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1 hr ago | Philly.com

UK-bound Pakistan plane diverted, 2 men arrested

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of endangering an aircraft after a plane carrying more than 300 people from Pakistan to Britain was diverted from its original course Friday, officials said.

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1 hr ago | Bury Times

Prestwich man caught up in Pakistan plane arrest drama

A PRESTWICH man was caught up in the action today when an RAF Typhoon jet was scrambled to escort a passenger plane travelling from Pakistan to the Manchester.

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2 hrs ago | Seattle Times

Egypt: 3 women killed in 'honor' crime

An Egyptian security official says 10 male relatives have killed a mother and her two daughters on suspicion of moral offenses - so-called "honor killings." The official said Friday the men suspected the three women of having affairs, and killed them to protect the family's honor.

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3 hrs ago | SFGate

Russia: Syrian regime may take part in peace talks

The Syrian government has agreed "in principle" to attend a conference proposed by Russia and the United States on ending the Arab country's conflict, Russia's foreign ministry said Friday.

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3 hrs ago | WHBF-TV Rock Island

Austria links UN peacekeepers to Syria arms ban

Austria said Friday that it may rethink its U.N. peacekeeping role in the Golan Heights, if the European Union doesn't extend its arms embargo to Syria.

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4 hrs ago | KFBB

Kerry's focus on peace talks, not settlements

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged Israel's government on Friday to prevent further settlement construction where possible to help revitalize Middle East peace hopes, but stressed that the Jewish state and Palestinians alike should remain focused on the larger goal of restarting direct negotiations.

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4 hrs ago | KFBB

Kerry blasts Iranian election maneuvering

TEL AVIV, Israel - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is harshly criticizing Iran's guardian council for eliminating hundreds of presidential candidates and, in his view, standing in the way of legitimate, representative democracy.

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5 hrs ago | The Washington Post

Suicide bomber strikes vehicle of Afghan religious leader, killing 3 people in Pakistan

Police say a suicide bomber walked up to a vehicle owned by an Afghan religious leader in northwestern Pakistan and set off his explosives, killing three people.

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5 hrs ago | Bellingham Herald

Abe on 1st trip to Myanmar by Japan PM in 36 years

Traveling with a delegation of business leaders, Abe was to arrive in Yangon Friday evening for a three-day trip, and will meet President Thein Sein on Sunday in Naypyitaw, officials from his office said.

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Related Topix: Travel, Asia Travel, Myanmar Travel, Burma, Yangon, Burma Travel, Thein Sein, Canada, Aung San Suu Kyi

6 hrs ago | The Huffington Post

Russia Earthquake: Powerful Temblor Hits Off East Coast In Sea Of Okhotsk

A powerful earthquake on Friday hit Russia's Far East with tremors felt as far away as Moscow, about 7,000 kilometers west of the epicenter.

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9 hrs ago | Asian Correspondent

2 former sex slaves cancel Japan mayor meeting

Two Korean former sex slaves have canceled a meeting with an outspoken Japanese mayor who last week said Japan's wartime practice of using many Asian women as prostitutes was necessary to maintain military discipline.

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Thu May 23, 2013

Northern Michigan News

Prince Edward presents Edinburgh's awards in Tenn.

Queen Elizabeth's youngest son, Prince Edward, has visited Tennessee to promote one of the British royal family's charities, the Duke of Edinburgh's Award.

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Boston Herald

Muslim hard-liners ID suspect in London attack

A man seen with bloody hands wielding a butcher knife after the killing of a British soldier on the streets of London was described as a convert to Islam who took part in demonstrations with a banned radical group, two Muslim hard-liners said Thursday.

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Related Topix: Europe, Essex County, England, United Kingdom, Greater London County, England, Terrorism, Opinion

Seattle Times

Brazil police arrest 9 for abusing Indian girls

Brazil's Federal Police say nine people have been arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing Indians girls in the northern state of Amazonas.

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This is Local London

Prayers offered for Woolwich victim

A man weeps outside the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich as he looks at floral tributes following the attack on Lee Rigby Around a dozen sat in silence in St Mary Magdalene Parish Church, Woolwich, offering their prayers for Drummer Lee Rigby, 25, of Middleton, Greater Manchester.

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Connecticut Post

Obama lifts ban on Guantanamo transfers to Yemen

President Barack Obama is lifting his self-imposed ban on transferring Guantanamo Bay detainees to Yemen, where a leadership upheaval has improved the country's security but not eliminated the terrorist organization trying to recruit jihadists.

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Related Topix: Yemen, Middle East, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Cuba, Guantanamo Bay, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Terrorism

FOX Carolina

Russian court denies Pussy Riot's Alekhina parole

1, 2012 file photo, feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, from left, Maria Alekhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow, Russia.

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Halstead Gazette

GP jailed for filmed sex assaults

Dr Davinder Jeet Bains used his position as a GP to assault more than two dozen women A family doctor who used a secret camera inside his James Bond-style wristwatch to record himself abusing female patients has been jailed for 12 years after admitting a string of sex charges.

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Seattle Times

West Bank and romance prominent in 'Omar'

One of the more buzzed-about films at the Cannes Film Festival, "Omar," is set in the West Bank, and the Palestinian conflict is a key part of the plot.

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Seattle Times

North Korea envoy awaits chat with China's leader

On a visit to repair ties with China and waiting to meet its leader, a North Korean envoy paid deference Thursday to hopes by the North's chief ally for renewed multinational nuclear talks.

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