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Tuesday, May 22 2012, 01:15 AM

World

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Jenna Talackova, the first transgender Miss Universe contestant, is seen on stage during the preliminary round of the Miss Universe…

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  • Bomb explodes near UN observers' chief in Syria

    A roadside bomb has exploded in a restive suburb of the Syrian capital as the chief of the U.N. observers was visiting.

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  • Chinese activist who fled house arrest lands in US

    A blind Chinese legal activist who was suddenly allowed to leave the country arrived in the United State on Saturday, ending a nearly monthlong diplomatic tussle that had tested U.S.-China…

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  • Protesters prepare for larger NATO demonstration

    Protesters gathering in Chicago for the NATO summit were gearing up for their largest demonstration Sunday, when thousands are expected to march from a downtown park to the lakeside convention…

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  • China's premier calls for efforts to spur growth

    Premier Wen Jiabao called for more priority to be given to boosting China's slowing economic growth, a state news agency reported Sunday, after unusually weak industrial activity in April prompted…

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  • Sunday mourning

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    An Italian firefighter stands among rubble and destroyed cars in Modena, Italy, Sunday. A magnitude-6.0 temblor shook northern Italy early Sunday. The quake struck at 4:04 a.m. Sunday between Modena…

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  • Italy bombing revives memories of dark era

    A bomb blast outside a high school in southern Italy that killed a 16-year-old student has revived dark memories of the 70s and 80s, when terrorists, anarchists and organized crime…

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  • Pakistan blocks Twitter over contentious material

    The chairman of Pakistan's telecommunications authority says the government has blocked the social networking website Twitter because of material considered offensive to Islam.

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  • Portugal President to visit RI on Tuesday

    The President of Portugal, Anibal Antonio Cavaco Silva, is scheduled to visit Indonesia from Tuesday to Thursday.

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  • Powerful quake kills at least 3 in northern Italy

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    One of the strongest earthquakes to shake northern Italy rattled the region around Bologna early Sunday, a magnitude-6.0 temblor that killed at least three people, toppled some buildings and sent…

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  • On fire

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    Performers take part in a two-day Fire Festival in Minsk, Belarus, on Saturday.

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