VIDEO: Russia Sends Advanced Missiles to Syria as Refugee Count Passes 1.5 Million

President Obama in talks with Turkish PM Erdogan over Syria

2013-05-17

By Saad Abedine and Joe Sterling CNN

SyriaThe number of Syrian civilians who have fled their country to escape the civil war has passed 1.5 million, the U.N. refugee agency said Friday Read the complete article

VIDEO: Republicans Seize on IRS Failings to Attack Obamacare

Oregon Rep. Greg Walden says 2014 will be crucial year for new healthcare law

2013-05-17

By Deirdre Walsh CNN Senior Congressional Producer

Walden_GregThe House of Representatives passed a measure to repeal Obamacare entirely on Thursday -- a move the GOP-led chamber has done twice already. But the latest scandal involving the IRS, one of the key agencies charged with enforcing the health care law, is adding fuel to the political fire over the controversial new law. Read the complete article

Columbia University Seeks to Change Whites-Only Fellowship

The fellowship was established in 1920 by Lydia C. Roberts

2013-05-16

Dominique Debucquoy-Dodley CNN

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Columbia University is seeking to alter the 1920 charter of one of its graduate school fellowships which is still limited "to persons of the Caucasian race," though the fellowship has not been granted in years. Read the complete article

Police Arrest Suspect in New Orleans Mother's Day Shooting

The police department identified the man taken into custody as Akein Scott, 19

2013-05-16

Lateef Mungin CNN

NEW ORLEANS (CNN) -- New Orleans police said they arrested a suspect in the Mother's Day shooting that left 19 people wounded this week. Read the complete article

Western Influence at All Costs: Buckets of KFC Smuggled Under Gaza Border

There are no Western fast-food franchises in the occupied territory

2013-05-16

Brad Lendon CNN

(CNN) -- A confluence of a hankering for fried chicken and hard times in the smuggling business means buckets of KFC are showing up on tables in Gaza. Read the complete article

China Eyes Arctic Options in Energy, Transport

Arctic Council granted permanent observer status to China and five other nations Wednesday

2013-05-16

Geoff Hiscock CNN

(CNN) -- The decision to grant permanent observer status to China and five other nations by the Arctic Council meeting in Sweden Wednesday reflects the heightened interest by some of the world's most powerful economies in an area rich in oil, gas, minerals, fish and new transport possibilities. Read the complete article

Tornadoes Hit North Texas; Six dead, Dozens Injured

It was not clear whether the toll would rise

2013-05-16

Lateef Mungin CNN

(CNN) -- Rescue crews searched Thursday for seven people missing after overnight tornadoes struck North Texas, killing at least six. Read the complete article

Civilians, Coalition Forces Killed in Kabul

The U.S. and Coalition forces have occupied Afghanistan since 2001

2013-05-16

Masoud Popalzai and Joe Sterling CNN

(CNN) -- A suicide car bombing in the heart of Afghanistan's capital on Thursday killed and injured dozens of civilians and a half-dozen ISAF forces, a coaliton official said. Read the complete article

Cyclone Mahasen Pulls its Punch

At least 12 people were killed, thousands of houses were damaged and trees were uprooted

2013-05-16

Tom Watkins and Jethro Mullen CNN

(CNN) -- Tropical Cyclone Mahasen jogged northward Thursday prior to striking the coast of Bangladesh, averting the widespread disaster that government authorities had prepared for. Read the complete article

Chinese Police Crack Down on Anti-Refinery Protests

Opponents fear the chemical plant would produce tons of paraxylene, a carcinogenic chemical

2013-05-16

Ivan Watson, Dayu Zhang and Lucrezia Seu CNN

BEIJING (CNN) -- Demonstrators braved a heavy police presence and the threat of arrest by massing Thursday in the streets of Kunming, China, to protest the planned construction of a chemical plant, they said. Read the complete article

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