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Kerry shuttles between Jerusalem, Ramallah in effort to relaunch peace talks by The Washington Post on 12:13 AM

JERUSALEM —Working against what Palestinians say is an early June deadline to show progress in a renewed bid for Mideast peace, Secretary of State John F. Kerry said Thursday that he is trying (...)

New Coca-Cola ad campaign mired in sensitive Israeli identity politics by The Washington Post on 12:13 AM

JERUSALEM -- Whatever you think of Coca-Cola's new marketing campaign here, it's certainly getting attention. In launching the campaign earlier this month, the soft drink company has identified r(...)

IMF chief Christine Lagarde to be witness, not suspect, in French arbitration case by The Washington Post on 12:13 AM

PARIS — Christine Lagarde, director general of the International Monetary Fund, wound up more than 25 hours of interrogation Friday night without any accusation being leveled against her for a (...)

Saudi man investigated after Boston Marathon speaks out by The Washington Post on 12:13 AM

The "easy-going, good humored" Saudi Arabian student who briefly became an object of intense suspicion after the Boston bombings broke two months of silence this week, telling The Islamic Monthly(...)

Indian cricket tournament threatened by latest scandal by The Washington Post on 12:13 AM

MUMBAI — Cricketers in custody, team executives under scrutiny and frenzied media coverage for all the wrong reasons: This is not the gripping end-of-season climax the Indian Premier League wan(...)

Five charts that help explain Sweden's youth riots by The Washington Post on 12:13 AM

The violent youth riots that spread across Stockholm's suburbs this week seem at odds with the public perception of Sweden as one of the world's most liberal and tolerant countries. But the racia(...)

How Pakistanis reacted to Obama's new guidelines for drone strikes by The Washington Post on 12:13 AM

Many Pakistanis carefully listened to President Obama's new rules on America's drone campaign to target militants abroad, especially in the tribal regions of Pakistan. With more than 355 drone st(...)

British air force diverts Pakistani plane, 2 passengers arrested, after alleged threat by The Washington Post on 12:13 AM

LONDON — Two passengers on board a Pakistan International Airlines flight were arrested Friday on suspicion of endangering an aircraft after Britain scrambled two Royal Air Force Typhoon jets t(...)

Russia says Assad agrees ‘in principle’ to join Syria peace talks by The Washington Post on 12:13 AM

MOSCOW — Russia said Friday that the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has agreed “in principle” to participate in a peace conference sponsored by Russia and the United States.(...)

Massive Russian earthquake felt 4,000 miles from epicenter by The Washington Post on 12:13 AM

MOSCOW If an earthquake can shake Moscow, what's next? Anyone taking a look at the Global Seismic Hazard Map can see that the capital of Russia sits squarely in a big boring gray blotch, which me(...)

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