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- Syrian regime OKs peace talks amid skepticism
Friday - 05/24/2013 - 03:40 PMSyria's government has agreed to attend a U.S.-Russian-brokered peace conference, according to Moscow. While this development might seem at first glance to be a step toward ending the civil war, strong skepticism persists on both sides.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Puerto Rico approves anti-discrimination bill
Friday - 05/24/2013 - 05:35 PMLegislators in Puerto Rico on Friday approved a heavily debated bill that outlaws employment discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ex-Guatemala president extradited to US
Friday - 05/24/2013 - 01:00 PMEx-Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo was extradited on Friday to the United States to face charges of laundering $70 million in Guatemalan funds through U.S. bank accounts.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Cuba silent on Canadian's corruption trial
Friday - 05/24/2013 - 11:50 AMOfficial silence surrounded the case of a Canadian businessman targeted by a corruption probe in Cuba on Friday, as the initial trial of several foreigners suspected of graft entered its second day.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Woman in Berlusconi case denies her own statements
Friday - 05/24/2013 - 12:50 PMThe woman who prosecutors allege had sex with Silvio Berlusconi while he was Italy's premier in exchange for money spent her second day on the witness stand Friday, denying her own sworn descriptions of racy escapades at his "bunga bunga" parties and long lists of expensive jewelry and watches received from the media mogul.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Third term begins for Ecuador's President Correa
Friday - 05/24/2013 - 10:45 AMEcuador's Rafael Correa is starting a third term as president under seemingly ideal conditions: extremely high popularity, a more than two-thirds majority in Congress, a stable economy and a badly splintered opposition.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - UN chief challenges African leaders over Congo
Friday - 05/24/2013 - 11:25 AMUnited Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday urged African leaders to implement a peace plan that the U.N. hopes will stabilize eastern Congo, a region long plagued by violence and which now is back on edge.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Canada: Qatar gives up bid to relocate UN agency
Friday - 05/24/2013 - 11:20 AMCanada's foreign minister said Friday that Qatar has abandoned its bid relocate the United Nations civil aviation agency from Montreal to the tiny emirate, ending a bitter fight between the two nations.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Correction: Mozambique-UN story
Friday - 05/24/2013 - 08:25 AMIn a story May 21 about U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visiting Mozambique, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Mozambique became independent in 1974, instead of 1975.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - US: Czech slaying suspect killed relatives
Friday - 05/24/2013 - 11:00 AMAn American man accused of killing his uncle, aunt and cousins in the Czech Republic was arrested after fleeing to the United States.
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- Madrid's Catholic Church says it needs exorcists
Friday - 05/24/2013 - 11:25 AMThe Catholic archdiocese in Madrid says it needs more exorcists to help some of its faithful cope with the devil.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Zimbabwe activist: Prisoners denied AIDS drugs
Friday - 05/24/2013 - 08:05 AMA Zimbabwean human rights activist says he wants the nation's highest court to order prison authorities to ensure suspects in jail can receive their life-prolonging HIV/AIDS medications.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 3 al-Qaida members, 2 soldiers dead in Yemen clash
Friday - 05/24/2013 - 11:00 AMA security official says al-Qaida gunmen attacked a military position in a southern province, touching off fighting that left three militants and two soldiers dead.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Tunisian feminist faces 6 months in prison
Friday - 05/24/2013 - 01:30 PMAmina Tyler, the 19-year-old Tunisian woman who scandalized many in the country by posting topless photos of herself online as a protest, could face six months in prison for her latest arrest, her lawyer said Friday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - UN nuke agency's Iran probe driven by US-led intel
Friday - 05/24/2013 - 08:30 AMThe U.N. nuclear agency responsible for probing whether Iran has worked on a nuclear bomb depends on the United States and its allies for most of its intelligence, complicating the agency's efforts to produce findings that can be widely accepted by the international community.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Nigeria military says it rescued hostages in north
Friday - 05/24/2013 - 11:50 AMNigeria's military says it has rescued women and children taken hostage by Islamic extremists after an attack on a police barracks.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Iran presidential candidate vows to resist West
Friday - 05/24/2013 - 12:05 PMIran's top nuclear negotiator, a candidate in next month's presidential elections, says he will pursue a policy of resistance against the West if elected.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Barrick fined $16m for Pascua-Lama violations
Friday - 05/24/2013 - 12:10 PMChile's environmental regulator blocked Barrick Gold Corp.'s $8.5 billion Pascua-Lama project on Friday and imposed its maximum fine on the world's largest gold miner, citing "very serious" violations of its environmental permit as well as a failure by the company to accurately describe what it had done wrong.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pakistan: US diplomat kills pedestrian in accident
Friday - 05/24/2013 - 08:00 AMThe U.S. Embassy says an American diplomat accidentally killed a pedestrian while driving in the Pakistani capital.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - UK-bound Pakistan plane diverted, 2 men arrested
Friday - 05/24/2013 - 09:30 AMTwo men were arrested on suspicion of endangering an aircraft Friday after a U.K. fighter jet was scrambled to divert their plane as it traveled from Pakistan to Britain, officials said.
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- China, Switzerland to seal free trade deal
Friday - 05/24/2013 - 10:00 AMChinese Premier Li Keqiang is in Switzerland to seal a free trade pact with the Alpine nation - the first comprehensive agreement his country has reached with a major western economy.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Toronto mayor denies he smokes crack cocaine
Friday - 05/24/2013 - 11:05 AMToronto Mayor Rob Ford denied Friday that he smokes crack cocaine and said he is not an addict after a video purported to show him using the drug. The mayor of Canada's largest city did not say whether he has ever used crack.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - UK court: Lawmaker's wife's tweet was libelous
Friday - 05/24/2013 - 04:10 PMA tweet posted by the wife of Britain's parliamentary speaker about a politician wrongly linked to child sex abuse was libelous, the High Court ruled Friday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - IMF chief named key witness in French payoff case
Friday - 05/24/2013 - 03:55 PMAfter two days of intense questioning from French magistrates, International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said Friday a court named her as a key witness in an investigation into a controversial payoff to an outspoken businessman that was arranged while she was France's finance minister - stopping short of charging her outright.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Top Swiss negotiator in tax disputes steps down
Friday - 05/24/2013 - 07:50 AMSwitzerland's top negotiator in talks to resolve disputes over tax evasion with Europe and the U.S. is stepping down.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Britain braces for possible copycat attacks
Friday - 05/24/2013 - 01:20 PMBritain is bracing for clashes with right-wing activists and possible copycat terror attacks by Islamic extremists after the savage slaying of a young soldier, whose grieving family spoke Friday of their loss.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Venezuela to create new workers militia
Friday - 05/24/2013 - 01:00 PMVenezuela's president has ordered the creation of a new workers' militia as part of an existing pro-government fighting force.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Austria wants EU arms embargo to Syria extended
Friday - 05/24/2013 - 07:45 AMThe European Union's arms embargo to Syria should be extended while a political solution is sought in its civil war and to maintain the safety of U.N. peacekeepers in the Golan Heights, Austria's foreign minister said Friday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - World stocks lower after big sell-off
Friday - 05/24/2013 - 10:25 AMWorld stocks edged lower on Friday, a day after markets around the world dropped sharply on concerns global growth is slowing and the Federal Reserve could start scaling back its monetary stimulus.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - France won't force companies to cap executive pay
Friday - 05/24/2013 - 05:40 AMThe French government is trying to woo executives and entrepreneurs, amid concerns that it has antagonized the businesses needed to reinvigorate the economy.
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