May 20, 2013

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Doctors say shot Pakistani girl improving

The British hospital treating a 15-year-old Pakistani girl shot in the head by the Taliban raised hopes for her recovery Friday when doctors said she was able to stand with some help and to write.

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Envoy arrives in Syria amid calls for truce

Turkey and Germany on Friday threw their weight behind calls for a Syrian cease-fire during a Muslim holiday next week as the international envoy for the conflict arrived in Damascus to push for the plan.

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Serbia, Kosovo leaders meet at EU

EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton said she first met separately with Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic and Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci on Friday, then chaired a joint meeting.

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Airstrikes in northern Syria kill more than 20

Syrian activists say a string of government airstrikes on rebel areas in the country's north has killed at least 20 people, leveled buildings and forced residents to dig through mounds of rubble in search of survivors.

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Group: Libya militias 'executed' Gadhafi loyalists

Libyan rebels appear to have "summarily executed" scores of fighters loyal to Moammar Gadhafi, and probably the dictator himself, when they overran his hometown a year ago, a human rights group said Wednesday.

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Russia opens probe against opposition leader

In a new sign of a widening crackdown on Russia's opposition, investigators on Wednesday opened a criminal probe against leftist leader Sergei Udaltsov and several other activists for allegedly plotting mass riots.

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UK man accused of kidnapping in Syria in court

Shajul Islam, a trainee doctor who was arrested last week on suspicion of terror offenses after arriving in London on a flight from Egypt, spoke only to confirm his name, address and date of birth.

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Israel counted food needs in Gaza blockade

The Israeli military calculated the number of calories Gaza's residents would need to consume to avoid malnutrition during a sweeping blockade imposed on the Palestinian territory between 2007 and mid-2010

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