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Two car bombs targeting Lebanese mosques kill dozens; President Obama and Britain’s Foreign Secretary voice concern over the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria; new details are revealed about Al Qaeda’s attempted strike in Yemen; Britain is allegedly maintaining a secret intelligence gathering operation in the Middle East; and the NSA paid tech companies millions of dollars to cover the c...

France calls for international intervention if Syria’s use of chemical weapons is confirmed; Egypt’s amended constitution moves forward; the Justice Department sues Texas over its voter ID law; President Obama announces a plan to reduce college costs; and North Korea reportedly faces a crystal-meth epidemic.

An alleged chemical attack in Syria kills hundreds; the NSA can access at least 75% of all U.S. Internet traffic; Bradley Manning is sentenced to 35 years in prison; a judge approves force-feeding California inmates who are on hunger strike; and Russian citizens panic over the strange behavior of local pigeons.

Allies in the Gulf region are undermining U.S. efforts to curb Egypt’s violent crackdown; former Egyptian vice president Mohamed ElBaradei is being charged over his resignation; Pakistan’s former leader is indicted for murder; the British government forces The Guardian to destroyed leaked NSA documents; and San Francisco threatens to sue Nevada over the dumping of psychiatric patients in Califo...

The situation in Egypt continues to deteriorate after a weekend of violence; former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak could be released from prison this week; British officials detained a Guardian reporter’s partner for nine hours of questioning; Nigeria claims that Boko Haram’s leader may be dead; and the U.S. urges a 60 year sentence for whistleblower Bradley Manning.

Friday’s "Day of Rage" in Egypt leaves more than 100 dead; the NSA violates privacy rules thousands of times each year; China plans to stop harvesting organs from executed inmates; a polio outbreak is the latest crisis in Somalia; and a zoo in China tries to pass off a dog as a lion.

More than 600 are dead in Egypt’s brutal crackdown on protesters; Bradley Manning apologizes for document leaks; Syria agrees to allow chemical weapons inspections by the UN; nearly 1,500 South African police are actually convicted criminals; and New Zealand opens a cardboard cathedral in Christchurch.

Hundreds are dead as pro-Morsi protesters are targeted by government forces in Egypt; Doctors Without Borders pulls out of Somalia; the Eurozone appears to have emerged from recession, thanks to Germany and France; the Justice Department moves to block the merger of U.S. Airways and American Airlines; and the ACLU files suit against North Carolina over a restrictive new voter ID law.

Egyptian police clash with pro-Morsi protesters in Cairo; gunmen kill 44 during prayers at a mosque in Nigeria; President Obama names Director of National Intelligence James Clapper to oversee the upcoming review of the NSA; a measles epidemic is the latest blight against children in the Central African Republic; and Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro celebrates a low key 87th birthday.

The Justice Department moves to end mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenders; Israel announces plans to release 26 Palestinian prisoners ahead of the next round of peace talks; militants attacked a natural gas terminal in Yemen, killing five soldiers; a top Nazi war crime suspect has died while awaiting trial in Hungary; and new research may explain how sleep loss can lead to increased we...

The NSA could be reading every email and text sent into or out of the U.S.; Al Qaeda’s influence in North Africa grows; more bloodshed seems to be on the horizon in Egypt; calls for a boycott of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia come from opposite ends of the political spectrum; and dead dolphins are turning up in record numbers along the Atlantic Coast.

Syrian rebels target President Assad’s motorcade with rocket strikes; the death toll from tribal clashes in South Sudan continues to rise; Pope Francis tightens Vatican financial regulations; an untamed wild fire has consumed more than 10,000 acres in Southern California; and Portuguese researchers have found a way to make alcohol from coffee grounds.

Yemen’s government reportedly foils an Al-Qaeda plot; despite recent tensions over whistleblower Edward Snowden, the United States will hold talks with Russia; international mediators fear that Egypt may be headed toward civil war; the Japanese government announces it will intervene in the Fukushima nuclear plant cleanup; and China reports the first possible case of possible human-to-human tran...

The U.S. and Britain are pulling staff out of Yemen amidst growing security concerns; the TSA is expanding its role beyond airports; Syrian rebels make gains in their latest counter-offensives against government forces; in Egypt, bodies are turning up near pro-Morsi protests; and officials in London discover a bus-sized pile of fat in the city’s sewer.

Moderate Cleric Hassan Rouhani has been sworn in as Iran’s new President; Robert Mugabe is declared the victor in Zimbabwe’s presidential election; a secret DEA unit works to cover up investigations of American citizens; Major League Baseball suspends 13 players linked to a South Florida drug lab; and food critics get a taste of the world’s first hamburger grown in a laboratory.

An American helicopter gunship kills five Afghan policemen; at least 40 people are dead following an attack on an arms depot in Syria; the State Department issues a global travel warning for citizens and government staff; a new study links climate change to increases in violence; and the U.S. updates its visa processing for same-sex married couples.

The House votes to impose new sanctions on Iran’s oil exports; Russia grants short term asylum to Edward Snowden; the U.N. moves to disarm Congo’s M23 rebel group; a new report highlights misconduct by the TSA; and a record-breaking heat wave hits China.

The latest NSA leaks shed more light on the pervasiveness of government surveillance; Egyptian officials order police to break up pro-Morsi demonstrations; as the US prepares to withdraw from Afghanistan, casualties are on the rise; polls have closed in Zimbabwe’s presidential election; and India’s government votes to create a new state.

Bradley Manning has been found not guilty of aiding the enemy, but faces more than 100 years on other charges; in Pakistan, Taliban fighters raid a prison, freeing hundreds, while more than 1,100 prisoners escape in a jailbreak in Libya; in a nationwide sweep, the FBI frees more than 100 victims of underage prostitution; and a thief steals over $136,000,000 worth of jewelry from a hotel on the ...

Egyptian authorities killed more than 70 pro-Morsi protesters in weekend clashes; Israeli and Palestinian officials agree to the first peace talks in nearly three years; a bus crash in Italy killed at least 38; a weekend mass shooting in Miami left six dead; and Pope Francis spoke candidly about gays in the priesthood.

The death toll for the Syrian civil war reaches 100,000 and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon calls for peace talks; Halliburton pleads guilty to destroying evidence connected to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill; in Egypt, ousted president Mohammed Morsi is charged with conspiring with Hamas; accused rapist and abductor Ariel Castro makes a plea deal for life in prison without parole; and a s...

Scores of passengers are dead following a high-speed train derailment in Spain; Tunisians take to the streets to protest the killing of an opposition leader; Shi’ite truck drivers are executed north of Baghdad; federal agents raid marijuana dispensaries in Washington state, despite the drug’s decriminalization there; and scientists may have discovered the cause of alarming rates of honey bee de...

Egyptian military leaders call on citizens to give the army a mandate to counter ‘violence and terrorism’; the Red Cross highlights the growing humanitarian crisis in Syria; the House rejects an amendment to limit NSA surveillance; clashes between police forces and armed gang members in western Mexico leave nearly two dozen dead; and a federal judge suspends the initial challenges to Detroit’s ...

The Pentagon outlines options for U.S. intervention in the Syrian civil war; the latest round of clashes in Egypt leave nine dead; a new report shows that female genital cutting may be on the decline in Africa; China institutes a five-year ban on new government buildings; and the FDA considers regulating menthol cigarettes.

In Colombia, FARC militants ambush security forces, leaving 19 soldiers dead; in northern China, a series of earthquakes flattens villages, killing dozens and wounding hundreds; armed insurgents in Iraq attack two high-security prisons, springing hundreds of prisoners and convicted terrorists; in a botched training exercise, the U.S. Navy drops bombs on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef; and a 39-...

Detroit becomes the largest U.S. city to declare bankruptcy and unions are not happy about it; Islamist protesters pour into Egypt’s streets, demanding the reinstatement of ex-president Mohamed Morsi; lawyers for California prison inmates on hunger strike claim guards are retaliating; in the wake of the Zimmerman verdict, President Obama speaks out about race in America; and children in a remot...

A potential key witness in the trial of mob boss ‘Whitey’ Bulger turns up dead; Russia’s most popular opposition leader is sentenced to 5 years in prison; ethnic clashes leave at least 54 dead in Guinea; wildfires in the mountains near Palm Springs, California force thousands to flee; and an unexploded World War II-era bomb is found near a kindergarten in Hungary.

A judge orders the Obama Administration to release its justification for the NSA’s PRISM surveillance program; al-Qaeda’s Yemen branch loses its second in command to a U.S. drone strike; In India, violent protests erupt after at least 25 children die eating poisoned school lunches; penitent Catholics earn time off purgatory by following the Pope on Twitter; and a construction crew in Poland dig...

Overnight clashes between riot police and Islamist protesters in Egypt leave seven dead and hundreds wounded; Panamanian authorities seized a North Korean ship suspected of carrying sophisticated missile equipment; in Mexico, marines capture one of the country’s most ruthless drug lords; Indian police arrest 8 men suspected of kidnapping and raping four young girls; and in countries like Englan...

Protesters across the United States are reacting with outrage and prayer in the wake of George Zimmerman’s acquittal; the U.S. is warning the Egyptian military to stop cracking down on Islamist protesters, even as Egyptian prosecutors freeze the assets of top Muslim Brotherhood leaders; yesterday capped another deadly weekend in Iraq, where more than 760 people have been killed since June; Syri...

Greek workers are protesting the government’s plans to slash public sector jobs, as the unemployment rate reaches a new high; prison officials in Georgia are scrambling to locate enough drugs to execute an inmate by lethal injection; in Indonesia, prison inmates rioted to protest a lack of water. Hundreds escaped and several were killed; across Egypt, supporters of ousted ex-president Mohamed M...

A jury hears closing remarks in the murder trial of George Zimmerman; the nuclear power plant at Fukushima has probably been leaking radioactive toxins into the sea for the past two years, but no one knows how to stop it; the Pope changes Vatican law to crack down on money laundering and child sexual abuse; in Russia, a court convicts a whistleblower and Kremlin critic on charges of tax evasion...

Devastating rainstorms hit China’s Sichuan province; California prison inmates are on hunger strike to protest conditions in solitary confinement; a federal judge finds Apple guilty of conspiring to raise e-book prices; Egyptian authorities are cracking down on the Muslim Brotherhood and ordering the arrest of top spiritual leaders; and Twinkies will be back in stores next week.

An British court hands down a serious sentence for cyber bullying, sending a man to prison for 28 months for threatening to kill children on Facebook; the ACLU takes on Pennsylvania’s same sex marriage ban; state prison doctors in California sterilized female inmates for years without proper state approval; a journalist in Dagestan is gunned down, the 17th reporter killed there in 20 years; and...

Asiana Airlines says one of the pilots flying the plane that crash landed in San Francisco this weekend was still in training; a town in Quebec is in ruins after a runaway train explodes; more than 50 people are dead in Egypt as protesters fight with security forces; in Nigeria, an extremist group attacks a school and kills 22 children; and an algae bloom the size of Connecticut chokes China’s ...