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June 19, 2013 @ 1:40 pm
Syria troops fight rebels near major Shiite shrine
Hezbollah fighters joined Syrian forces in battling rebels in a Damascus suburb that is home to a revered Shiite Muslim shrine, in a push to secure the area around the ornate, golden domed mosque. Continue reading > -
June 19, 2013 @ 1:23 pm
UK banking commission urges better standards
British bankers could soon be facing harsher penalties for behaving badly. Continue reading > -
June 19, 2013 @ 1:18 pm
Obama urges 'bold' nuclear cuts in Berlin speech
Summoning the harsh history of this once-divided city, President Barack Obama on Wednesday cautioned the U.S. and Europe against "complacency" brought on by peace, pledging to cut America's deployed nuclear weapons by one-third if Cold War foe Russia does the same. Continue reading > -
June 19, 2013 @ 1:10 pm
Syrian exiles get taste of home: Beloved ice cream
For Syrians, no visit to Damascus' Old City is complete without a stop at a more than century-old ice cream parlor in its main souq where you can watch them make their distinctive desert by pounding it into shape with giant wooden mallets, then enjoy a bowl of it sprinkled with pistachios. Continue reading > -
June 19, 2013 @ 1:09 pm
Former Hungarian prime minister Gyula Horn dies
Gyula Horn, a former Hungarian prime minister who played a key role in opening the Iron Curtain, has died at the age of 80. Continue reading > -
June 19, 2013 @ 1:07 pm
Syria infiltrators, Jordan military clash, 1 dead
Jordan's military says infiltrators from Syria have clashed with Jordanian soldiers near the border. One infiltrator was killed and two wounded. Continue reading > -
June 19, 2013 @ 12:48 pm
Militants kill 6 soldiers in northwest Pakistan
A senior police official says militants attacked a military convoy with rocket-propelled grenades and other heavy weapons in northwest Pakistan, killing six soldiers. Continue reading > -
June 19, 2013 @ 12:42 pm
UN says 45.2 million refugees and displaced people
The Syrian civil war contributed to pushing the numbers of refugees and those displaced by conflict within their own nation to an 18-year high of 45.2 million worldwide by the end of 2012, the U.N. refugee agency said Wednesday. Continue reading > -
June 19, 2013 @ 12:39 pm
China, North Korea hold strategic talks in Beijing
Negotiators from North Korea and China held strategic talks in Beijing on Wednesday as they work to repair strained relations, but offered little indication they will lead to a resumption of nuclear disarmament talks any time soon. Continue reading > -
June 19, 2013 @ 12:34 pm
World Bank highlights climate-poverty link
The World Bank says it will increasingly view its efforts to help developing countries fight poverty through a "climate lens." Continue reading > -
June 19, 2013 @ 12:30 pm
Secret hearings debated in Guantanamo 9/11 case
Prosecutors in the Sept. 11 war crimes case at Guantanamo are asking a judge to allow secret pretrial hearings that would exclude even the defendants. Continue reading > -
June 19, 2013 @ 12:25 pm
Unmanned aircraft struggle to shed 'drone' image
Unmanned aircraft have helped rescue stranded hikers, worked to contain wildfires and gathered data at nuclear accidents. One helped a Russian tanker find its way through Arctic ice to bring oil to a stranded Alaskan community. Continue reading > -
June 19, 2013 @ 12:11 pm
Chile presidential candidate attacked with eggs
Chilean protesters have thrown eggs at a conservative presidential candidate after he performed a Zumba dance. Continue reading > -
June 19, 2013 @ 12:10 pm
Egypt top cleric: Protests against Morsi permitted
Egypt's top Muslim cleric declared Wednesday that peaceful protests against the president are permitted, in a snub to hard-line Islamist backers of Mohammed Morsi who declared that those behind opposition protests planned for June 30 are heretics. Continue reading > -
June 19, 2013 @ 11:44 am
IMF calls for urgent steps on Spain unemployment
Spain faces the prospect of high unemployment and sluggish growth lasting years unless the country and Europe take "urgent action" to slash the nation's crippling 27 percent unemployment rate and free frozen credit to businesses so they can expand, the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday. Continue reading >