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- Report: Russia sends Assad 'ship killing missile' - Jerusalem Post May 17, 2013Russia sold advanced Yakhont antiship cruise missiles to Syrian President Bashar Assad, outfitted with an advanced guidance system that makes them more effective than the older version of the missile Russia sold to Syria, The New York Times cited two American officials as saying on Thursday. […]
- Experiment Brings Human Cloning One Step Closer - Wall Street Journal May 17, 2013Scientists have used cloning technology to transform human skin cells into embryonic stem cells, an experiment that may revive the controversy over human cloning. […]
- Obama: U.S. preserves diplomatic, military options on Syria - Reuters May 17, 2013President Barack Obama said on Thursday he reserved the right to resort to both diplomatic and military options to pressure Syrian President Bashar al-Assad but insisted that U.S. action alone would not be enough to resolve the Syrian crisis. […]
- Russia sends at least 12 warships to Syria - Times of Israel May 17, 2013In a move considered aggressive by US and European officials, Russia has sent at least 12 warships to patrol waters near its naval base in Tartous, Syria. […]
- Al-Qaeda militants 'planned to blow up US and French embassies in Egypt' - UK Telegraph May 16, 2013An al-Qaeda-linked militant cell detained in Egypt was planning suicide attacks on the French and US embassies, according to state media. […]
- Series of Blasts Kill at Least 33 Across Iraq - Wall Street Journal May 16, 2013A car bomb exploded near a bus station in Baghdad's main Shiite district Wednesday, the deadliest in a series of explosions that killed at least 33 people nationwide, officials said. […]
- Powerful Blast Hits Afghan Capital - Wall Street Journal May 16, 2013A powerful explosion targeting a military convoy shook the Afghan capital Thursday morning, killing several people, including international troops, local police said. […]
- Scientists Report First Success in Cloning Human Stem Cells - TIME May 16, 2013It's been 17 years since Dolly the sheep was cloned from a mammary cell. And now scientists applied the same technique to make the first embryonic-stem-cell lines from human skin cells. […]
- Eurozone Recession Is Now Longest in Currency Bloc - TIME May 16, 2013The eurozone is now in its longest ever recession -- a stubborn slump that has surpassed even the calamity that hit the region in the financial crisis of 2008-2009. […]

