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• Hard-line Afghan MPs block law protecting women
  An Afghan legislator says conservative lawmakers have blocked a law that aims to protect women's freedoms, saying parts of it violate Islamic principles.
  May 18, 2013 6:17 am
• SKorea says NKorea fires 3 short-range missiles
  North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing tensions.
  May 18, 2013 6:13 am
• Gunmen raid home in Iraq, kill 5 people
  Iraqi authorities say gunmen have broken into the house of an anti-terrorism police officer in the southern suburbs of Baghdad, killing five people including him and his sleeping family.
  May 18, 2013 5:19 am

• French president signs gay marriage into law
  May 18, 2013 4:16 am
• Landing gear issue leads to plane's belly landing
  May 18, 2013 4:11 am
• Afghan police chief shot dead outside home
  May 18, 2013 3:50 am
• Denmark favorite to win Eurovision Song Contest
  May 18, 2013 3:44 am
• Top officials call to overhaul euro institutions
  May 18, 2013 3:06 am
• Egyptians targeted with blasphemy charges
  May 18, 2013 2:39 am
• China arrests man over fake plane bomb threats
  May 18, 2013 2:11 am