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May 31st, 2013

UN Panel Criticizes Russia for Prosecuting Rights Groups US Targets Iran's Petrochemical Industry -
Concern Grows After Group Disappears in Mexico City Iran Blasts US Court's Sentencing of Iranian-Texan to 25 Years Over Plot to Kill Saudi Envoy
UN Dismayed That Laos and China Returned 9 North Korean Defectors, All Reportedly Orphans Russia Calls Boston Bombings Preventable
Eleven Killed as May Comes to a Close in Iraq Cross-Border Shelling by Pakistan Kill 1, Injure 2 in Afghanistan
45 Taliban Killed or Injured During Clashes With Villagers in Ghazni Gen. Breedlove: No-Fly Zone Over Syria Would Constitute 'Act of War'
Irked by Syrian Opposition's Disarray, US Withholds Millions in Pledged Funds Kyrgyzstan Declares State of Emergency Over Protests
1948 Mass Palestinian Grave Found in Tel Aviv Benghazi Security Forces' Impossible Task
FL School District Scanned Pupils' Irises Without Permission Ex-President Blames Yemen Leaders for Power Outage
Yemen Confronts Rising Pressure to Divide ICC Rejects Libya Bid to Try Saif Al-Islam
US: Britain Must Investigate Torture in Iraq, Afghanistan White House: Priority Is to Oust Assad
Poll: Americans Overwhelmingly Oppose US Military Action in Syria Iran Cuts Hamas Funding Over Syria
Judge Rules Google Must Comply With FBI's Warrantless Requests for User Data Assad Forces Advance; West, Russia Exchange Barbs Ahead of Talks
Washington Post: the Justice Department Has Allowed US to Say Ag Holder Supports Press Freedom Banned in Baghdad: the Cars That Are Insurgents' Weapon of Choice
Al-Qaeda Publishes Guide for Aspiring Jihadists TSA Says It Has Finished Removing All Graphic X-Ray Machines
Walter Reed Hospital Workers Receive Furlough Notices Britain Should Have 'Red Card' Allowing Them to Veto EU Laws, Says William Hague
US Military to Probe Attack on Afghan Air Base Kerry Defends Drone Strikes
Tehran Says US, Not Iran, Sponsors Terrorism Iranian Who Plotted to Assassinate Saudi Ambassador in US Gets 25 Years
Syrian Rebels Get Boost as New Fighters Arrive in Qusayr Forces Surrounding Sit-In Square in Ramadi Withdrew
Nawaz Sharif Condemns US Drone Strikes McCain: Syrian Rebels Need Heavy Weapons
Netanyahu to Spend Another $350 Million So Every Israeli Has Gas Mask PM Indicated to Putin: 'We'll Destroy Your Missiles if You Deliver Them to Assad'
Kerry: Iran Election Unlikely to Alter Nuke Policy UN Adds Syrian Militants Al Nusra to Sanctions List
'Mossad Head Threatened to Quit Over Prisoner X' Rebuffing Report, Tehran Says US, Not Iran, Sponsors Terror
Kerry Says US Will Not Accept Nukes in Iran's Hands Netanyahu Calls in the Army to Bust Strike by Foreign Ministry Officials
37 Die in Gunfights in Pakistan Iraqis, Lebanese Blame Unrest on Internal Issues, Not Syria's War
Red Cross Suspends Operations in Afghanistan Balance of Power in Syria Shifting Assad's Way
Family of Mom Dead in Syria Had Prior FBI Contact Syrian Troops Attack Convoy in Key Town, Kill 7
Family Unsure Why Mom Killed in Syria Was There Central African Republic: Arrest Warrant for Ex-Prez
More Than 23k Refugees Flee South Sudan Conflict Pakistan May Be Next in Line for an IMF Bailout
Radical Monks, Prejudice Fuel Myanmar Violence Sudanese Rebels Say Shoot Down Army Helicopter in Oil Area
Iran Presidential Debate on Economy Dissolves Into Chaos France Says South Libya Islamists Likely Behind Embassy Attack
Naval Academy Probing Allegation of Sexual Assault Turkey Police Clash With Istanbul Gezi Park Protesters
Algeria Siege Widow Wants Answers About Husband's Death Bodies of More Than 200 Stalinist Purge Victims Discovered
Drummer Lee Rigby's Family Says His Death Must Not Be Used to Justify Retaliatory Attacks Syria Crisis: Lebanon Parliament Postpones Elections
Sudan Clashes Over Gum Arabic in Darfur Khmer Rouge Leader Nuon Chea Expresses 'Remorse'
Kyrgyz Police Move in on Centerra Gold Mine Protesters Pakistan's Sharif Condemns US Drone Strike on Taliban
Libya Not Ready to Try Saif Al-Islam Gadhafi FBI Searches for Suspected 'Ricin Letter' to CIA
Jerusalem's Dormition Church Suffers Suspected 'Price Tag' Attack Kerry: Russia's Plans to Send S-300 Missiles to Syria's Assad Put Israel at Risk
Syria President Bashar Al-Assad Says Golan Will Be New War Front Al-Qaeda Magazine Warns of More 'Lone-Wolf' Attacks
Nigerian Islamist Militants Return From Mali With Weapons, Skills In Report, Gen. John Allen Outlines 'Something That Could Still Resemble Victory' in Afghanistan
Police Attack Protesters in Istanbul's Taksim Square The Drawdown Diet: Marines Steamed by Loss of Hot Meal at Afghanistan Base
Lebanese Parliament Extends Its Term 17 Months Syrian Opposition Admits Liberals to Anti-Assad Coalition
Zimbabwe Court Orders Mugabe to Hold Elections by End of July US Woman Killed in Syria Identified by Relatives Via Online Images
US and Germany Urge Russia Not to Arm Syria Military Turkish Police Use Tear Gas to Break Up Istanbul Park Protest
Deaths of Protesters Herald Guinea's Election The FBI Changes Its Story (Again) on the Ibragim Todashev Shooting
Israeli Amusement Park Rejects Segregation Claims Taliban Deny Attacking Red Cross in Afghanistan
Libya Becomes 'The New Mali' as Islamists Shift in Sahara Russian S-300 Missiles Unlikely to Reach Syria for Months
Russia to Sell MIG Jet Fighters to Syria, Jet Maker Says Berlin Not Aware of US Drone Strikes From German Bases in Africa
Intel Dilemma in Boston, London, Paris Attacks Israeli Police: Jerusalem Church Vandalized

May 30th, 2013

Daniel Ellsberg: WikiLeaks Suspect Bradley Manning Deserves to Be Seen as a Hero 3 Naval Academy Football Players Face Sexual Assault Probe
US Ends Technology Bans on Iran: Iranians Can Buy iPhones Legally Inside Guantánamo Bay: Photographs by Eugene Richards

May 29th, 2013

Northern Ireland Town Fakes Prosperity for G8 Summit School Database Loses Backers as Parents Balk Over Privacy
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