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By By DAVID E. SANGER and WILLIAM J. BROAD, on May 23rd, 2013 International nuclear inspectors said Iran had increased its capabilities, but their report suggested that Tehran had not passed a “red line” that could incite military action.
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By By NICHOLAS KULISH, on May 22nd, 2013 A day after Britain’s announcement, Germany also said it supported listing the military wing of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, a move that could hurt the Lebanese militant group’s fund-raising.
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By By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, on May 22nd, 2013 Two men attacked another man near a London military barracks Wednesday, in what British authorities were investigating as a possible terror act. One man is dead and two others were injured.
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Gunmen wearing North Korean military uniforms assaulted the captain of a Chinese fishing boat and stole the vessel’s fuel, the boat’s owner, who had been held for two weeks, said after being released. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> North Korea has reappointed a hardline and loyal general as military chief in a move experts said was part of young leader Kim Jong-un’s attempt to tighten his grip on the armed forces. In a brief dispatch, the Korean Central News Agency referred to Kim Kyok-sik as chief of the Korean People’s Army general staff, a notch higher in the military hierarchy than his previous post of defence minister. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> EU leaders tackle tax fraud said to cost a trillion euros a year at a summit on Wednesday in the hope that tightening up the rules will help restore faith in European integration and raise revenue. But Austria and Luxembourg are both reluctant to sign up and share information on bank accounts automatically for fear of undermining their important financial services sectors. The one-day summit also takes place as revelations about the tax practices of some of the world’s biggest companies in their own backyard make it easy for critics to pick holes. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Syria’s main opposition group is urging rebels to come from around the country to reinforce Qusair, a western town under attack by Syrian troops and members of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group. George Sabra, the acting chief of the Syrian National Coalition, says in a statement that “forces from outside Syria” aim to destroy Qusair and that rebels should “rescue” it. Government troops were trying for a fourth day Wednesday to wrest control of Qusair from rebels. The town lies near the Lebanese border on land corridor linking the capital Damascus with the Mediterranean coast. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Members of the Hong Kong government’s Pay Trend Survey Committee met on Wednesday afternoon to discuss whether or not to recognise a survey released last week that recommends civil servants get a pay rise below the inflation. All members of the committee are civil servants. Before entered the meeting venue, one member said that some of them were “very dissatisfied” with the the survey’s recommended pay rise and might sign off on it. The last time members of the committee refused to agree to survey’s pay recommendation was in 2009. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday he would take up the ban of his close aide from the June 14 presidential election with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iranian media reported. Iran’s electoral watchdog on Tuesday disqualified Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, Ahmadinejad’s former chief of staff, and moderate ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani from running in the vote, eliminating two powerful and potentially disruptive candidates and leaving the field dominated by hardliners loyal to Khamenei. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A sweeping overhaul of the US immigration system took a major step toward viability on Tuesday when a Senate panel gave bipartisan approval to a landmark bill offering a path to citizenship for millions. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> TOKYO (AP) — A steady decline in the yen is proving a godsend for exporters such as Toyota and has won solid support from Japan’s main trading partners, who are betting the impact on their own currencies will be offset by gains from a recovery in the world’s third-largest economy. It’s not such good news for entrepreneurs like Thamonwan Thawornthaweewong, whose Angry Bird fish balls, squid rings and other products now cost more to sell in Japan. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Around 600 Afghan interpreters who served with British forces fighting the Taliban in southern Afghanistan will be allowed to stay in Britain, the government revealed on Wednesday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The accused man, identified by Taiwanese media as Li Pingshan, deputy secretary for Guangdong city’s Longgang district, was said to have molested a male waiter at a Taipei hotel. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Premier Li Keqiang arrived in Pakistan on Wednesday where he said China and Pakistan should make cooperation on power generation a priority. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Chinese state media on Wednesday welcomed news of the first summit between President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Barack Obama, saying the meeting will help “reduce suspicions” in the relationship. The talks, the first since Xi was installed as Chinese leader and Obama began his second term, will be held in California on June 7 and 8, with ties strained by allegations of cyber spying, tensions in the Pacific and trade disputes. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian state TV says 6 policemen, border guard abducted in Sinai have been released. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Two US pathologists on Wednesday supported Singapore police findings that an American scientist found hanged last year in the city-state committed suicide and was not murdered as his family claims. Medical examiners David Fowler of Maryland and Valerie Rao of Florida testified as independent experts a day after the family of the late researcher Shane Todd walked out of a coroner’s inquest in Singapore. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Convicted killer Jodi Arias pleaded with an Arizona jury on Tuesday to spare her the death penalty for the sake of her family and sentence her instead to life in prison for killing her ex-boyfriend. Arias, 32, was found guilty earlier this month in the murder of Travis Alexander, whose body was found slumped in the shower of his Phoenix-area home in June 2008. He had been stabbed 27 times, had his throat slashed and been shot in the face. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Rescuers have recovered all 28 bodies from a collapsed underground room inside the giant US-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia’s province of Papua. Thirty-eight workers were undergoing safety training inside the Big Gossan facility when the roof collapsed May 14. Ten injured miners were rescued. A statement from the mine operator PT Freeport Indonesia said its Emergency Response Team recovered and identified the last victim early Wednesday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Japan’s government is looking into re-opening official talks with North Korea to resolve questions over the abductions of Japanese citizens decades ago, raising concerns among allies who fear Tokyo’s focus on that issue might weaken efforts to reign in Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programme. Chief Cabinet spokesman Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday that high-level talks with the North are possible if they would lead to a breakthrough on the abductions. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Chinese boat owner says he was assaulted by North Koreans
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