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• Brown hounded for calling Manila `gates of hell'
  Dan Brown's description of Manila as "the gates of hell" in the American novelist's latest book has not gone down well with officials in the Philippine capital.
  May 23, 2013 4:04 am
• US, Israel raise hopes for Mideast peace restart
  The United States and Israel are raising hopes for a restart of the Middle East peace process after more than four years of hardly any talks.
  May 23, 2013 4:00 am
• Bangladesh: Owners' many failings led to collapse
  The defects and errors that led to the world's deadliest garment-industry accident extend from the swampy ground the doomed Rana Plaza was built on, to "extremely poor quality" construction materials, to the massive, vibrating equipment operating
  May 23, 2013 3:53 am

• UK emergency committee meets after attack
  May 23, 2013 3:51 am
• Heat wave causes power outages, anger in India
  May 23, 2013 3:36 am
• IMF head Lagarde in court in fraud probe
  May 23, 2013 3:33 am
• Oil falls below $94 as China manufacturing weakens
  May 23, 2013 3:33 am
• Syria opposition welcomes support for Assad ouster
  May 23, 2013 3:31 am
• Car bomb kills 12 in southwest Pakistan
  May 23, 2013 3:30 am
• Japan stocks dive as benchmark bond yield spikes
  May 23, 2013 3:26 am