Pakistan school van fire kills 16 children, teacher
Los Angeles Times
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Sixteen children and a teacher were killed Saturday when their school van burst into flames in eastern Pakistan, apparently due to a short circuit. President Asif Ali Zardari expressed "deep shock" over the tragedy and ordered ...
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Fifty arrested ahead of Paris anti-gay marriage rally
AFP
PARIS — Fifty opponents of gay marriage were arrested in central Paris late Saturday, police said, on the eve of a major protest against a new French law allowing homosexual couples to formally tie the knot. The demonstration on Saturday took place along ...
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More Detained in British Soldier's Killing
Wall Street Journal
LONDON—Police made more arrests here Saturday evening in their widening probe of Wednesday's murder of a British soldier near a military barracks in southeast London. The Metropolitan Police said they arrested two men, ages 24 and 28, at a residential ...
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Hezbollah wants to bring victory to Assad
NBCNews.com
Syria saw one of the deadliest days of fighting in its civil war Saturday. Meanwhile, the leader of the powerful Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said his fighters would wage an all-out battle to save President Bashar Assad. NBC's Richard Engel reports.
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China pledges to step up partnership with Africa
Xinhua
BEIJING, May 25 (Xinhua) -- Top legislator Zhang Dejiang said on Saturday that China is willing to work with African countries to advance the China-Africa new-type strategic partnership to a higher level. Zhang, chairman of the Standing Committee of the ...
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'Black Widow' Suicide Bomber Wounds 12 in Russia
Voice of America
A woman suicide bomber blew herself up in southern Russia's Dagestan Saturday, wounding at least 18 people, including children and several police officers. Police say the bomber detonated her explosives in the central square in Makhachkala, Dagestan's ...
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