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By Paul Eckert WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will walk a fine line between fostering a U.S. ally in China`s backyard and trying to defend human rights when the president of Myanmar becomes the first head of his country to visit the White House in 47 years on Monday. Rights groups and some U.S. lawmakers fear Obama has moved too quickly since forging a dramatic breakthrough in relations in 2011 after half a century of military rule in Myanmar, also known as Burma. U.S. ...
Monday, May 20, 2013 00:18 |
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CNN`s Jake Tapper looks into the secretive program.
Monday, May 20, 2013 04:48 |
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Presidents of public universities are taking home bigger paychecks, and a growing number are raking in more than $1 million. But Graham Spanier, the former head of Pennsylvania State University, who was fired amid a sex abuse scandal, takes the cake, earning $2.9 million in fiscal 2011-2012.
Monday, May 20, 2013 03:23 |
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Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg and Pete Sampras explain why the French Open was so tough to win. Frederik Pleitgen reports.
Monday, May 20, 2013 14:08 |
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Wolf Blitzer talks to TIME`s Aryn Baker about a recent video showing a Syrian rebel eating the heart of a dead soldier.
Monday, May 20, 2013 13:14 |
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BAGHDAD (AP) Iraqi officials say five car bombs have gone off in Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad, killing 16 people and wounding 75.
Monday, May 20, 2013 08:23 |
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By Kareem Raheem BAGHDAD (Reuters) - More than 60 people were killed in a series of car bomb explosions targeting Shi`ite Muslims across Iraq on Monday, police and medics said, part of the worst sectarian violence since U.S. troops pulled out in December 2011. The attacks brought the number killed in sectarian clashes in the past week to over 200, and tensions between Shi`ites, who now lead Iraq, and minority Sunni Muslims have reached a point where some fear a return to all-out civil conflict. No group claimed responsibility for the bombings. ...
Monday, May 20, 2013 16:20 |
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Accused of being a CIA spy, 29-year-old U.S. veteran has been held since August 2011.
Monday, May 20, 2013 15:30 |
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By Yousri Mohamed EL-ARISH, Egypt (Reuters) - The Egyptian army sent reinforcements into the Sinai Peninsula on Monday after President Mohamed Mursi said there would be no talks with militant Islamists who abducted seven members of the security forces last week. Islamist militants have expanded into a security vacuum in Sinai that the state has struggled to fill since a popular uprising swept autocrat Hosni Mubarak in 2011. The groups have launched attacks on Israel and targets in North Sinai. ...
Monday, May 20, 2013 14:00 |
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By Kareem Raheem BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 43 people were killed in car bomb explosions targeting Shi`ite Muslims in the Iraqi capital and the southern oil hub of Basra on Monday, police and medics said. The attacks brought the number of people killed in sectarian violence in the past week to almost 200. Tensions between Shi`ites, who now lead Iraq, and minority Sunni Muslims have reached their highest level since U.S. troops pulled out in December 2011. No group claimed responsibility for the bombings. ...
Monday, May 20, 2013 13:46 |
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