Thursday, 24 May 2012 08:05
At least three Lebanese Shia pilgrims were killed and seven wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near their bus in the Iraqi city of Ramadi, a police source said.
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At least three Lebanese Shia pilgrims were killed and seven wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near their bus in the Iraqi city of Ramadi, a police source said.

A French prosecutor has opened a preliminary investigation into allegations of rape in a Washington hotel by Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former IMF chief and one-time French presidential hopeful.

Veteran nationalist Tomislav Nikolic is on course to narrowly defeat incumbent Boris Tadic in Serbia's presidential runoff vote, surprising many analysts in the Balkan nation.

Robin Gibb, a performer who enjoyed decades of success as part of all-brother singing trio the Bee Gees, has died aged 62 after a battle against cancer.

A Dutch court has sentenced a former a creche worker who sexually assaulted 67 children and produced child pornography to 18 years in prison.

At least seven people have been killed and up to 50 others injured in a 6.0-magnitude earthquake near the northern Italian city of Bologna, according to the Italian news agency ANSA.

Serbians are voting in a presidential runoff election, with pre-vote opinion polls predicting victory for incumbent Boris Tadic over his nationalist challenger Tomislav Nikolic.

A car competing in a rally race in southern France veered off the road and crashed into a crowd killing at least two people and injuring 15 , firefighters said.

A bomb exploded in front of a girls' school in southern Italy, killing a 16-year-old girl and wounding seven others with suspicion quickly falling on the local Mafia.
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Heightening Tensions for War on Iran |
| Stephen Lendman | |
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Is Jeffrey Feltman Iran’s Best Friend in Lebanon? |
| Franklin Lamb | |
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Staying Sober |
| Lawrence Davidson | |
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NO NO NATO |
| Bob Boldt | |
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Why An Ex-Marine Turns Pacifist |
| Sherwood Ross | |
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Hafez Aladdeen is an Israeli Patriot |
| Gilad Atzmon | |
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Ongoing Palestinian Genocide |
| Gideon Polya | |
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Is the Occupy Movement Justified? |
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