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AP TEHRAN, Iran - Conservative rivals of Iran s president claimed control of parliament Sunday with more than two-thirds of the seats decided from elections handing the ruling Islamic establishment near seamless control in the escalating nuclear standoff with the West.The outcome also puts an emphatic stamp on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad s political tumble after he dared to challenge Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei over his power to direct key government affairs such as foreign policy and intelligence.Ahmadinejad 151; once considered a favored son of Iran s theocracy 151; is left politically weakened moving into his final 18 months in office and could become the first president to b
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Peter Green, the guitarist who co-founded Fleetwood Mac before quitting the band in 1970, has
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GENEVASyria s civil war has been in a downward spiral since summer that makes it impossible for the Red Cross to cope with some of the country s humanitarian needs, the Red Cross president said Thursday.The civil war in Syria has killed more than 36,000 people and forced hundreds of thousands fro
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BARILOCHE, Argentina -- Secretary of State Rex Tillerson landed Saturday in Argentina s stunning Patagonia mountains on a mission to visit the country s largest national parks on horseback. Donning a pair of jeans, brown cowboy boots and a blue baseball cap embossed with a Secretary of State emblem, Tillerson told Argentinian
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AP SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Tropical Storm Isaac churned toward the Dominican Republic and Haiti on Thursday, threatening to strengthen into a hurricane that could take a shot at Florida just as the Republicans gather for their national convention.The storm dumped heavy rain across eastern and southern Puerto Rico and whipped up wa
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BEIRUT - Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militants on Sunday shelled a beleaguered Syrian Kurdish town near the border with Turkey, sending smoke billowing into the sky as Kurdish militiamen scrambled to repel the extremists offensive, activists said.The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ISIS, also known
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Updated 5:09 p.m. ETBEIRUT - Tens of thousands of defiant Syrian protesters thronged the streets of Homs Tuesday, calling for the execution of
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The romantic Republic of Seychelles, nearly a thousand miles off the eastern coast of Africa, and a honeymoon hotspot, is the only place in the entire world where you can find love nuts growing in the wild.The Seychelles Coco De Mer tree produces the largest seed of any plant. Known as Love Nuts, the seeds aren t just famous because of their size. They re famous because of their shape. As described by Dr. Frauke Fleischer-Dogley, the Chief Executive Officer of the Seychelles Island Foundation, It s like the bottom of a female lady. That s what it looks like! A love nut, a product of the Coco De Mer tree, which only grows on the Seychelles Islands. CBS News
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An explosion outside a village in southern Afghanistan killed a veteran British war correspondent, officials said Sunday. The blast, which also killed a U.S. Marine and an Afghan soldier, marked the British media s first death in the conflict
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