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Iran's Rouhani warns of Syria Talibanization Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned Thursday that Syria could become an extremist haven like Taliban-era Afghanistan as he called for cooperation to end the country's civil war.

27 September 2013

Olympics: Brazil audit shows Rio Games preparations off target An audit into the finances of the 2016 Rio Olympics shows preparations are behind schedule with earmarked state cash largely unspent.

27 September 2013

US, Russia break deadlock on Syria chemical arms The United States and Russia agreed a draft UN Security Council resolution Thursday on destroying Syria's chemical weapons, breaking a prolonged deadlock over the country's bitter conflict.

27 September 2013

US should look south for strategic interests: Colombia The United States' key strategic partnerships lie to its south, but President Barack Obama failed to mention them in his address to the United Nations.

27 September 2013

UN powers make progress on Syria resolution: envoys The world's major powers made important progress Wednesday on key points of a UN Security Council resolution on destroying Syria's chemical weapons.

27 September 2013

Venezuela arrests 22 in Air France cocaine bust Venezuela has arrested 22 people including eight military staff in a smuggling case in which 1.3 tons of cocaine were flown from Caracas to Paris on an Air France jet.

27 September 2013

Venezuelan president scraps UN trip over 'threats' Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Wednesday he had scrapped his plan to take part in the UN General Assembly in New York to "protect my life" after purported threats on it.

26 September 2013

Kazakhstan orphans raped by American adopting parents unlikely to return to Kazakhstan They are working on receiving American citizenship and have no plans to come back to Kazakhstan: Foreign Ministry.

26 September 2013

American, two Russians take shortcut to space An American and two Russians blasted off Thursday for the International Space Station atop a Soyuz rocket that will slash more than a day off the usual travel time.

26 September 2013

US, Iran gear for historic nuclear talks With the eyes of the world upon them, the United States and Iran will Thursday have one of their highest-level meetings since the 1979 revolution as their foreign ministers join talks on Tehran's suspect nuclear program.

26 September 2013

'Sailing changed forever' after Cup classic: Ellison Billionaire yachtsman Larry Ellison said the thrilling America's Cup series had changed the face of the sport after his Oracle Team USA completed a miraculous comeback.

26 September 2013

Bill Clinton backs Obama's push to promote health law President Barack Obama got backing from Bill Clinton Tuesday as he sought to promote his health care law to the US public amid a congressional battle and an approaching sign-up date.

25 September 2013

Brazil territory bans sales of toy guns A Brazilian territory is believed to have become the first region in Latin America to ban the sale of toy guns as the country attempts to staunch an epidemic of firearm-related crime.

25 September 2013

Rowhani-Obama handshake was 'too complicated' The US and Iranian presidents, Barack Obama and Hassan Rowhani, came agonizingly close to a historic handshake on Tuesday.

25 September 2013

YouTube revamps much-criticized comments feed YouTube, the Google-owned video sharing website, said Tuesday it was revamping its comments feed which some web users claimed had turned into a magnet for crude and vulgar postings.

25 September 2013

Americans spent $2.6 bn gambling online in 2012: study Americans spent $2.6 billion on gambling websites in 2012, according to a study released Tuesday by the casino industry as it renewed a push for Congress to regulate online betting.

25 September 2013

Sands of time running out for rare Canadian desert As desertification creeps into parts of the world, a rare stretch of sand in Canada's vast western plains is oddly doing the reverse -- slowly sprouting with vegetation.

25 September 2013

UN wrangles on Syria as Obama urges action US President Barack Obama on Tuesday demanded the UN Security Council take tough action against Syria, as Russia wrangled with the West over how to strip Bashar al-Assad of chemical arms.

25 September 2013

Harmony Lessons wins Best New Director award at Seattle International Film Festival The movie received one of the the festival’s major awards, the Best New Director Grand Jury Prize.

25 September 2013

Microsoft unveils upgraded Surface tablets Microsoft unveiled two new versions of its Surface tablet on Monday, renewing its efforts in mobile computing after the product's launch a year ago failed to impress consumers.

25 September 2013

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