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Oklahoma lowers tornado death
toll amid frantic search


Nigeria seeks Niger's military
support against Boko Haram


Coordinated Taliban attacks in
Afghan south kill six policemen


Bulgaria's ex-PM Borisov says he is
convinced rivals can form government


Saudi Arabia detains 10
more in Iran spying case


Ireland says not to blame
for Apple's low tax rate


Best Buy sees investments
squeezing near-term profits


UK's Cameron committed to ruling
in coalition until 2015: spokesman


Russia says kills senior
Islamist insurgent


Bangladesh panel to recommend life
in prison over building collapse


Rubber bullets fired at South
African mine strikers, several hurt


Best Buy profit tops
estimates, sales miss


EU mission seeks to rebuild
Mali army after U.S. faltered


Frenetic search for survivors as 91
feared dead in tornado-hit Oklahoma


Algerian prime minister says
President Bouteflika convalescing


Los Angeles mayoral race between
two former allies nears climax


Convicted U.S. killer Arias
would join tiny death row group


Mercedes South Africa strike ends,
union demands sector pay hike


Bombings in Iraq
kill at least 12


Democrats make last push in primary to
be mayor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania


Congolese army, rebels clash
for a second day near Goma


Security guards fire rubber
bullets at South Africa strikers


Israel extends Palestinians'
Gaza fishing zone


North Korea releases detained
Chinese fishing boat


Russia says two rebels
killed in North Caucasus


In Ukraine, no way to
avoid a bumpy ride


Israel fires back at Syria
after gunshots at its troops


Analysis: Some Republicans see new
scandal in Sebelius fundraising


IRS officials back on Capitol
Hill hot seat over targeting


JPMorgan investors on edge over
vote on Dimon; what if they win?


Monster tornado kills at
least 51 in Oklahoma town


Erupting Alaska volcano spews
ash, disrupts air travel


Guatemala's top court annuls
Rios Montt genocide conviction


Healthcare workers set to strike
California public hospitals


Japan April exports seen up
but trade deficit to persist


Pentagon to take over some CIA
drone operations : sources


White House counsel kept IRS
probe results from Obama


Monster tornado devastates
Oklahoma town; at least 51 dead


Kerry visits Oman for arms deal
signing, talks on Syria, Mideast


U.S. panel votes to speed up airport
fingerprinting of immigrants


Court orders prison to hand
over files in Boston bomb case


Monster tornado flattens
suburb of Oklahoma City


Judge in NY 'stop and frisk'
trial mulls cameras for police


Parents turn to Internet to help daughter
charged with sex with girl minor


White House urges Senate to cut
crop insurance in farm bill


Obama to meet with China's
Xi in California June 7-8


U.S. charges 3 NYU researchers
in Chinese bribery case


US names envoy to combat anti-Semitism,
warns of rising incidents


Connecticut rail delays continue,
seen repaired by Wednesday


Chicago police arrest two dozen
at school closing protest


Libya war weapons may be killing
central Africa elephants : UN


White House to brief Democrats
on economy on Tuesday


Obama to travel to
Africa in late June


Hezbollah in big Syria
battle, Obama 'concerned'


Supreme Court to hear case of
disgruntled frequent flyer


Connecticut rails delayed,
crowded after collision


Huge tornado touches down near
Oklahoma City, more forecast


Obama urges Myanmar to stop
violence against Muslims


Canada's Harper under cloud
after chief of staff resigns


Chief Palestinian peace
negotiator backs Kerry's efforts


Tornado on the ground
in Oklahoma City area


Attention shifts to
White House in IRS probe


Florida governor signs budget,
but vetoes college tuition hike


Council of Europe tells Putin
of concern over Russian NGO law


Omaha police exploring possible
link in two double homicides


Dagestan bombs kill four, two
dead in shootout near Moscow


U.S. says concerned with charges
against Egyptian journalists


Obama voices concern to Lebanon
on Hezbollah role in Syria


Jodi Arias denied mistrial
in death penalty hearing


Five killed, six injured from
church group in Illinois van crash


Vermont passes law allowing
doctor-assisted suicide


Brazil probes rumor that set
off panic run on state bank


Congo's army clashes
with rebels near Goma


U.S. Supreme Court agrees to
hear town meeting prayer case


U.S. says Korea tensions relatively
low, despite missile tests


Bomb attacks kill more than
70 Shi'ites across Iraq


Qatar: Arab Spring makes
Israeli-Palestinian peace more pressing


Nigeria says has
Islamists on defensive


Portion of Houston Channel
shut for search: Coast Guard


Steaua Bucharest owner jailed
in Romania for abuse of power


Mexican opposition dispute goes
public, threatening reforms


Pressure builds on officials
to take heat for IRS scandal


More poor people now live in
U.S. suburbs than cities - study


Gay marriage law strains UK
Cameron's leadership, government


Connecticut governor tells commuters to work
from home this week while crash repaired


Nigeria eases curfew in northeast,
fights on against Boko Haram


Threats daubed at Israeli
woman prayer activist's home


Man refused overdraft
kills four in Israeli bank


Bulgarian Socialists vow to help
poor, look to form coalition


Somali government says guns won't
decide disputed port's fate


Car bombs target Shi'ites in
Iraq, killing more than 60


Britain denies bail to radical
cleric who faces deportation


With end of Afghan war in
sight, Europe pushes business


Israel calls off UNESCO Jerusalem
tour, blaming Palestinians


Supreme Court agrees to hear
Fidelity whistleblower case


Supreme Court declines to hear
Alaska climate change case


Car bombs kill at least
two in Russia's Dagestan


Ugandan police raid newspaper
over Museveni succession letter


Arias jury to weigh possible death
sentence in Arizona murder trial


Israel's Lapid speaks of
removing some settlers for peace


Hezbollah suffers big losses
in Syria battle: activists


Pakistan's MQM denounces
Imran Khan in Karachi protest


Yahoo buying Tumblr for $1.1
billion, vows not to screw it up


Egyptian army boosts forces
in Sinai after kidnapping


South Sudan army says retakes
town from rebels in east


Subsidy reform dispute imperils
Morocco's ruling coalition


Five dead in Israeli
bank robbery


Iran electoral watchdog hints
at Rafsanjani rejection


Yahoo to acquire Tumblr
for $1.1 billion cash


Brazilian killed in hot-air
balloon crash in Turkey


Monster machines fan out on
U.S. farms facing slow sow


Two suspected militants
killed in Yemen drone strike


China offers India a 'handshake
across the Himalayas'


Former Pakistani dictator
Musharraf granted bail


Magnitude 6.8 quake strikes
off Chile; no tsunami seen


Suicide bomber kills senior
official, 14 others in Afghan north


North Korea fires sixth
missile in three days


Bombs kill at least 20 in mainly Shi'ite
areas of Iraq capital: police, medics


Chinese Premier Li seeks trust
in India, border issue irks


Japan upgrades economic outlook
as Abe's policies take hold


Gunmen storm Egyptian security
post in lawless Sinai Peninsula


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reduces pressure for budget deal


Insight: The road to a greener
America is littered with road-kill


Imran Khan's party wins revote
in Karachi, protests expected


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oil boom, a tempered euphoria


Insight: The fight for North
Dakota's fracking-water market


Powerful tornadoes strike
in four central U.S. states


Venezuela says taking steps to
restore U.S. diplomatic ties


Japan government upgrades economic
assessment for first time in two months


At least one reported dead as tornadoes
hammer Oklahoma, Kansas and Iowa


Officials warn of commuter chaos
from Connecticut derailment


British PM urges more action
on tax from UK territories


Obama walks a fine line with
Myanmar president's landmark visit


Severe Kansas tornado prompts stark
National Weather Service warning


Militants kill 10 Iraq
policemen in checkpoint attacks


Shooting death of gay man rocks
New York's cradle of gay rights


Pakistan army will be watching
Sharif's cozying up to India


Israel demands French TV correct
13-year-old report on boy's death


Exclusive: Bangladesh factory banned by
Wal-Mart still makes Wrangler shirts


Insight: Despite curbs, China's
vast hot money triangle flourishes


For Detroit in crisis, next six
weeks determine bankruptcy fate


Female hostage died from police
bullet in New York standoff: official


Obama tries to bounce
back after tough week


White House accuses Republicans
of 'fishing expeditions'


India gripes over border, trade
woes on Li's first foreign trip


Canadian prime minister's top
aide quits over expenses scandal


Tunisian Islamist protester
killed in clash with police


Nigeria offers amnesty to
insurgents who surrender


Dubai laborers stage
rare strike for more pay


AP chief says phone probe makes
news sources reluctant to talk


Hezbollah steps up Syria battle,
Israel threatens more strikes


Humala's approval rating in
Peru slips to 6-month low


Netanyahu takes aim at
weapons leakage in Syria


Obama to discuss al Qaeda, drones,
Guantanamo Bay in Thursday speech


UK opposition calls for
country-by-country tax reporting


With president ailing, Algeria
prepares for end of an era


South Africa finds collusion,
manipulation in Gupta scandal


Bangladesh court orders action
against factory owner in Nov fire


Syrian army, Hezbollah attack
rebels in border town: opposition


Germans blame euro zone
crisis for Eurovision debacle


EU says worried by Russia's
human rights record


Ghosts of incinerator bond
deal haunt Harrisburg election


After crushing Mali Islamists,
France pushes deal with Tuaregs


Protesting Egyptian police
block Israel border crossing


Tunisian police clash with
Islamists over banned rally


Job market gains could lead
Fed to taper QE3 early


Cameron 'losing control' as
rift with party core widens


Egyptian police block Israel border
crossing in fury at kidnapping: sources


Tunisian police fire in
air to disperse Islamists


France in talks with U.S.,
Israel to buy drones: minister


U.N. chief Ban says worried
over North Korea missile launch


Afghanistan's Karzai seeks Indian
military aid amid tensions with Pakistan


Iran hangs two spies working
for Israel and U.S.: report


Winning ticket for $590.5 million
Powerball lottery sold in Florida


Upmarket Pakistan district votes
again as Imran Khan decries killing


Danger and separation from families
changing job of U.S. diplomats


Training push fails to halt
military sexual assault crisis


India's weakened Congress wondering
if early elections will help


Greying China taps rural elderly
to care for those even older


Investigators examine fractured
rail in Connecticut train crash


Two men charged with
killing Malcolm X grandson


Gunmen kill senior woman member of
Pakistani party led by Imran Khan


Dozens injured as car plows
through parade in Virginia


Regional force boosts troop numbers
in Central African Republic


Syria's Assad: Little chance peace
talks would succeed - newspaper


Republican cites IRS scandal in
close Virginia governor's race


U.S. state cancels subsidy for
investment from Pakistani company


Church must help the poorest,
not dissect theology, pope says


Texas joins flood of states
suing BP over 2010 Gulf spill


France detains suspect in
Toulouse killings investigation


Chicago commuter headache as 'L'
train line shut for five months


Israel warns against Russian
arms supply to Syria


Thirteen killed, 10 police
kidnapped in Iraq violence


Ivory Coast arrests militia
chief accused over massacre


Taxes on some wealthy French
top 100 pct of income: paper


US Airways plane makes unusual
belly landing at Newark airport


Nigeria says 10 rebels killed
in northeast, 65 arrested


Investigators seek cause of
New York commuter train crash


Powerball jackpot could go
higher than $600 million


Switzerland close to deal in U.S.
tax dispute: finance minister


France gets Pentagon backing
to buy U.S.-made drones: paper


Bernanke upbeat on innovation
outlook in commencement address


Bernanke, in commencement address,
upbeat on innovation outlook


Armed groups bomb Libyan
military posts in Benghazi


Supporters and opponents of
Ukraine president clash in Kiev


Enraged by kidnapping, Egyptian
police block Gaza border


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