Syrian army attacks rebel stronghold Qusayr | Salafist group clashes with police in Tunisia | Imran Khan's party 'wins' Karachi revote | Deadly car bombs rock Iraq's Basra | Yahoo 'to buy Tumblr in $1.1bn deal' | Myanmar president set to meet Obama | Chinese PM vows to build trust with India | Dubai workers hold rare strike for more wages | Nigerian army blockades Boko Haram base | China asks N Korea to release fishing boat | Chinese Premier Li seeks trust in India, border issue irks | Powerful tornadoes strike in four central U.S. states | Imran Khan's party wins revote in Karachi, protests expected | Hezbollah steps up Syria battle, Israel threatens more strikes | Japan upgrades economic outlook as Abe's policies take hold | Analysis: Shrinking deficit reduces pressure for budget deal | Insight: The road to a greener America is littered with road-kill | Insight: The fight for North Dakota's fracking-water market | Analysis: At margins of shale oil boom, a tempered euphoria | Venezuela says taking steps to restore U.S. diplomatic ties | Obama to discuss al Qaeda, drones, Guantanamo Bay in Thursday speech | Upmarket Pakistan district votes again as Imran Khan decries killing | North Korea fires short-range missiles for two days in a row | Hezbollah steps up Syria battle, Israel threatens more strikes | Exclusive: Bangladesh factory banned by Wal-Mart still makes Wrangler shirts | Insight: Despite curbs, China's vast hot money triangle flourishes | Protesting Egyptian police block Israel border crossing | Tunisian Islamist protester killed in clash with police | North Korea fires short-range missiles for two days in a row | Upmarket Pakistan district votes again as Imran Khan decries killing | Syrian army, Hezbollah attack rebels in border town: opposition | Netanyahu takes aim at weapons leakage in Syria | Obama to discuss al Qaeda, drones, Guantanamo Bay in Thursday speech | After crushing Mali Islamists, France pushes deal with Tuaregs | Job market gains could lead Fed to taper QE3 early |

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