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US urges Syria rebels to attend peace talks, slams government
US Secretary of State John Kerry has urged Syria\'s opposition to join next week\'s peace talks.Thai anti-government protesters wounded in explosion
Thai police say at least 28 people have been wounded by an explosion that went off in Bangkok during a march of ...Syrian regime submits plan for truce, prisoner swap
Syria\'s foreign minister has said he has handed Russia plans for a ceasefire in Aleppo, and was ready to exchange lists with ...Obama announces changes to NSA data-gathering programme
President Barack Obama has ordered curbs on the use of bulk data collected by US intelligence agencies, saying civil liberties must be ...Donors pledge $2.4 billion to Syria at UN donor conference
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says international donors have pledged more than $2.4 billion to help those affected by the fighting in ...Egyptians overwhelmingly approve new constitution, says official
Egyptian officials are counting the ballots after two days of voting for a referendum on a new constitution.Hariri assassination trial opens at The Hague
A U.N.-backed tribunal has opened the trial against four men accused in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri.Boeing hit by fresh 787 battery problem
Battery problems have prompted the grounding of another Boeing 787, one year after a similar issue led to a months-long global suspension ...S Korea activists launch anti-North balloons
Activists in South Korea, including some North Korean defectors who were soldiers when they lived in the North, sent propaganda-loaded balloons over ...Egypt government holds vote on new constitution amid deadly violence
Egypt\'s vote on a new constitution entered a second day on Wednesday, in what amounted to a referendum on the military-backed government\'s ...