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White House releases Benghazi emails The White House released 100 pages of emails Wednesday designed to defuse Republican claims of a cover-up over the attack on the US mission in Benghazi last year that killed four Americans.

16 May 2013

Canadian ISS astronaut returns to Earth a star Canadian spaceman Chris Hadfield on Tuesday returned to Earth along with two other astronauts after a half-year mission to the ISS that saw him become a global celebrity through his Twitter microblog.

14 May 2013

French troops at gates of last major city in northern Mali French troops were at the gates of the last major city in northern Mali still outside their control early Wednesday after their forces landed at the airport in Kidal.

31 January 2013

Australia joins Europeans in Benghazi threat alert Britain, Germany, the Netherlands and Australia have all urged their citizens to leave the Libyan city of Benghazi due to a "specific, imminent threat to Westerners", linked to French action in Mali.

27 January 2013

US, Europe team up for moon fly-by The US and European space agencies announced a new partnership Wednesday pairing a European cargo module with NASA's Orion space capsule, which aims to take astronauts into deep space.

18 January 2013

East Timor bids farewell to peacekeepers after 13 years The UN ends its peacekeeping mission in East Timor Monday after 13 years of boots on the ground in Asia's youngest nation following a bloody transition to independence.

01 January 2013

US inquiry slams 'grossly inadequate' Benghazi security A long-awaited inquiry into a deadly militant attack on the US mission in the Libyan city of Benghazi late Tuesday slammed State Department security arrangements there as "grossly inadequate."

20 December 2012

NASA to send new rover to Mars in 2020 NASA plans to send a new rover to Mars in 2020 as it prepares for a manned mission to the Red Planet, the US space agency said Tuesday.

05 December 2012

N. Korea installs rocket on launch pad: report North Korea has installed the first stage of a long-range rocket it plans to launch this month on the launch pad, defying international calls to cancel the mission.

03 December 2012

US aims to keep 10,000 troops in Afghanistan: report The administration of President Barack Obama aims to keep around 10,000 US troops in Afghanistan after formal combat operations in that country end in 2014.

27 November 2012

Portugal pulls bulk of police from East Timor Portugal withdrew the bulk of its police officers from East Timor on Saturday as international forces wind up a 13-year mission in Asia's youngest nation, where thousands have died in political bloodshed.

24 November 2012

Benghazi row in Washington narrows on edited memo The row over the assault on the US mission in Libya has narrowed to focus on how and why the CIA's determination that it was a terror attack was left out of a public "talking points" memo.

20 November 2012

US soldiers say still focused on Afghan mission As the US soldiers returned fire during an insurgent attack, an old man walked towards the platoon.

13 October 2012

Facebook hits billion users amid revenue worries Facebook on Thursday celebrated eclipsing the billion-member mark, touting its mission to make the world more social while investors wondered how the service would cash in on its popularity.

05 October 2012

Clinton vows to answer all questions on Libya attack US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton vowed Wednesday to answer lingering questions about last month's deadly attack on a US mission in Libya, seeking to counter a barrage of Republican criticism.

05 October 2012

US wants more time to close USAID in Russia The United States has asked Russia for more time to shutter the activities of USAID, after Moscow gave it less than three weeks to close down two-decade old programs.

22 September 2012

Rebels say Syria envoy's mission doomed Fighting raged in Syria's two biggest cities on Sunday as UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi ended his first visit to the country on a peace mission a rebel commander said was doomed to fail.

18 September 2012

Australia says Karzai 'wrong' on Afghan operation Australia Monday flatly rejected comments from Afghan President Hamid Karzai that a recent night-time raid which left two men dead was carried out without the approval of local authorities.

03 September 2012

Australia says killings will not speed up Afghan exit Australia said Friday it would complete its mission in Afghanistan despite suffering its deadliest day in combat since the Vietnam War and the prospect of further deaths caused by rogue soldiers.

31 August 2012

Pro-Palestinian activists barred from West Bank visit Israel and Jordan on Sunday barred pro-Palestinian US and European activists from trying to cross into the West Bank to deliver aid to students, a number of sources said.

28 August 2012

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