Attack on Ivorian village kills 13: ministerAn armed gang attacked an Ivorian village near the border with Liberia, killing three soldiers and 10 civilians, Defence Minister Paul Koffi Koffi said.
Lao plane carrying defence chief crashes: Thai officialA Lao military plane carrying top officials including the defence minister crashed on Saturday in the north of the communist country, a Thai official said, without giving details of any casualties.
17 May 2014
GM fined record $35 mn over ignition recall delayThe US auto safety regulator Friday imposed a record $35 million fine on General Motors for its failure to promptly recall cars with ignition faults linked to at least 13 deaths.
Syrian woman's siege of Homs film gets standing ovation at CannesA Syrian woman whose horrifying footage of the siege of Homs was turned into a film by an exiled director was on Friday given a standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival, a few hours after the pair met for the first time.
17 May 2014
24 dead as Libya ex-general battles Benghazi IslamistsLibyan forces loyal to a rogue general, vowing to flush "terrorists" out of Benghazi, clashed with former rebel Islamist groups in the eastern city Friday, killing 24 people and wounding some 150.
17 May 2014
Four dead as 'catastrophic' floods hit Bosnia and SerbiaFour people in Bosnia have died in flooding from the heaviest rainfall to hit the Balkans in over a century, officials said Friday, in what Serbia's premier has called a "horrible natural catastrophe".
17 May 2014
Watergate conspirator Jeb Magruder diesJeb Magruder, the Nixon White House aide imprisoned for his role in the Watergate scandal who later claimed he overheard the president order the break-in, has died. He was 79.
17 May 2014
Ban condemns water cuts in Syria's AleppoUnited Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned rebels Friday for cutting water supplies to the besieged northern Syrian city of Aleppo, calling for services to be restored immediately.
17 May 2014
Two US men arrested for burying woman aliveTwo American men have been accused of burying a woman alive, according to court documents released Friday after the pair was arrested and charged with murder.
Clashes near Sao Paulo airport 27 days from World CupDozens of protesters clashed with police late Friday, throwing fireworks and torching at least two vehicles near Sao Paulo's airport, which has just opened a new international terminal ahead of the World Cup.
17 May 2014
PlayStation 4 leads jump in US console salesSony's PlayStation 4 led a surge in console sales that lifted the US video game market in April, said figures released Thursday by market research firm NPD Group.
17 May 2014
Fast-food workers strike in US for pay, union rightsFast-food workers in Miami and New York went on strike Thursday to demand pay hikes and the right to unionize in a protest also observed in other cities around the world.
17 May 2014
Philippine, Vietnamese join anti-China street protestSeveral hundred Filipino and Vietnamese protesters united in a march in the Philippine capital on Friday, demanding that China stop oil drilling in disputed South China Sea waters.
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