02/04/2012 07:46 AM
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Syrian deaths rise before likely U.N. vote
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A Syrian opposition group says 217 people were killed in Homs over the past day, as the U.N. Security Council weighs a draft resolution against the crackdown.
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02/04/2012 08:33 AM
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Dozens killed at South Sudan peace meeting
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At least 37 people were killed during a shootout at a meeting to resolve cattle disputes in South Sudan, officials said Saturday, the latest in a spate of violence in the world's newest nation.
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02/02/2012 04:23 PM
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Anger flares in Egypt after deadly riot
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Egyptians clashed with police, leaving two dead in the city of Suez and at least 900 injured near the Interior Ministry headquarters in Cairo, officials said Friday.
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02/03/2012 04:18 PM
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Officials: 2 kidnapped Americans released in Egypt
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Two American tourists have been kidnapped in the southern part of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, a security official said Friday.
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02/03/2012 05:13 PM
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Iran's leader warns U.S. on war
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The supreme leader of Iran issued a blunt warning Friday that war would be detrimental to the United States.
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02/03/2012 09:30 PM
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Men sentenced to 18 years for slaying S. African lesbian
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Gay rights advocates in South Africa hailed a judge's sentencing of four men to 18 years each in prison for brutally slaying a 19-year-old lesbian.
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02/04/2012 12:43 AM
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Hackers release private FBI call about hackers
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The loose organization of hackers known as Anonymous released a recording Friday of a telephone call between the FBI and Scotland Yard that it claims to have recorded surreptitiously.
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02/03/2012 12:19 PM
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More than 100 missing in ferry sinking
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Some 246 survivors have been rescued in the aftermath the sinking of a passenger ferry off the east coast of Papua New Guinea, authorities said Friday.
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02/04/2012 03:30 AM
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U.S. accuses Sudan of bombing civillians
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The United States accused Sudan of targeting civilians in recent airstrikes, including one that destroyed a Bible school in South Kordofan, an oil-rich Sudanese province that borders the newly-created independent country of South Sudan.
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02/02/2012 07:47 PM
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Underwater search of Italy cruise ship halted
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The search of underwater areas of the wrecked cruise ship Costa Concordia has been suspended for safety reasons, the head of Italy's civil protection agency said Thursday.
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