After the White House released some 100 pages of emails documenting the development of talking points used to brief the public on the attack in Benghazi, Democrats brandished the disclosure as evidence that there was no attempt by the White House to airbrush or spin the administration's response for political advantage. The emails revealed only a bureaucratic tug-of-war between the State ...
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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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