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6 min ago | USA Today

S. Korea: N. Korea fires 3 short-range missiles

In this Sunday, April 15, 2012 file photo, a North Korean vehicle carrying a missile passes by during a mass military parade in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square to celebrate the centenary of the birth of the late North Korean founder Kim Il Sung.

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Related Topix: North Korea, Asia, South Korea,

Fri May 17, 2013

CBS News

Navy pilot earns degree in combat zone

The Navy lieutenant needed armed guards and an armored car to get to an exam site, in Kabul, Afghanistan.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Navy, Afghanistan, University of Southern California, University of Maryland University College

Crescent-News.com

Rights groups: Syria holds thousands incommunicado

About 30 security agents showed up just after midnight, breaking down the door to an apartment in the town of Daraya near the Syrian capital of Damascus.

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Related Topix: Syria, Middle East, Activism

Star-Telegram.com

Bombs kill 9 inside elite Afghan housing complex

Two bombs hidden in a motorcycle and a car exploded inside an elite gated community linked to the family of Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday evening, killing at least nine people and wounding more than 70 near the southern city of Kandahar, an official said.

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Related Topix: Asia, Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, Terrorism

Anchorage Daily News

$1 million in jewelry stolen near Cannes film fest

The apparently well-planned robbery at the Novotel hotel took place in the room of an employee of Chopard, the Swiss-based watch and jewelry maker and festival sponsor that was hosting a splashy gala event in a far ritzier hotel around the same time, officials said.

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Related Topix: France, Movies, Entertainment

WLKY-TV Louisville

Bombings kill dozens of Sunnis in Iraq

Bombs struck Sunnis leaving a mosque and attending a funeral in Iraq on Friday, killing dozens amid festering tensions between Sunnis and Shiites.

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NewsOn6 Tulsa

EU survey reveals many gays live in fear

The immigration debate in Arizona reached a boiling point in 2007 when the state passed a groundbreaking law targeting those often blamed with fueling the nation's border woes: Employers who hire immigrants... The immigration debate in Arizona reached a boiling point in 2007 when the state passed a groundbreaking law targeting those often blamed ... (more)

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Netherlands, Immigration Reform, Life, Holidays, Mother's Day

Sky News

Oz Politican Attacked By Kangaroo While Jogging

A kangaroo digs its claws into an MP's leg and knocks him to the ground when the pair come face-to-face in a suburb of Canberra.

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Related Topix: Australia, Oceania, Offbeat

Thu May 16, 2013

KLFY-TV Lafayette

Syrian troops flush out rebels from prison

Syrian government troops on Thursday flushed out rebels who had stormed a prison compound in the northern city of Aleppo in a bid to free hundreds of political prisoners inside.

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Related Topix: Syria, Middle East, Prison, Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Terrorism

KEPR CBS 19

Afghans describe horrors of U.S. soldier's killing rampage

Sitting on a dirty straw mat on the parched ground of southern Afghanistan, Masooma sank deeper inside a giant black shawl.

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Related Topix: Asia, Afghanistan, US Army, US Military

KESQ-TV Palm Desert

Venezuela to import toilet paper due to shortage

To avoid getting caught with their pants down, Venezuelan officials say they will confront a toilet paper shortage by importing 50 million rolls to meet demand.

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Lincoln Daily News

Cyclone Mahasen fizzles as it hits Bangladesh

Cyclone Mahasan weakened Thursday afternoon into a tropical storm, causing far less damage than had been feared as it passed over coastal Bangladesh and spared Myanmar almost entirely.

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Related Topix: Tornado, Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Bangladesh, Asia, Burma, Southeast Asia, Weather,

The Globe and Mail

At least six dead in suicide attack on NATO convoy in Kabul

Afghan security officials are seen at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, May 16, 2013.

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Related Topix: Asia, Afghanistan, Explosion

KTRE-TV Lufkin

Cambodian shoe factory accident kills 2, injures 7

The ceiling of a shoe factory in Cambodia collapsed while several dozen workers were inside the building early Thursday, killing at least two people and possibly trapping more under the debris, police said.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, Cambodia,

Wed May 15, 2013

KLFY-TV Lafayette

Obama tries to regain control amid controversies

Under mounting pressure, President Barack Obama on Wednesday released a trove of documents related to the Benghazi attack and forced out the top official at the Internal Revenue Service following revelations that the agency targeted conservative political groups.

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Related Topix: Tax, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Turkey, Middle East

Jerusalem Post

Health system budget to be both cut and expanded

After the budget vote on Tuesday morning, Health Minister Yael German said she was very pleased with the result, although NIS 150 million in cuts were made to the health budget, an additional NIS 1 billion was allocated to expand economic resources for the financially troubled public health system.

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KIDK CBS 3

Beyonce apologizes for canceled show

In a letter on her website , the 31-year-old entertainer apologized to her "dearest fans" in Antwerp, Belgium, who missed out on seeing the singer perform Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Belgium, Entertainment

WTHR-TV Indianapolis

Arias back in court as jury ponders death option

Jodi Arias heads back to court Wednesday as jurors consider whether the death penalty should be an option for sentencing the former waitress after convicting her of first-degree murder last week.

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Related Topix: Death Penalty, Prison, Texas, World News, Prince Harry

CTV

American sentenced to hard labour serving time at North Korean 'special prison'

An American citizen sentenced to 15 years of hard labour for what Pyongyang has described as hostile acts against the state has started life at a "special prison," state media said Wednesday.

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Related Topix: North Korea, Asia, South Korea,

Tue May 14, 2013

KOAT-TV

Raided safe adds discord to Bieber tour

With an international tour at an end, Justin Bieber told his millions of fans he's gonna "chill" for a bit.

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