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11/09/2013 22:12
Americans accused of damaging 'trust between allies' by revealing Latakia air strike
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Harriet Sherwood in Jerusalem and agencies
The Guardian,
Friday 1 November 2013 10.01 EDT
An F-16I fighter jet taking off at the Hatzerim air force base in southern...
09/01/2013 01:12
1 September 2013 Last updated at 01:01 ET
Mr Obama said the US could not turn a blind eye to what had happened in Damascus
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Syria conflict
Damascus on edge
Awkward timing
France backs US
Britain's...
08/10/2013 19:21
Andrea Bruce for The New York Times
Students feeding chickens before class at Rennock Lodge All-Age School in east Kingston, Jamaica. More
By DAMIEN CAVE
Published: August 3, 2013
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The scent of coconut oil and fiery jerk spice blows through...
08/10/2013 19:10
Eye on biodiversity
Zoo tigers 'won't save species from extinction'
Indian leopards caged for life as attacks spread
India sees sharp rise in tiger deaths
Zoos - species protection or animal abuse?
Should the rhino horn...
08/10/2013 19:06
United States
US President Obama has cancelled talks with his Russian counterpart Putin. Observers warn of a new Cold War between the two countries - Edward Snowden is by no means the only area where the two sides are at loggerheads.
The irritation runs deep in the White House....
08/10/2013 19:02
By Dave Alsup and Ben Brumfield, CNN
updated 9:13 PM EDT, Fri August 9, 2013
Man says on Facebook that he killed wife
(CNN) -- People confess to a lot of things on Facebook: their frustrations, bad habits, secret longings and new loves. A Florida man...
03/23/2013 16:34
The federal authorities arrested a Brooklyn couple who were apparently working on a sickening plot: They were trying to start a day care business so they could drug and molest young children.
Bebar Baslan
Bebars Baslan, 35, and Kristen Henry, 25, were arrested at a...
03/16/2013 20:36
Fri, Mar 15, 2013
Steven Dominguez, 18, saw a woman jump to her death with her 10-month-old son in her arms in Harlem, New York.
Some people find it hard to cope with the issues that go on in everyday life, so they seek ways to get out. But if you’re going to hurt yourself, why...
03/16/2013 20:32
AP | Posted: 03/16/2013 7:11 am EDT
In this Thursday, March 14, 2013 photo, workers row a boat while looking for dead pigs in a river in Jiaxing city, in eastern China's Zhejiang province.
BEIJING (AP) — The number of dead pigs retrieved from...
03/16/2013 20:25
By Ishaan TharoorMarch 15, 201319 Comments
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Smoke billows from a damaged pipeline on the outskirts of the Baba Amr neighborhood in Homs, Syria on Feb. 15, 2012.
Two years ago,...
