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Sat, 25 May 2013 20:34:23 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_BRITAIN_ATTACK?SITE=TXMID&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT 2013-05-25T20:34:23Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_SYRIA?SITE=TXMID&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT BEIRUT (AP) -- The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group vowed to help propel President Bashar Assad to victory in Syria's bloody civil war, warning that the fall of the Damascus regime would give rise to extremists and plunge the Middle East into a "dark period."... Sat, 25 May 2013 20:11:34 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_SYRIA?SITE=TXMID&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By BASSEM MROUE 2013-05-25T20:11:34Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AF_KERRY_AFRICA?SITE=TXMID&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- Making his first official trip to sub-Saharan Africa, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday demanded that Nigeria respect human rights as it cracks down on Islamist extremists and pledged to work hard in the coming months to ease tensions between Sudan and South Sudan.... Sat, 25 May 2013 20:06:35 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AF_KERRY_AFRICA?SITE=TXMID&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By BRADLEY KLAPPER 2013-05-25T20:06:35Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_SELLING_THE_SCROLLS?SITE=TXMID&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT JERUSALEM (AP) -- Parts of the Dead Sea Scrolls are up for sale - in tiny pieces.... Sat, 25 May 2013 16:39:20 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_SELLING_THE_SCROLLS?SITE=TXMID&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By DANIEL ESTRIN 2013-05-25T16:39:20Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_RUSSIA_SUICIDE_BOMBING?SITE=TXMID&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) -- A female suicide bomber blew herself up in the southern Russian region of Dagestan on Saturday, injuring at least 18, including two children and five police officers, authorities said. The attacker was later identified as a widow of two Islamic radicals killed by security forces.... Sat, 25 May 2013 15:59:22 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_RUSSIA_SUICIDE_BOMBING?SITE=TXMID&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By ARSEN MOLLAYEV 2013-05-25T15:59:22Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_FRANCE_SOLDIER_STABBED?SITE=TXMID&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT PARIS (AP) -- A French soldier was stabbed in the throat in a busy commercial district outside Paris on Saturday, and the government said it was trying to determine if there were any links with the bloody killing of a British soldier by suspected Islamic extremists.... Sat, 25 May 2013 20:28:13 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_FRANCE_SOLDIER_STABBED?SITE=TXMID&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By LORI HINNANT 2013-05-25T20:28:13Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_INDIA_REBEL_ATTACK?SITE=TXMID&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT NEW DELHI (AP) -- Suspected Maoist rebels set off a land mine and opened fire Saturday on a convoy of cars carrying local leaders and supporters of India's ruling Congress party in eastern India, killing at least 17 people and wounding 24 others, police said.... Sat, 25 May 2013 20:10:23 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_INDIA_REBEL_ATTACK?SITE=TXMID&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By ASHOK SHARMA 2013-05-25T20:10:23Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_BALKANS_YUGONOSTALGIA?SITE=TXMID&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT KUMROVEC, Croatia (AP) -- Forget the European Union, many in this Croatian village are saying. The group of nations being celebrated this weekend is one that died more than 20 years ago when Yugoslavia - now fervently remembered as a haven of peace, prosperity and equality - fell apart in a cascade of ethnic wars.... Sat, 25 May 2013 13:01:15 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_BALKANS_YUGONOSTALGIA?SITE=TXMID&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By JOVANA GEC and MARKO DROBNJAKOVIC 2013-05-25T13:01:15Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_PAKISTAN?SITE=TXMID&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) -- Sixteen schoolchildren and a teacher burned to death in eastern Pakistan early Saturday when a short-circuit near a leaking gas tank caused their minibus to burst into flames, police said.... Sat, 25 May 2013 14:30:54 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_PAKISTAN?SITE=TXMID&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By ZAHEER BABAR 2013-05-25T14:30:54Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_SELLING_THE_SCROLLS_GLANCE?SITE=TXMID&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT The Dead Sea Scrolls consist of more than 10,000 manuscript fragments representing 900 separate texts, including the oldest biblical texts ever found. They were discovered in caves in the Judean desert alongside the Dead Sea. Most of the scrolls are animal skin parchment, a few are papyrus, and one is made of copper. At least 90 percent are written in Hebrew, while the rest are in Aramaic and Greek.... Sat, 25 May 2013 16:42:49 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_SELLING_THE_SCROLLS_GLANCE?SITE=TXMID&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By The Associated Press 2013-05-25T16:42:49Z