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Sun, 19 May 2013 17:22:28 GMT
Heavy fighting is reported in the besieged
Syrian town of Qusair as state forces launch a major offensive to re-capture the rebel stronghold.
Sun, 19 May 2013 16:31:39 GMT
Sun, 19 May 2013 18:08:48 GMT
Yahoo's board approves a deal to buy New York-based
blogging service Tumblr for $1.1bn (£725m), US media reports say.
Sun, 19 May 2013 19:04:47 GMT
The
Nigerian military says that Boko Haram
militants in the north-east of the country are "in disarray" as a result of its offensive against them.
Sun, 19 May 2013 14:05:27 GMT
Tunisian
police clash with hundreds of supporters of the radical
Islamist group
Ansar al-Sharia defying attempts to bar a gathering.
Sun, 19 May 2013 10:06:16 GMT
Sun, 19 May 2013 18:22:54 GMT
US diplomat Ryan Fogle, accused by
Russia accused of being a
spy , has now left the country according to Russian television.
Sun, 19 May 2013 00:37:37 GMT
Denmark 's Emmelie de Forest wins the
Eurovision Song Contest, with the
UK 's Bonnie Tyler finishing 19th out of 26 countries.
Sun, 19 May 2013 06:44:28 GMT
China 's Premier Li Keqiang travels to
India for his first foreign visit since taking office, with border tensions and trade topping the agenda.
Sun, 19 May 2013 10:53:03 GMT
Sun, 19 May 2013 14:44:39 GMT
Sun, 19 May 2013 10:15:30 GMT
A guitar played by
John Lennon and George Harrison of the Beatles in 1967 fetches $408,000 (£269,000) at auction in New York.
Sat, 18 May 2013 17:11:34 GMT
Five decades after
Fidel Castro ordered
Cuba 's golf courses to be closed down because he considered them "elitist", the island's communist government has approved the construction of a luxury golf resort.
Sun, 19 May 2013 07:59:48 GMT
A ticket holder in
Florida has won the largest Powerball jackpot in US history, more than $590m (£388m), lottery officials say.
Sun, 19 May 2013 01:17:47 GMT
Up to 60 people were injured when a car ploughed into a crowd during a parade in a small town in
the US State of Virginia , officials say.
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