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- Lockerbie bomber Megrahi has died in Libya: brother
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| 2012-05-20T18:19:49Z
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<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/lockerbie-bomber-megrahi-died-libya-brother-122046102.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5r9hOsnxtNuP3cx9_UGwUg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-20T125940Z_1_CBRE84J103I00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-LIBYA-MEGRAHI.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File photo of convicted Lockerbie bomber Megrahi speaking during an exclusive interview with Reuters TV at his home in Tripoli" align="left" title="File photo of convicted Lockerbie bomber Megrahi speaking during an exclusive interview with Reuters TV at his home in Tripoli" border="0" /></a>TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the Libyan convicted of the 1988 bombing of a PanAm flight over Lockerbie, died of cancer on Sunday aged 60, leaving many questions on the attack and its aftermath unanswered. Megrahi, who said he was not responsible for bringing the jumbo jet down on the Scottish town and killing 270 people, was found guilty in 2001 but was freed in 2009 and returned to Libya because he had terminal cancer and was not expected to live long. ...</p><br clear="all"/>
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- Italy quake kills six, damages historic buildings
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| 2012-05-20T18:00:04Z
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<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/6-3-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-near-bologna-italy-022116451.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/t0fdZvd4KMI0oJxk9xyuJw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-20T150705Z_1_CBRE84J15ZV00_RTROPTP_2_ITALY-QUAKE-AFTERSHOCK.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A Carabinieri paramilitary officer stands near a damaged car after a strong aftershock struck Finale Emilia" align="left" title="A Carabinieri paramilitary officer stands near a damaged car after a strong aftershock struck Finale Emilia" border="0" /></a>SANT' AGOSTINO, Italy (Reuters) - A strong earthquake in northern Italy killed at least six people, injured dozens and damaged historic buildings including a famed mediaeval castle early on Sunday, waking terrified citizens and sending thousands running into the streets. The quake, which the U.S. Geological Survey recorded at magnitude 6.0, struck at 4:04 a.m. (0204 GMT) and was followed by a series of jolting aftershocks. At least two of them reached magnitude 5.1, sowing fresh panic, further damaging already weakened buildings and causing more structures to collapse. ...</p><br clear="all"/>
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- Serbia opposition claims victory in presidential vote
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| 2012-05-20T19:08:15Z
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BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbian opposition leader Tomislav Nikolic's camp claimed victory on Sunday in a presidential run-off against liberal incumbent Boris Tadic. "From tonight, Serbia has a new president - Tomislav Nikolic," Nikolic's party deputy Aleksandar Vucic told cheering supporters in the capital, Belgrade. (Writing by Matt Robinson)
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- Explosion near U.N. ceasefire monitor chief's convoy: Reuters witness
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| 2012-05-20T19:25:11Z
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<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/explosion-near-u-n-ceasefire-monitor-chiefs-convoy-123417939.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/h3J2uAiupL4G8gTzm6MPHQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-20T192511Z_2_CBRE84J1D3300_RTROPTP_2_SYRIA-BOMB.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Ladsous and Norwegian Major-General Mood at a field visit to al-Zabadani area, near Damascus" align="left" title="United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Ladsous and Norwegian Major-General Mood at a field visit to al-Zabadani area, near Damascus" border="0" /></a>DOUMA, Syria (Reuters) - A roadside bomb exploded on Sunday about 150 meters (yards) from a United Nations convoy carrying the head of a Syria ceasefire monitoring mission and a senior U.N. official in the town of Douma, a Reuters witness said. Major General Robert Mood's car was stopped at an army checkpoint when the bomb detonated in an nearby alleyway and the convoy left, the Reuters journalist said, adding that there were no reports of casualties. United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous, who is visiting Syria, was also part of the convoy. ...</p><br clear="all"/>
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- Russia says West still considering military action on Iran
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| 2012-05-20T18:24:52Z
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<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russia-says-west-still-considering-military-action-iran-182452527.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/aiBY8Vi4GigtoEqb18mcxw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-20T182452Z_1_CBRE84J1F5N00_RTROPTP_2_RUSSIA-USA-MISSILES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov speaks during a news briefing in the main building of Foreign Ministry in Moscow" align="left" title="Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov speaks during a news briefing in the main building of Foreign Ministry in Moscow" border="0" /></a>MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's deputy foreign minister said on Sunday that military action against Iran over its nuclear program was being considered in some Western countries. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was speaking to reporters on a plane on his way back from the G8 summit in Camp David, where the G8 leaders signaled their readiness to tap into emergency oil stockpiles quickly this summer if tougher new sanctions on Iran threatened to strain supplies. ...</p><br clear="all"/>
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- NATO chief: No "rush for the exits" in Afghan war
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| 2012-05-20T19:09:30Z
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<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nato-leaders-seek-common-path-afghanistan-050337321.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3613HZwpyBrWwrNjykOsPA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-20T190930Z_1_CBRE84J0YQ100_RTROPTP_2_G8-SUMMIT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Canada's PM Harper and Britain's PM Cameron wave in Chicago, ahead of the NATO Summit" align="left" title="Canada's PM Harper and Britain's PM Cameron wave in Chicago, ahead of the NATO Summit" border="0" /></a>CHICAGO (Reuters) - NATO leaders sought on Sunday to dispel fears of a rush for the exits in Afghanistan even as the Western alliance met to chart a path out of an unpopular war that has dragged on for more than a decade. President Barack Obama, who once called the Afghan conflict a "war of necessity" but is now looking for an orderly way out, hosted the NATO summit in his home town, Chicago, a day after major industrialized nations tackled a European debt crisis that threatens the global economy. ...</p><br clear="all"/>
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- U.N. nuclear chief hopeful on Iran deal before Baghdad meet
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| 2012-05-20T18:53:07Z
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<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-n-seeks-iran-nuclear-deal-baghdad-talks-132011052.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/awLVn1iree70N72qTZS3sw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-20T185307Z_2_CBRE84J1DC800_RTROPTP_2_BELARUS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano speaks during a meeting with Belarussian Foreign Minister Sergei Martynov in Minsk" align="left" title="International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano speaks during a meeting with Belarussian Foreign Minister Sergei Martynov in Minsk" border="0" /></a>VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear supervisor flew to Tehran on Sunday voicing optimism he could reach a deal to investigate suspected atom bomb research - a possible breakthrough that Iran may hope could help ease Western sanctions pressure and deflect threats of war. "I really think this is the right time to reach agreement. Nothing is certain but I stay positive," Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said at Vienna airport, adding "good progress" had already been made. ...</p><br clear="all"/>
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- Lone bomber, not mafia, sought for Italy school attack
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| 2012-05-20T16:09:18Z
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BRINDISI (Reuters) - A bomb attack which killed a teenage girl and wounded 10 other people in the southern Italian town of Brindisi was probably done by an individual operating alone, a senior official said on Sunday, playing down initial suspicions of mafia involvement. Saturday's attack on the Francesca Morvillo Falcone school, a vocational training institute named after the wife of a famed anti-mafia judge, horrified Italy and sparked speculation it was the work of southern Italy's organized crime gangs. ...
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- Strong quake kills 4 in Italy cheese region
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| 2012-05-20T17:21:32Z
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<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/strong-quake-kills-4-italy-cheese-region-172132708.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/AuiT9Bs7k7BNwOYmaHChhw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c6224bcb318f2d0e100f6a70670093f1.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Debris of collapsed buildings block a road in Finale Emilia northern Italy, Sunday, May 20. 2012. A magnitude 6 earthquake shook northern Italy early Sunday at 4:04 a.m. Sunday between Modena and Mantova, about 35 kilometers (22 miles) north of Bologna at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles). (AP Photo/Marco Vasini)" align="left" title="Debris of collapsed buildings block a road in Finale Emilia northern Italy, Sunday, May 20. 2012. A magnitude 6 earthquake shook northern Italy early Sunday at 4:04 a.m. Sunday between Modena and Mantova, about 35 kilometers (22 miles) north of Bologna at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles). (AP Photo/Marco Vasini)" border="0" /></a>A magnitude-6.0 earthquake shook several small towns in northeast Italy Sunday, killing four people, knocking down a clock tower and other centuries-old buildings and causing millions in losses to the region known for making Parmesan cheese.</p><br clear="all"/>
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- Profiles of Egypt's main presidential candidates
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| 2012-05-20T19:31:28Z
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<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/profiles-egypts-main-presidential-candidates-180042151.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/nwZs8ah74w0VkoEcC4_9Sw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a97f0deb327c310e100f6a7067006cc0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This combination of photos shows Egyptian presidential candidates, from left, Amr Moussa, Ahmed Shafiq, Mohammed Morsi and Abdel-Moneim Abolfotoh. None of the 13 candidates is likely to top 50 percent in voting Wednesday, May 23, 2012 and Thursday, so a runoff vote is set for June 16-17. A president will be announced June 21. (AP Photo)" align="left" title="FILE - This combination of photos shows Egyptian presidential candidates, from left, Amr Moussa, Ahmed Shafiq, Mohammed Morsi and Abdel-Moneim Abolfotoh. None of the 13 candidates is likely to top 50 percent in voting Wednesday, May 23, 2012 and Thursday, so a runoff vote is set for June 16-17. A president will be announced June 21. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>Profiles of Egypt's main presidential candidates:</p><br clear="all"/>
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- Former Israeli PM: Jerusalem must be partitioned
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| 2012-05-20T17:43:51Z
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<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/former-israeli-pm-jerusalem-must-partitioned-134037256.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oYGSHkhe9f4axBzmuXeTWw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/5195ef9b30ce2a0e100f6a7067007204.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a special cabinet meeting marking 'Jerusalem Day' in the Ammunition Hill memorial in Jerusalem, Sunday, May 20, 2012. 'Jeruslem Day' marks the anniversary of Israel's capture of the eastern part of the city in the 1967 Mideast war.(AP Photo/Abir Sultan, Pool)" align="left" title="Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a special cabinet meeting marking 'Jerusalem Day' in the Ammunition Hill memorial in Jerusalem, Sunday, May 20, 2012. 'Jeruslem Day' marks the anniversary of Israel's capture of the eastern part of the city in the 1967 Mideast war.(AP Photo/Abir Sultan, Pool)" border="0" /></a>Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday urged Israeli leaders to relinquish the idea of a unified Jerusalem if they truly want peace, contending in a pair of interviews that years of government neglect have kept the Jewish and Arab sectors irreparably divided.</p><br clear="all"/>
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- Bomb explodes during UN visit in Syria
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| 2012-05-20T18:36:15Z
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<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bomb-explodes-during-un-visit-syria-173547316.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hE6P2epx9vbLqt8hrq6v2A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/4472498cfebc000d100f6a706700af8e.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this citizen journalism image provided by Sham News Network SNN, an anti-Syrian regime protester, holds up a Cross and Crescent painted with colors of the Syrian revolution flag during a demonstration against Syrian President Bashar Assad, at the Damascus suburb of Yabroud, Syria, Friday, May 18, 2012. Syrian security forces fired tear gas and live ammunition to disperse thousands rallying Friday in Aleppo in what activists said was the largest protest yet in a city that has largely remained loyal to President Bashar Assad during the country's 15-month uprising. (AP Photo/Sham News Network, SNN)THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS HANDOUT PHOTO" align="left" title="In this citizen journalism image provided by Sham News Network SNN, an anti-Syrian regime protester, holds up a Cross and Crescent painted with colors of the Syrian revolution flag during a demonstration against Syrian President Bashar Assad, at the Damascus suburb of Yabroud, Syria, Friday, May 18, 2012. Syrian security forces fired tear gas and live ammunition to disperse thousands rallying Friday in Aleppo in what activists said was the largest protest yet in a city that has largely remained loyal to President Bashar Assad during the country's 15-month uprising. (AP Photo/Sham News Network, SNN)THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS HANDOUT PHOTO" border="0" /></a>A roadside bomb exploded in a restive suburb of the Syrian capital as senior U.N. officials toured the area on Sunday, the latest incident in which the unarmed observer mission has nearly been caught up in the country's bloodshed.</p><br clear="all"/>
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- Former Yemen president hospitalized
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| 2012-05-20T18:26:03Z
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The party of Yemen's former president says the 69-year old Ali Abdullah Saleh has been admitted to a hospital for regular checkups and minor procedures.
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- Lawyer: Jailed Bahrain activist granted bail
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| 2012-05-20T17:49:35Z
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A court in Bahrain granted bail Sunday for a jailed rights activist, but he remained in detention to await another court hearing later this week, a defense lawyer said.
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- Jailed Israeli president freed briefly
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| 2012-05-20T14:38:19Z
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A prison spokeswoman says Israel's jailed former president has been freed for a few hours to attend his son's wedding.
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