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• Balloons bring smiles in war-weary Afghan capital
  Artists and activists handed out 10,000 bright pink balloons to residents in Afghanistan's war-weary capital on Saturday, bringing smiles to surprised Kabul residents a day after a major Taliban siege on an international compound in the city.
  May 25, 2013 7:04 am
• Ex-sex slave says Japan mayor's remark 'absurd'
  A former sex slave says a Japanese mayor's remarks about Japan's wartime sex slavery are "absurd."
  May 25, 2013 6:56 am
• Syria regime unleashes artillery barrage on Qusair
  Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad shelled a strategic western town on Saturday in their heaviest barrage of a week-long battle to dislodge rebels from there, activists said.
  May 25, 2013 6:56 am

• Radiation leak at Japan lab; small impact expected
  May 25, 2013 6:46 am
• Female suicide bomber injures 12 in Russian region
  May 25, 2013 6:41 am
• Dozens march in Ukraine's first-ever gay rally
  May 25, 2013 6:02 am
• 'Friend' of suspect in UK slaying arrested
  May 25, 2013 5:58 am
• In Ethiopia, African Union celebrates 50 years
  May 25, 2013 5:53 am
• Suicide bomber dies in blast in Afghan capital
  May 25, 2013 5:51 am