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Moscow blasts alleged vote theft at Eurovision
Russia's point man on Syria and on its relations with the U.S. on Tuesday turned his attention toward a subject close to Russian hearts — alleged vote theft at the Eurovision Song Contest. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was meeting with his counterpart from Azerbaijan, a former Soviet republic that is ...
Reports: Iran bars 2 top figures from June ballot
Iranian news websites have boosted speculation that election overseers have barred two prominent but divisive figures from next month's presidential ballot. The hardline website Tasnimnews.com says the Guardian Council has rejected former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, a close confidant of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The semiofficial ...
Tunisia announces 3 cases of coronavirus, 1 death
A 66-year-old Tunisian man has died from the new coronavirus following a visit to Saudi Arabia and two of his adult children were infected with it, the Tunisian Health Ministry reported. His sons were treated and have since recovered but the rest of the family remains under medical observation, the ...
South Africa: Winnie Mandela forced auction flops
An auction to pay off a debt of Nelson Mandela's ex-wife failed to take place because no one would open her home to the sheriff. Officials and reporters gathered Tuesday outside the gated home of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. No one responded to the doorbell although a black car sped out of ...
3 Hezbollah fighters die of wounds from Syria
Three members of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group died of wounds sustained while fighting for control of a strategic Syrian town near the Lebanese border, activists said Tuesday, as the battle in the area raged for its third straight day. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the deaths raise ...
Group: More Afghan women jailed for 'moral crimes'
An international rights group says the number of Afghan women and girls jailed for "moral crimes" has risen dramatically in the past 18 months. Human Rights Watch says the increase may mean that authorities feel they no longer need to uphold gains in Afghan women's rights as international troops are ...
Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival
Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival: KEANU REEVES STEPS BEHIND THE LENS The transition from actor to director was not an easy one for Keanu Reeves. Reeves, who showed clips from his upcoming film "Man of Tai Chi" to a select crowd on Monday, ...
Raw: Japan's WWII Atrocities Under Fire in Seoul
A small but angry group of South Korean activists gathered outside the Japanese embassy in Seoul on Tuesday to express their anger over Japan's wartime atrocities. (May 21)
The pope and the devil: Is Francis an exorcist?
Is Pope Francis an exorcist? The question has been swirling ever since Francis laid his hands Sunday on the head of a young man after celebrating Mass in St. Peter's Square. The young man heaved deeply a half-dozen times, convulsed and shook, and then slumped in his wheelchair as Francis ...
Israeli peace negotiator: Stalemate bad for Israel
Israel's chief peace negotiator with the Palestinians says the current stalemate is harmful for Israel. Tzipi Livni told a parliamentary committee Tuesday that resuming negotiations was "first and foremost an Israeli interest." She spoke days before U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to arrive in Israel for his ...
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