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May 8th, 2013

Iran Hostages See Renewed Focus on Their Plight Boston Bombing Inquiry Looks Closely at Russia Trip
Diplomat Says Questions Over Benghazi Led to Demotion Contentious New Law That Bans Gadhafi-Era Officials Could Be Overridden by New Charter
Official: Attack by Ethnic Militia Kills at Least 20 Nigeria Police Officers in Central Region Mexico Officials Say 3 Police Working for Interpol, 1 Federal Investigator Missing in North
China Urges Israeli Prime Minister to Remove Obstacles to Restarting Talks With Palestinians Nun, 83, and Two Other Activists Guilty of Intrusion at Nuclear Complex
Lawmaker Wants Military to Promptly Alert Congress About Drone Strikes Tsarnaev Brothers Not Yet Linked to Foreign Terror Groups, Officials Say
Decades of Distrust Restrain Cooperation Between FBI and Russia's FSB Taliban Ambush Leaves 5 Afghan Soldiers, 1 Police Dead in Farah
America's Coconut Grove, Lily Pad in Maldives US Won't Set Up Permanent Military Base in Maldives
UN Decries Rising Poverty in East Jerusalem Elderly Nun Convicted in US Nuclear Site Break-In
UAE Call to Ban Hypnotic Music as Illegal 'Digital Drug' Sergeant Who Killed Five Troops at Baghdad Clinic Grew Paranoid in Weeks Leading Up to Slayings
An Encounter Shows Kurdish Guerrillas in No Hurry to Abandon Turkey's Mountains UN Pulls Back Golan Peacekeepers After Abductions
Syria Opposition Insists on Assad Exit for Deal Yemen Signals It May Release Journalist Accused of AQAP Ties
Running Without a Bhutto: Pakistan's Ruling Party Struggles in Run Up to Election Imran Khan 'Down but Not Out' of Pakistan Election
Pakistan Warns Afghanistan to Show Restraint After Shootouts Along Border Putin Slams NATO for Turning Blind Eye to Afghanistan Drug Production
Gitmo Is Not an Anomaly Deadly Attacks Strike Northern Iraq
TSA Defends Storage Costs Targeted by Lawmakers as Wasteful Spending Lawmakers to TSA: Stop Wasting Money on Unused Scanners and Equipment
State Comptroller: Israel Police Don't Enforce Law Properly in Arab Communities Afghan Minister Vows Punishment for Fainting Girls
Kerry Meets Russian Rights Activists Amid Crackdown Pakistan's Ruling PPP Seen Struggling in Election Campaign
As Pakistan Votes, the Military Watches Sternly From Its Barracks Former SNC Chief Says Islamic Hardliners Should Be Included
Syria's Internet Outage Blamed on 'Cable Problem' Curfew Imposed on Mosul Reduced
Hamas Breaks Up Anti-Israel Rally in Gaza Internet Returns to Syria After Daylong Blackout
Syrian Rebels Claim UN Troops Free to Go Fatah: Resistance Doesn't Take Orders From Syria
Syrian Observatory: Al-Nusra Front Leader Wounded Jordanian Parliament Calls to Expel Israeli Ambassador
Russians, US Agree to Syria Talks, but Anti-Assad Opposition May Refuse to Participate Divisions Plague Kurdish Opposition Groups in Syria
Syria Cut Off From Global Internet as Civil War Rages Syria Blames Internet Outage on Technical Problem
Libyan PM Vows Cabinet Reshuffle, Praises Militias Red Cross Visits 12 Kidnapped by Senegal Rebels
Malian Military Prepares for Final Push on Kidal Dozens Kidnapped in M23 Fief in Congo: Officials
UN: Girls as Young as 6 Raped by Congo Troops Paramilitary Police Charged With Rape in Guinea
China and India's Rivalry Extends to the Arctic Afghan Police Kill 8 at Protest
Pakistan's Ruling Party Struggles in Election Fearing M23, Hundreds of Congolese Flee to Uganda
Lawyers: Haiti Cholera Lawsuit Threatened at UN Bolivia's Challenge: Making Coca Palatable
GOP Benghazi Probe Stokes Political Controversy Nigerian Militant Attack Highlights Army's Weaknesses
South Sudan Rebels Force Army From Eastern Base and Town Hamas Looks to Root Out Israel's Spy Networks
Jordan Decries Israel Arrest of Palestinian Cleric Ivory Coast: Gbagbo Fighters to Return From Togo
Syria Conflict: Envoy Brahimi Hails Us-Russia Accord Kurdish PKK Rebels 'Begin Leaving Turkey' After Truce
Syrian Internet Back After 19-Hour Blackout Congo: Pakistani UN Peacekeeper Killed in Ambush
Malaysia Opposition Holds Protest at Vote Result Girls as Young as 6 Raped by Congolese Soldiers in Minova - Un
Catholic US Soldier Says She Faced Harassment Over Muslim Name US Asked Moderate Syrian Rebels to Fight Al-Nusra
Jordan Summons Israel Envoy Over Mufti Russian Deputy Prime Minister Forced Out
US Military Has 10 Kinds of Camouflage Uniforms – Government Duplication at Its Finest Air Force Sidelines 17 Nuclear Missile Officers; Commander Cites 'Rot' in System
As Syria Diplomacy Gains, Kerry to Announce More Aid Lawmakers Focus on Measures to Combat Sex Assault in Military
Iraq: Militants Bomb Kirkuk-Ceyhan Pipeline, Halting Oil Flow China and Tibet: Cameron Says UK Policy Has Not Changed
DoJ: We Don't Need Warrants for E-Mail, Facebook Chats Putin: Russia Needs Stronger Defense Against Afghan Threats
Senior Jerusalem Islamic Cleric Questioned Over Clashes Militants Kill 3 Yemeni Air Force Pilots Near Base
Suicide Bombers Target Kurds in Iraq's Disputed Areas NATO Investigating Allegations of Misconduct by Its Soldiers in Southern Afghanistan

May 7th, 2013

Stephen Hawking Joins Academic Boycott of Israel Assad's Forces Capture Strategic Town in Southern Syria
Turkey Launches Military Drills Along Syria Border
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