19-May-2012, 9:40 AM
Boxer Pacquiao's deals 'safe', despite gay row
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A row sparked by boxer Manny Pacquiao's comments on gay marriage has damaged the world champion...
French president picks envoy for rescue of reporter kidnapped in Colombia
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France's new President Francois Hollande has appointed a personal envoy to join a negotiation committee...
Violence eases at overcrowded Venezuelan jail
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Venezuelan authorities on Thursday restored order at a notoriously overcrowded Caracas jail after shots rang out...
Iran threatens to sue Google over dropping Persian Gulf
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Iran's Foreign Ministry threatened to take legal action against Google for dropping the name Persian Gulf from its Google Maps.
UN chief believes al Qaeda behind Syria car bombs
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he believed al Qaeda was responsible for two suicide car bombs.
No credible threat to NATO summit
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There is no credible terror threat to the NATO summit set to get underway in Chicago.
Plans to strike Iran "ready", says U.S. Israel envoy
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U.S. plans for a possible military strike on Iran are ready and the option is "fully available", the U.S. ambassador to Israel said.
Is it curtains for Afghanistan's fading silver screen?
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Clouds of hashish and cigarette smoke float across a screen showing a dancing Pakistani woman, who evokes yowls of excitement from the ...
No ties or hand-driers as S.Korea readies for hot spell
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South Korean businessmen, typically clad in uniform dark blue suits, are being urged to dump their jackets and ties as the summer looms
Bosnia war crimes trial of ex-army chief Mladic to open
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Bosnian Serb ex-army chief Ratko Mladic goes on trial Wednesday, accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity in his campaign of ...
U.S., Pakistan near deal on reopening supply lines
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Pakistan and the United States appeared on the verge of clinching an agreement to reopen ground supply lines into Afghanistan.
Strauss-Kahn countersues NY hotel maid for $1 million
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New York police arrested Strauss-Kahn a year ago when hotel maid Nafissatou Diallo accused him of forcible oral sex.
Qaeda suspects blow up Yemen gas pipeline
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Suspected Al-Qaeda militants blew up a gas pipeline supplying Yemen's Balhaf export terminal in the Gulf of Aden.
Egypt’s heritage preyed on by thieves
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Looters are taking advantage of the country’s political turmoil by going on illegal digs
NATO underplayed civilian deaths in Libya
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NATO air strikes killed 72 civilians in Libya last year, Human Rights Watch said.
Mexican police find 49 mutilated bodies
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Mexican police said they had found the dumped and decapitated bodies of 49 people, probably killed in drug violence.
Bulgarian envoy escapes Yemen kidnap attempt
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Bulgaria's ambassador to Yemen escaped a kidnap attempt while he was driving through Sanaa in a diplomatic car.
Gunmen kill senior Afghan peace negotiator
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Gunmen shot dead a top Afghan peace negotiator in the capital Kabul.
UN chief tells Sudan to pull troops from Abyei
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UN leader Ban Ki-moon has called on Sudan to move its troops out of the disputed territory of Abyei.
Palestinians say hunger strike nearing decisive point
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Palestinian officials said they expected a breakthrough soon on efforts to end a mass hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners in Israel.