25 May 2013
British security service MI5 asked Woolwich murder suspect Michael Adebolajo if he wanted to work for them about six months before the killing, a childhood friend has said. Abu Nusaybah told BBC Newsnight his friend – one of two men arrested after Drummer Lee Rigby’s murder in London on Wednesday – had rejected the approach. [...]
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25 May 2013
Syrian President Bashar Assad.(Photo: Vahid Salemi, AP) BEIRUT (AP) — Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad unleashed on Saturday their heaviest artillery and rocket barrage in a week-long battle to dislodge rebels from a strategic western town, activists said. Pro-Assad troops, including fighters from the Lebanese militia Hezbollah, have been trying to push rebels [...]
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25 May 2013
25 May 2013 Last updated at 01:46 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. [...]
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25 May 2013
25 May 2013 Last updated at 05:32 ET The fire broke out as the bus was taking the children to school At least 16 children have been killed when their school bus caught fire in eastern Pakistan, police say. At least seven more [...]
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25 May 2013
25 May 2013 Last updated at 05:40 ET The African Union replaced the OAU in 2002 Africa’s 54 leaders are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Organisation of African Unity. Opening the event, Ethiopian PM Hailemariam Desalegn spoke of [...]
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25 May 2013
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – Authorities in eastern Afghanistan say explosives transported by suspected Taliban fighters accidentally detonated while they were stopped at a mosque, killing 12 people. Local official Qasim Desewal said Saturday that four civilians and eight militants died in the blast during evening prayers the night before in Ghazni province’s district of [...]
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25 May 2013
GENEVA, May 23 (Xinhua) — The relations between China and Switzerland are marked by mutual trust and dynamism, Swiss President Ueli Maurer told Xinhua in a written interview ahead of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s visit to his country. Switzerland-China relations enjoy smooth development in various forms, Maurer said. Switzerland is one [...]
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25 May 2013
The growing controversy over a purported video alleging to show Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine may be testing the faith of even his most die-hard supporters. Many of those supporters have, up until now at least, rallied behind the mayor. Despite his headline-grabbing antics ranging from controversial remarks to alleged public impairment, many [...]
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25 May 2013
There is a man at large right now who, according to declassified U.S. government documents, is believed by both the CIA and the FBI to have been involved in bombing a passenger jet. U.S. investigators traced the planting of the bombs, which killed 78 people, to employees of this man. A CIA document that has [...]
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25 May 2013
24 May 2013 Last updated at 13:53 ET President Correa promised “another four years of revolution” on his re-election Ecuador’s President, Rafael Correa, has been sworn into office for an unprecedented third term in the capital, Quito. The left-wing leader and ally [...]
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