Sunday, May 19 2013, 10:50 AM

World

Book launch

Mark McGillivray (at the podium, left), the coauthor of Narrowing the Development Gap in ASEAN: Drivers and Policy Options, speaks…

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  • Brief panic as blanks fired during Cannes

    A live outdoor television broadcast from the Cannes Film Festival was briefly interrupted Friday when what sounded like gunshots sent crew and spectators scurrying for cover. 

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  • Bombs kill 9 inside elite housing complex

    Two bombs hidden in a motorcycle and a car exploded inside an elite gated community linked to the family of Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday evening, killing at least…

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  • Gunmen seize elderly father of Syria's deputy FM

    The office of Syria's deputy foreign minister says gunmen have abducted his elderly father in the southern Daraa province.

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  • Egypt Muslim-Christian clashes leave 1 dead

    Egyptian security officials say clashes between Muslims and Christians in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria left one man dead of a heart attack.

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  • We need support

    Greece's Prime Minister Antonis Samaras reacts as he speaks at a Greece-China Business gala dinner in Shanghai, China, Saturday. Samaras is in China seeking investment and trade deals to help…

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  • Colours of dignity

    A visitor touches the light wall "Colours of Dignity" during an open doors day of the new permanent exhibition at the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum in Geneva,…

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  • Powerful hand shake

    In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper l'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a private audience at the Vatican, Saturday. (AP/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)

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  • Glorious parade

    Sri Lankan government soldiers march in a war victory parade in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday. The military parade is being held to commemorate the 4th year anniversary of the government's…

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  • Rebels kill Indian army officer in Kashmir

    The Indian army says one of its officers was fatally shot by suspected rebels who crossed over to the Indian portion of Kashmir from the Pakistani side.

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  • RI, US reaffirm commitment to build stronger partnership

    Indonesia and the United States reconfirmed their commitment to further boost relations and expand their scope through the optimization of a joint commission, as the US underscored Indonesia’s critical role…

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