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Iraq Bomb Attacks Hit Crowded Restaurant, Police Patrol

AP | SAMEER N. YACOUB | May 31, 2012

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BAGHDAD — Bombs exploded at a crowded Baghdad restaurant and a near police patrol Thursday, among attacks that killed at least 18 people and wounded...

Egypt Emergency Law Lapses

AP | May 31, 2012

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CAIRO -- Egypt's notorious emergency law, in force since 1981, has lapsed at the end of a two-year extension passed by ousted President Hosni Mubarak's...

U.N. Green Economy Report Suggests Net Employment Gains From Taking Care Of Planet

AP | JOHN HEILPRIN | May 31, 2012

GENEVA (AP) — Some 15 million to 60 million jobs could be created worldwide over the next two decades if nations took better care of...

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Foxconn Working Conditions Still Harsh In China, Say Activists

Reuters | Lee Chyen Yee and James Pomfret | May 31, 2012

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By Lee Chyen Yee and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) - Working conditions at Foxconn's gargantuan Chinese factories that assemble Apple Inc's slick gadgets have...

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Syria Violence No-Win Situation For Obama, Mitt Romney In 2012 Election

AP | JULIE PACE | May 31, 2012

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WASHINGTON -- Escalating violence in Syria has become the ultimate no-win political situation for President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney: The deepening crisis...

Mubarak Trial Puts Egypt On Edge Ahead Of Verdict

Reuters | May 31, 2012

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By Dina Zayed CAIRO, May 31 (Reuters) - Egyptians could hardly believe their eyes when Hosni Mubarak went on trial for complicity over the...

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Putin Meets Viswanathan Anad, World Chess Champion, For Tea

AP | May 31, 2012

MOSCOW -- Russia's President Vladimir Putin has met with world chess champion Viswanathan Anand and runner-up Boris Gelfand over a cup of tea in his...

Vladimir Lazar, Russian Reserve Colonel, Convicted Of Spying For U.S.

AP | May 31, 2012

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MOSCOW -- A Russian court has convicted a reserve colonel of spying on behalf of the United States and sentenced him to 12 years in...

Hillary Clinton, U.S. Secretary Of State, Argues Against Military Intervention In Syria

Reuters | May 31, 2012

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By Arshad Mohammed COPENHAGEN, May 31 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday laid out arguments against armed intervention in Syria despite...

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American Tourists Kidnapped In Egypt By Sinai Bedouins

AP | ASHRAF SWEILAM | May 31, 2012

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EL-ARISH, Egypt -- Security officials say two American tourists who had been kidnapped by Bedouins in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula have been released. They say the...

Afghanistan Suicide Car Bomb Kills 5 Police

AP | MIRWAIS KHAN | May 31, 2012

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- A suicide bomber detonated a vehicle full of explosives outside a district police headquarters in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing five policemen,...

London Riots Arrests: U.K. Police Arrest 6 For Instigating 2011 Riots

AP | May 31, 2012

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Associated Press LONDON — British police say six people have been arrested on suspicion of instigating the riots that swept London last summer. Scotland Yard...

London Riots Arrests: U.K. Police Arrest 6 For Instigating 2011 Riots

AP | May 31, 2012

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Associated Press LONDON -- British police say six people have been arrested on suspicion of instigating the riots that swept London last summer. Scotland Yard...

World No Tobacco Day 2012: How To Quit Smoking (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post Canada | May 31, 2012

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If you're a smoker and aren't yet thinking about quitting, congratulations -- today is your day. For the past 24 years, the World Health Organization...

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World No Tobacco Day: What Are The Smoking Rates In Your State?

The Huffington Post | Amanda L. Chan | May 31, 2012

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Today is the 25th anniversary of World No Tobacco Day. Do you know what's at stake? According to the World Health Organization, 6 million people...

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