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16:20

Gunmen kill 12 at Baghdad brothel, say officials

A policeman on guard in Baghdad in May 2004.
AFP
Unknown gunmen shot dead at least seven women and five men at a brothel in Baghdad on Wednesday, security and medical officials said. The attack took place in the capital's eastern area of Zayouna, where a number...
10:20

Analysis: Crossing Obama's 'red line' on Syria will require concrete proof

Animal carcasses lie on the ground, killed by what residents said was a chemical weapon attack on Tuesday, in Khan al-Assal area near the northern city of Aleppo, March 23, 2013.
Reuters
While President Barack Obama has declared a "red line" over Syrian use of chemical weapons, US officials suggested on Tuesday that Washington was unlikely to respond without clear-cut evidence of such use...
10:17

Canada train plot suspects in court, will fight charges

Raed Jaser arrives to court in the back of a police car in Toronto, Ontario, April 23, 2013, in this still image taken from video courtesy of CTV News. Jaser of Toronto, 35, and Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, face charges that include conspiring "with each other to murder unknown persons for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with a terrorist group."
Reuters
TORONTO/MONTREAL — Two men charged with an alleged Al-Qaeda-backed plot to derail a Canadian passenger train made their first court appearances on Tuesday, and the lawyer for one said his client would fight the...
19:26

Libya car bomb wounds French embassy guards

Reuters
  TRIPOLI — A car bomb in Tripoli wounded two French guards at France's embassy in Libya on Tuesday, bringing new violence to a capital that has not seen attacks on diplomats like that which killed the US...
17:41

Turkey PM refuses to delay Gaza trip

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of his party, Ankara, June 8, 2011. Turkey will not
AFP
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will not reschedule his trip to the Palestinian Gaza strip, he said on Tuesday, despite a request to do so from the United States that had irked Ankara. During a visit to...
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Analysis: Crossing Obama's 'red line' on Syria will require concrete proof
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Canada train plot suspects in court, will fight charges
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Iraqi forces clash with protesters; 27 dead, army says
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Up to 500 feared dead in Damascus suburb: activists
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Qatar to lash Muslim barber over drinking alcohol
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HRW slams 'indiscriminate' Syria fire on Lebanon
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Syria opposition head refiles resignation, source says
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Kerry urges Turkey PM to delay Gaza visit
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US cites human rights problems in Russia, China, Egypt
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