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Pakistan returns wreckage of U.S. helicopter

The wreckage of a U.S. radar-evading helicopter that was abandoned by U.S. Navy SEAL team after the raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan has returned to the United States, a Pentagon official told Reuters on Tuesday.

Latest images of Oklahoma tornado (PHOTOS)

At least six people were killed and many were injured in a series of thunderstorm and tornados that struck Oklahoma and Kansas City, according to US weather officials.
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19 killed as fresh air strikes hit Tripoli late on Tuesday

NATO has carried out its heaviest air strikes against Libya's capital Tripoli on Tuesday in more than two months of bombing, amid upbeat comments from France and the United States on overthrowing Muammar Gaddafi's rule, reported Reuters.

BRICs slam European grip on IMF, Lagarde leads race

Top emerging economies joined forces to slam Europe's obsolete grip on the IMF's top job, even as France's finance minister appeared to strengthen her lead in the race to replace Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

Bomb blast hits Peshawar, 1 killed and 14 injured

A big explosion rocked the city of Peshawar city of Pakistan and gravely damaged a police station on Wednesday early morning, wounding several people and causing widespread damage stated the police.

Joplin Tornado : Obama to Visit Missouri

As frantic search and rescue efforts continue, President Barack Obama said Tuesday he was heartbroken over images from Missouri of the deadliest U.S. tornado devastation in more than 60 years and said he would travel to the area by next Sunday.

Despite ban, smokers light up anyway; no fines issued yet

A day after New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg's smoking-in-public-places-is-no-longer-legal went into effect, smokers continued to have it their way: By defying the new law, smoking anyway, and getting away with it, the New York Daily News reports.

Netanyahu Speech Rejects Dividing Jerusalem

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Congress today that while he is willing to cede symbolically charged Israeli land to the Palestinians, Jerusalem is off the table.

Obama, Cameron Talk Broad Guidelines for Use of Force

President Barack Obama and U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron laid out their broad guidelines for using force against other nations in the context of a wide-ranging opinion piece on Tuesday which touched upon rising democratic movements in the Middle East and the fight against terrorism in Afghanistan.

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