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Egypt's wide-open presidential race polarizes nation as 2nd day voting gets ...

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CAIRO - Egypt's wide-open presidential election, which was in its second day of voting Thursday, is showing how deeply polarized the nation has become, with backers of rival Islamists and former regime figures each vowing they cannot let the other rule ...
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Next round of Iran nuclear talks set for Moscow

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By ALI AKBAR DAREINI, AP - 1 minute ago BAGHDAD (AP) - Iran and world powers have agreed to meet in Moscow next month for another round of negotiations over Tehran's nuclear program.
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US poised to vet possible arms for Syrian rebels

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WASHINGTON - One diplomatic effort after another has failed to end more than a year of brutal violence in Syria. Now, the Obama administration is preparing a plan that would essentially give US nods of approval to arms transfers from Arab nations to ...
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Obama administration accused of dropping ball on case of jailed Pakistani doctor

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Former US intelligence officers accused the Obama administration of dropping the ball on the case of the Pakistani doctor sentenced to 33 years in prison for helping find Usama bin Laden -- with one openly challenging the State Department's claim that ...
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Stronger Futures continues dark era for Aborigines, says Amnesty

Sydney Morning Herald -
AMNESTY International has sharply criticised Australia's treatment of its indigenous people and asylum seekers in its annual world review of the state of human rights.
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U of Ottawa students stage their own tuition protest

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About 25 University of Ottawa students are protesting a planned five per cent tuition fee increase Thursday, May 25, 2012. A small number of University of Ottawa students are trying to bring the Quebec tuition protest spirit to their campus.
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Burma's Opposition Leader to Address Economic Forum

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Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi during the opening ceremony of a photo exhibition entitled "Aung San Suu Kyi, The Burmese Way to Democracy" at Institute of French in Rangoon, May 17, 2012.
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Netanyahu condemns violence against African migrants, promises to solve problem

Haaretz -
PM: We will soon begin sending infiltrators back to their countries of origin; dozens protest in south Tel Aviv against anti-foreigner violence.
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US Counters al-Qaida Propaganda Online

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, May 24, 2012, to discuss the State Department's annual report on human rights.
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US drone strike 'kills eight in Pakistan'

New York Daily News -
By Hasbanullah Khan Thursday, May 24th 2012, 03:29 AM A US drone strike on Thursday killed eight militants in a Taliban stronghold of Pakistan's tribal belt, bringing the death toll from such strikes to 12 in two days, Pakistani officials said.
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Syrian cleric says mediating release of kidnapped Lebanese

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By Mariam Karouny | BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Syrian Islamist cleric said on Thursday that he was mediating the release of Lebanese Shi'ite men whose kidnapping in Syria triggered protests in Shi'ite areas of Beirut and raised fears it could ignite ...
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'Ronald Reagan's blood' auction cancelled after complaints

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A British auction house cancelled the planned online sale of a vial containing dried blood residue said to be from Ronald Reagan after complaints from the former US president's family and foundation.
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WATCH: World's First Skydive Without a Parachute

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Stuntman Gary Connery jumped from 2400 feet with just a wingsuit and a stack of cardboard boxes to break his fall. By Anoosh Chakelian | @anooshchakelian | May 24, 2012 | + British stuntman Gary Connery has worked on James Bond, Indiana Jones, ...
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Burmese Police Disperse Protest Over Power Blackouts

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Burmese opposition groups say police broke up a demonstration and detained several protesters after they defied police warnings and took to the streets demanding an end to electricity blackouts.
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Raul Castro's daughter lauds Obama's gay marriage stance during SF visit

San Francisco Examiner -
Mariela Castro Espin, center, daughter of current Cuban President Raul Castro, answers questions at the Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Community Center in San Francisco, California, May 23, 2012.
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Ratko Mladic war crimes judges reject long trial delay

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Judges conducting the war crimes trial of Bosnian Serb ex-commander Ratko Mladic have rejected a six-month delay requested by the defence.
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Leveson Inquiry: What new evidence means for Hunt and Cameron

BBC News -
By Mike Sergeant Political Correspondent, BBC News The memo Jeremy Hunt sent to the prime minister before assuming responsibility for the BSkyB bid reveals the extent of his sympathy for the Murdochs' ambitions.
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Breivik won't appeal if found sane

Herald Sun -
ANDERS Behring Breivik has said he would not appeal a certain guilty verdict if the judges deem him to be sane. Breivik, on trial for killing 77 people in Norway last July, told an Oslo court Thursday he would not appeal a certain guilty verdict if the ...
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South Africa's Thorny National Debate Over Nude Painting of President Zuma

The Atlantic -
By John Campbell The New York Times reports that an exhibition at a Johannesburg art gallery is pushing contemporary hot buttons. On exhibit is a large painting of a figure resembling President Zuma with his genitals exposed.
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Rich-poor divide reopens at UN climate talks

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By KARL RITTER, AP - 1 minute ago BONN, Germany (AP) - UN climate talks ran into gridlock Thursday as a widening rift between rich and poor countries risked undoing some advances made last year in the decades-long effort to control carbon emissions ...

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