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Monday May 20, 2013
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International News
Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival: Ahna O'Reilly honoured, Lars Ulrich hard at work
CANNES, France - Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival:...
AP IMPACT: Thousands of military sex abuse victims seek disability benefits, health care
WASHINGTON - More than 85,000 veterans were treated last year for injuries or illness stemming from sexual abuse in the military, and 4,000 sought disability benefits, underscoring the staggering long-term impact of a crisis that has...
SKorea analyzing if 4 projectiles North Korea launched were missiles or artillery
SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea is analyzing whether projectiles North Korea fired into its eastern waters over the weekend are short-range missiles or a new type of artillery the country may be developing, officials said Monday....
Tornadoes from huge Midwest storm system level homes in Oklahoma, cut power in other states
EDMOND, Okla. - One of several tornadoes that touched down Sunday in Oklahoma turned homes in a trailer park near Oklahoma City into splinters and rubble and sent frightened residents along a 100-mile corridor scurrying for shelter....
Syrian regime troops score gains, push into strategic rebel-held town near Lebanon
BEIRUT - Syrian troops pushed into a rebel-held town near the Lebanese border on Sunday, fighting house-to-house and bombing from the air as President Bashar Assad tried to strengthen his grip on a strategic strip of land running from the...
Emergency official says driver in Va. parade crash likely suffered from medical condition
DAMASCUS, Va. - Authorities believe the driver who plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Virginia mountain town parade suffered from a medical condition and did not cause the crash intentionally, an emergency official said Sunday....
