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U.S. commandos knew bin Laden likely would die - Y...

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U.S. special forces set out to kill Osama bin Laden and dump his body in the sea to make it harder for the al Qaeda founder to become a martyr, U.S. national security officials told Reuters on Monday.

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Canada's Conservatives score massive election win ...

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Canada's Conservatives stormed to a decisive victory in Monday's federal election, winning 54 percent of the seats in Parliament and securing a stable four-year term in power after vowing to focus on ...

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Palestinian factions sign unity deal in Cairo - Ya...

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Palestinian factions signed a reconciliation deal in Cairo on Tuesday to end the divide between the West Bank and Gaza and hold elections in a year in an agreement Israel called a blow to peace.

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British queen to address historic wounds on Irelan...

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Queen Elizabeth II was to visit the site of a British massacre and make a keynote speech at Dublin Castle on Wednesday, addressing old wounds on her groundbreaking state visit to the Irish Republic.

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IMF chief resigns

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Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigned as head of the International Monetary Fund, saying he needed to devote all his energy to fight charges that he sexually assaulted a hotel maid.

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116 dead - Yahoo! News

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A monster tornado killed at least 116 people in Joplin, Missouri, when it tore through the heart of the small city, ripping the roof off a hospital and destroying thousands of homes and businesses.

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BRICs pile on pressure - Yahoo! News

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French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde joined the race to head the International Monetary Fund on Wednesday despite anger in big emerging economies over Europe's "obsolete" lock on the job.

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Missouri officials continue identifying tornado de...

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Missouri officials continued on Monday the process of identifying the remains of bodies recovered from the devastating Joplin tornado and reduced the number of missing people to 29.

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Fighting flares in al Qaeda-held Yemen city - Yaho...

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Fighting flared on Tuesday in a southern Yemen city seized by al Qaeda and other Islamist militants, killing at least 15 people, after Washington urged President Ali Abdullah Saleh to hand over power ...

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U.S. Navy intercepted North Korean ship - Yahoo! N...

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The U.S. Navy intercepted a North Korean ship suspected of carrying missile parts to Myanmar two weeks ago, media reports and a U.S. official said on Monday.

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