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May 6th, 2013

General's Promotion Blocked Over Her Dismissal of Sex-Assault Verdict Baghdad Bombings Continue: 31 Killed
US Says Russia Is Aiding Inquiry Into Boston Attacks Israel Allows Gazan Children to Visit Imprisoned Parents
US Intelligence on North Korea Proves Elusive Mexico Sees Spate of Killings Over Weekend, Despite Supposed Drop in Drug-Related Violence
Family of American Held in Venezuela Says Experience 'a Nightmare;' Embassy Has Had No Access Peruvian Mayor Says 14 People Wounded When Soldiers and Police Shoot at Minibus in Rebel Zone
Somalia's Fight to Harness the Power of Mogadishu Port Special Ops Halted From Responding to Benghazi Attacks, US Diplomat Says
Syrian Hackers Seize the Onion's Twitter Account, Aren't Very Funny Behind the Rise of Bangladesh's Hefazaat
Lawmakers Again Push for Fort Hood Shootings to Be Labeled Terrorism First Polio Case in Waziristan Since Taliban Ban
Inmates Go on Hunger Strike Over President Karzai's Decree Senior Taliban Leader Arrested in Afghan Operation
Democrat Menendez Introduces Bill in Senate to Arm Syria Opposition Air Force Sex-Assault Chief Arrested on Sexual Battery Charges
One Soldier Killed by Secessionist Gunmen in Southern Yemen Armed Tribesmen Kidnap 2 Egyptians in Yemen's Abyan
IDF Allows Israeli Settlers to Renovate Abandoned Base in Gush Etzion Nigerian Military Plane Crashes in Niger; 2 Dead
Cuban Spy Unrepentant, but Hopes for Better Ties Libya Militias Not Backing Down From Protest
Deadly Bombing Targets Pakistan Poll Rally Smashed US Cars Get Second Chance in Afghanistan
Israeli Airstrike in Syria Brings Iran Onstage, Raising Risk of Proxy War Rep. Mike Rogers Pushed for FBI Chief
Drone Wars Hit the States Iran Warns Syrian Rebels After Report of Shrine Desecration
North Korea Moves Missiles Away From Launch Pads Iran Presidency Candidates to Step Forward, Finally
'This Is Not a Declaration of War': Israel Seeks to Reassure Syria Over Airstrikes That Reportedly Killed at Least 42 China Hosts Palestinian and Israeli Leaders in Bid for Middle East Influence
Mortar Shells Land in Golan Heights Syrian Rebels Shoot Down Regime Helicopter in East
Iraqi Death Hints of Iran's Role in Syrian Crisis Violent Separatists Seek to Derail Pakistan Vote
Israel Says 'No Winds of War' Despite Syria Air Strikes FBI: Minn. Raid Disrupts 'Localized Terror Attack'
Second Afghan-Pakistan Border Clash in a Week Iranians Jailed for Life in Kenya Over Terror Charges
Deadly Blast at Election Rally in North-West Pakistan Malaysia's Anwar Ibrahim Urges Protest Over Poll Defeat
Clashes Over Bangladesh Protest Leave 27 Dead Pre-Election Violence Rattles KP, Balochistan
North Korea 'Removes' Missiles From East Coast Launch Site Air Force Sexual Assault Prevention Officer Charged With Sexual Battery
Iraqi Kurdish Lawmaker Escapes Assassination IDF Scales Down Drill in North, as Top General Dispels 'Winds of War'
Iraq Attacks Kill 10 People China Unveils Peace Plan Based on 1967 Lines
Russia Says Chance of Foreign Intervention in Syria Growing Lebanon Urges UN to Condemn Violation by Israel
German FM: We Won't Accept Iranian Nuclear Arms Syrian Official: We Won't Respond Immediately to Israeli 'Aggression'
Yesh Atid Blocks Referendum on Peace Deals Israel, Turkey Reach Draft Deal on Compensation
US Team Stopped From Going to Benghazi Syrian Rebels Deny Using Nerve Gas
Thousands Protest in Moscow Against Putin Guantanamo Detainee Alleges Guards Searched Qurans in Prison
Secrecy Shrouds Pretrial Hearing in Manning WikiLeaks Case Poland to Reduce Afghanistan Military Presence
US 'Not Notified Before' Israel Attacked Syria Tuareg Leaders Announce New Group in Northern Mali
Bangladesh Police, Islamic Activists Clash; 20 Die Drone Cargo Helicopters Prove Worth in Afghanistan, Leading Way to Civilian Uses
FBI: Raid of Minn. Home Disrupted 'Terror Attack' Russia, China Express Alarm After Israel Hits Syria
Detainee Alleges Quran Search Led to Hunger Strike Activists: Israeli Strike Kills 42 Syrian Soldiers
Syria Deploys Rocket Batteries -- Aimed at Israel UN: Syrian Rebels Used Chemical Weapons
Israel to Assad: Air Strikes Did Not Aim to Help Syria Rebels Why Due Process Is Important for Accused Terrorists: a Case Study
'Breaking the Wall of Impunity' in Uruguay Tanzania Church Attack: Saudis Held for 'Act of Terror'

May 5th, 2013

Drone Strikes Are Winning War in Yemen -- for Al-Qaeda Radioactive Materials Lost in More Than 30 Incidents in UK Over Past Decade
Karzai: Afghans Will Never Recognize Pakistan Border
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