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By By ANNE BARNARD and HALA DROUBI, on May 19th, 2013 Pro-government fighters pushed into parts of Qusayr, in an advance that would be a serious setback for opponents of President Bashar al-Assad and further inflame regional tensions.
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By By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, on May 19th, 2013 The Syrian military on Sunday launched an offensive to retake a strategic rebel-held town near the Lebanese border, a government official said.
Continue reading Syrian Troops Said to Strike Town Near Lebanon
By , on May 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Speaking in Syria with the newspaper Clarin, Assad said he was doubtful that mediation the United States and Russia have proposed could settle a deadly conflict that has convulsed the country for two years. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By BEN HUBBARD, on May 18th, 2013 Human Rights Watch said Friday that visits to two Syrian security centers contained proof of widespread, arbitrary detentions and torture by the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
Continue reading Rights Group Says It Finds Proof of Torture in Syria
By , on May 17th, 2013 
The inquest into the death of ex-KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko could be replaced by a form of public inquiry to allow evidence about Russia’s alleged role in the killing to be heard in secret.
Continue reading Litvinenko inquest future in doubt
By , on May 17th, 2013 The UN’s refugee agency says that more than 1.5m people have fled the conflict in Syria, and warns the total is likely to be far higher.
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By By NICOLE PERLROTH, on May 17th, 2013 The group calling itself the Syrian Electronic Army claimed responsibility for disrupting the Web site and Twitter accounts of The Financial Times.
Continue reading Financial Times Web Site Is Hacked
By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The US Congress is rethinking the broad authority it gave presidents to wage a war on terror after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in light of how President Barack Obama has used the power to target suspected terrorists with lethal drone strikes. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading US Congress may clip president’s war wings
By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> US President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan insisted that President Bashar al-Assad must step down amid a flurry of moves to organise peace talks to end Syria’s bloody civil war. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Obama, Erdogan insist Assad must go as part of any Syrian solution
By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Two prominent Saudi princes are involved in a London-registered company that supposedly facilitated “money laundering” for Hezbollah in Lebanon and helped smuggle precious stones out of Congo, according to allegations in court documents. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Hezbollah link in court dispute leaves Saudi princes red-faced
By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Russia has shipped advanced anti-ship cruise missiles to Syria, a move that illustrates the depth of its support for the Syrian government led by President Bashar al-Assad, US officials said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Two bombs near a Sunni mosque north of Baghdad killed 38 people and wounded 55 on Friday, police and a doctor said, after two days of attacks targeting Iraqi Shiites in which dozens died. One bomb exploded as worshippers were departing the Saria mosque in the city of Baquba while a second detonated after people gathered at the scene of the first blast, the sources said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By Mike Giglio, on May 17th, 2013 Obama isn’t jumping in, and neither is anyone else. Combine that with a string of military victories, and Assad is looking stronger than he has in months.
Continue reading Assad is Winning
By , on May 17th, 2013 
The actor Paul Shane, famous for starring in the 1980s BBC sitcom Hi-de-Hi!, has died, his agent has confirmed.
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By , on May 17th, 2013 
The Boston bombing suspect wrote a message in a boat where he hid, describing victims of the attack as “collateral damage”, US media report.
Continue reading Boston suspect’s ‘note in boat’
By , on May 17th, 2013 
A quarter of gay people surveyed in a major EU poll say they have been subjected to attacks or violent threats in the past five years.
Continue reading EU poll highlights homophobic abuse
By , on May 17th, 2013 
Analysis suggests schools are facing an uphill battle to recruit head teachers, with one in four having to re-advertise jobs.
Continue reading Schools ‘struggle to find heads’
By , on May 17th, 2013 
Time-lapse imaging which takes thousands of pictures of developing embryos can boost the success rate of IVF, according to British research.
Continue reading Time-lapse imaging ‘improves IVF’
By , on May 17th, 2013 
A facial reconstruction based on the skull of Richard III goes on display in Leicester on the first stop of a national tour.
Continue reading Richard III’s head goes on display
By , on May 17th, 2013 
The driver of a speedboat which crashed killing a father and daughter was not wearing the safety cord which could have stopped the engine, investigators say.
Continue reading Deaths boat man ‘wore no kill cord’
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Syria’s Assad says peace talks are ‘unrealistic’, will not resign
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Speaking in Syria with the newspaper Clarin, Assad said he was doubtful that mediation the United States and Russia have proposed could settle a deadly conflict that has convulsed the country for two years. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Syria’s Assad says peace talks are ‘unrealistic’, will not resign
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