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Thu, 23 May 2013 19:15:58 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_SYRIA?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By ZEINA KARAM 2013-05-23T19:15:58Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_US_MIDEAST?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT JERUSALEM (AP) -- The United States and Israel raised hopes Thursday for a restart of the Middle East peace process, despite little tangible progress so far from U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's two-month-old effort to get Israelis and Palestinians back to the negotiating table.... Thu, 23 May 2013 17:11:03 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_US_MIDEAST?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By BRADLEY KLAPPER and JOSEF FEDERMAN 2013-05-23T17:11:03Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_UN_CORONAVIRUS?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT GENEVA (AP) -- International efforts to combat a new pneumonia-like virus that has now killed 22 people are being slowed by unclear rules and competition for the potentially profitable rights to disease samples, the head of the World Health Organization warned Thursday.... Thu, 23 May 2013 21:44:37 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_UN_CORONAVIRUS?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By JOHN HEILPRIN 2013-05-23T21:44:37Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_SWEDEN_IMMIGRANT_UNREST?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT HUSBY, Sweden (AP) -- Sweden has long been a bastion of generous social welfare and an egalitarian political culture. So many people were shocked when scores of youths hurled rocks at police and set cars ablaze during rioting in several largely immigrant areas near Stockholm this week.... Thu, 23 May 2013 19:32:59 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_SWEDEN_IMMIGRANT_UNREST?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By MALIN RISING 2013-05-23T19:32:59Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_DRONE_STRIKES_PAKISTAN?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- An American citizen killed in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan in 2011 was arrested by Pakistani authorities three years earlier but escaped after being released on bail, officials said Thursday.... Thu, 23 May 2013 16:40:15 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_DRONE_STRIKES_PAKISTAN?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By RIAZ KHAN 2013-05-23T16:40:15Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_BRITAIN_ATTACK_VICTIM?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT LONDON (AP) -- The soldier brutally murdered in a suspected terrorist attack in London was a popular 25-year-old ceremonial military drummer and machine gunner, a father and a passionate fan of the Manchester United soccer team, the British military said Thursday.... Thu, 23 May 2013 20:42:28 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_BRITAIN_ATTACK_VICTIM?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT 2013-05-23T20:42:28Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_BRITAIN_ATTACK?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT LONDON (AP) -- A man seen with bloody hands wielding a butcher knife after the killing of a British soldier on the streets of London was described as a convert to Islam who took part in demonstrations with a banned radical group, two Muslim hard-liners said Thursday.... Thu, 23 May 2013 21:55:37 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_BRITAIN_ATTACK?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By PAISLEY DODDS and GREGORY KATZ 2013-05-23T21:55:37Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_JAPAN_NUCLEAR_WORKERS?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT TOKYO (AP) -- Keeping the meltdown-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in northeastern Japan in stable condition requires a cast of thousands. Increasingly the plant's operator is struggling to find enough workers, a trend that many expect to worsen and hamper progress in the decades-long effort to safely decommission it.... Fri, 24 May 2013 02:40:38 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_JAPAN_NUCLEAR_WORKERS?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By YURI KAGEYAMA 2013-05-24T02:40:38Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_CHINA_NKOREA?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT BEIJING (AP) -- A North Korean envoy, on the second day of his fence-mending visit to ally China, heeded Beijing's wishes by offering to renew nuclear disarmament talks, Chinese state media said.... Fri, 24 May 2013 02:54:56 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_CHINA_NKOREA?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT 2013-05-24T02:54:56Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AF_NIGER_ATTACK?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT NIAMEY, Niger (AP) -- Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing 26 people and injuring 30, according to officials in Niger and France. A surviving attacker took a group of soldiers hostage, and authorities were attempting to negotiate their release.... Fri, 24 May 2013 02:17:01 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AF_NIGER_ATTACK?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By DALATOU MAMANE and RUKMINI CALLIMACHI 2013-05-24T02:17:01Z