Cuban offshore oil attempt fails |
- Cuban offshore oil attempt fails
- ‘Home,’ a Novel by Toni Morrison
- Head of UN mission in Syria 'pessimistic'
- Hopes fading for swift U.S., Pakistan deal on Afghan supply routes
- Obama Meets With Hollande Ahead of G-8 Meeting
- Syrian opposition buoyed by Aleppo rallies
- U.N. nuclear chief to make unscheduled visit to Tehran
- VIDEO: Human cost of Greek economic crisis
- Man's body found in sea search
- Germans deny Merkel suggested Greek vote on euro
- Bahrain rejects Al Jazeera story on death
- VIDEO: Tension over Spanish banks' bad debts
- Italy court upholds ruling clearing Berlusconi
- Ceefax founding editor dies at 85
- Mexico Detains Third General Tied to Drug Cartel
- Pentagon Hails China Ties
- Makeshift Protests Assemble in Frankfurt; 400 Arrested
- Greece: Merkel Suggests Euro Referendum
- Refloat of Italy's Concordia wreck to be biggest ever
- Ten militants killed in Yemen as government advances
| Cuban offshore oil attempt fails Posted: 18 May 2012 01:00 PM PDT Spain's Repsol oil company says a first attempt to find oil off Cuba's northern coast has been unsuccessful.
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| ‘Home,’ a Novel by Toni Morrison Posted: 17 May 2012 03:03 PM PDT In Toni Morrison's novel, a traumatized soldier returns from the Korean War to his segregated hometown in Georgia.
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| Head of UN mission in Syria 'pessimistic' Posted: 18 May 2012 01:23 PM PDT Major-General Robert Mood gives bleak assessment of task his team faces as violations of ceasefire continue.
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| Hopes fading for swift U.S., Pakistan deal on Afghan supply routes Posted: 18 May 2012 12:38 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Obama administration may be not be able to strike a long-awaited agreement with Pakistan to help supply Western soldiers in Afghanistan as hoped in time for a major NATO summit in Chicago this weekend, a U.S. official said.
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| Obama Meets With Hollande Ahead of G-8 Meeting Posted: 18 May 2012 12:29 PM PDT The leaders said they discussed Europe's economy, Afghanistan, Iran and Syria during a meeting at the White House.
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| Syrian opposition buoyed by Aleppo rallies Posted: 18 May 2012 12:38 PM PDT BEIRUT — More than 10,000 protesters poured onto the streets of Syria's commercial capital, Aleppo, on Friday, a sign that a city that had remained relatively quiet as an uprising swept the country has been galvanized into activity. Read full article >>   
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| U.N. nuclear chief to make unscheduled visit to Tehran Posted: 18 May 2012 12:51 PM PDT The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Friday he will travel to Iran over the weekend on a previously unscheduled visit to try to resolve an impasse over access to Iranian nuclear documents and scientists. Read full article >>
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| VIDEO: Human cost of Greek economic crisis Posted: 18 May 2012 03:49 AM PDT With rising crime and suicide rates, Greek comic Katerina Vrana explores the human cost of the financial crisis in her homeland.
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| Man's body found in sea search Posted: 18 May 2012 12:17 PM PDT Coastguard officers recover a man's body from the sea during the search for a missing Dorset fishing vessel.
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| Germans deny Merkel suggested Greek vote on euro Posted: 18 May 2012 12:24 PM PDT ATHENS — What did Angela Merkel really say? The Greek press buzzed late Friday when the office of freshly inaugurated Prime Minister Panagiotis Pikrammenos issued a statement saying Merkel, the German chancellor, had suggested that Greece should hold a referendum on the euro. Read full article >>
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| Bahrain rejects Al Jazeera story on death Posted: 18 May 2012 12:33 PM PDT Report citing autopsy which concluded that a 23-year-old was tortured before drowning, dismissed as "outrageous claim".
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| VIDEO: Tension over Spanish banks' bad debts Posted: 18 May 2012 12:04 PM PDT The Spanish government has announced that the level of bad loans held by the country's banks is at an 18-year high.
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| Italy court upholds ruling clearing Berlusconi Posted: 18 May 2012 12:01 PM PDT ROME (Reuters) - Italy's highest appeals court on Friday upheld a decision that cleared former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in a fraud and embezzlement case related to his private broadcaster Mediaset.
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| Ceefax founding editor dies at 85 Posted: 18 May 2012 11:50 AM PDT Colin McIntyre, founding editor of the BBC's Ceefax service, the world's first teletext service, has died at the age of 85, his family confirms.
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| Mexico Detains Third General Tied to Drug Cartel Posted: 18 May 2012 11:00 AM PDT The arrests of a group of generals were without precedent in recent memory, and reports suggested that other key figures in the drug war could be arrested.
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| Posted: 18 May 2012 12:18 PM PDT The Pentagon hailed new cooperation with Beijing in an annual report on China's military modernization, but reiterated concerns about Chinese military spending increases and developments of new weapons systems.
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| Makeshift Protests Assemble in Frankfurt; 400 Arrested Posted: 18 May 2012 10:59 AM PDT German police arrested about 400 people as thousands gathered to protest austerity in Germany's financial capital.
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| Greece: Merkel Suggests Euro Referendum Posted: 18 May 2012 12:44 PM PDT German Chancellor Angela Merkel proposed to Greece's president that the country hold a referendum on its membership in the euro zone, according to a statement from the Greek prime minister's office. But the German government quickly denied Ms. Merkel made the suggestion.
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| Refloat of Italy's Concordia wreck to be biggest ever Posted: 18 May 2012 11:23 AM PDT ROME (Reuters) - Salvage crews will employ huge cranes and air tanks to refloat the half-submerged Costa Concordia cruise liner in the largest ever operation of its kind, according to a plan unveiled on Friday.
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| Ten militants killed in Yemen as government advances Posted: 18 May 2012 11:15 AM PDT ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) - Yemeni troops killed 10 suspected Islamist militants on the outskirts of the city of Jaar, an army official and residents said on Friday, in a new U.S.-backed offensive meant to reassert control in the south of the country.
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