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LAGOS, Nigeria, May 21 - Nigeria said on Tuesday it would free a number of detained Islamists, including all female ones, in what a senior security source called a move to build popular support for its offensive against Boko Haram militants entrenched in the north. Nigeria, Africa`s most populous state and biggest oil producer, is waging its fiercest military campaign yet against Boko Haram, with warplanes pounding rebel camps and raids netting scores of suspected militants. ...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 19:32 |
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BEIRUT (AP) Despite recent rebel setbacks in Syria`s civil war, the main opposition bloc signaled a tough line Tuesday on attending possible peace talks with President Bashar Assad`s regime.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 19:32 |
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It doesn`t have the sunshine, but it does have golf courses, banks, and most important of all, low corporate taxes. Is Ireland now a tax haven for US tech giants?
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 19:17 |
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Bayern Munich beat Borussia Moenchengladbach 4-3 to mark coach Jupp Heynckes` final game in charge of a Bundesliga match. Fellow Champions League finalists Borussia Dortmund lost at home to Hoffenheim.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 18:41 |
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Two prominent figures in Iran, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, are barred from standing in next month`s presidential election.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 18:24 |
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DENVER (AP) Avalanche fans are talking about the possibility of Hall of Fame goalie Patrick Roy becoming the next coach of the Colorado team.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 18:05 |
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A mother weeps as she finds her son outside his elementary school after the tornado.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 18:00 |
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A roadside bomb exploded near the seafront in Karachi on Tuesday likely targeting a van full of Chinese port workers, police said, a day before Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrives in the capital, Islamabad. No one was hurt. Karachi, the nuclear-armed country`s key port, is home to 18 million people. It typically sees about a dozen murders a day, a combination of political killings, attacks by the Pakistan Taliban and sectarian militant groups, and street crime. ...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 17:46 |
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Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, an ally of President Ahmadinejad, and former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani are among those who will learn if they are permitted to run.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 17:08 |
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The latest news on recovery efforts in Moore, Okla., and Oklahoma City.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 16:55 |
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