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Egyptians Pick New President in Free Election

Lines have been long and some were forced to wait for hours, but that didn't seem to dull the sense of amazement Egyptians expressed at having a choice in the Arab world's first truly competitive presidential election. (May 23)

• 2:41 p.m. Wednesday, May 23, 2012

TV presenter: Piers Morgan told me how to hack

A prominent British TV presenter said Wednesday that CNN talk show host Piers Morgan gave him a primer on phone hacking, a revelation that suggests he knew a fair amount about how the shady practice was carried out. BBC quiz show host and television news presenter Jeremy Paxman told a ...

• Updated: 2:03 p.m. Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Officials: Injured Mali president heads to France

Mali's interim president, who was beaten by a mob of demonstrators who broke into his office this week, has left the country to seek medical treatment in France, an adviser and two French government officials said Wednesday. The unexpected, and unpublicized, departure of the 70-year-old Dioncounda Traore leaves a dangerous ...

• Updated: 2:03 p.m. Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Report: Iran holds military maneuvers

Iran's official news agency says Iran's military has wound up a one-day exercise in the center of the country. The Wednesday report by IRNA says Gen. Ahmad Reza Pourdastan, commander of Iran's ground forces, described the aim of the exercise as showing Iran's readiness to confront "global arrogance," a reference ...

• Updated: 1:21 p.m. Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Greek banks to get $23 billion from bailout fund

Four of Greece's leading banks are to receive a €18 billion ($23 billion) capital injection to replenish reserves which were hit by country's massive debt restructuring deal. The country's Financial Stability Fund said Wednesday it had approved the funds' release to banks. The €18 billion will be split between the ...

• Updated: 1:22 p.m. Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Medvedev chats with US cowboys working in Russia

Russia's prime minister has visited a cattle farm where some American cowboys are working to help Russians develop their struggling meat industry. Dmitry Medvedev chatted with one cowboy from the U.S. state of Idaho, who introduced him to his young son and wife. Medvedev asked whether they had managed to ...

• Updated: 1:17 p.m. Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Faces in the crowd in Egypt's election

Egyptian voters of many ages, occupations and beliefs stood in line for hours Wednesday to cast their ballots for a new president. The winner would replace Hosni Mubarak, deposed in a popular uprising last year. He was voted in several times, but those elections were generally regarded as blatantly rigged, ...

• Updated: 2:14 p.m. Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Russian jet crash in Czech Republic injures 6

A Russian military jet's landing gear malfunctioned as it touched down in the Czech Republic on Wednesday, injuring six people when it rolled off the runway, broke apart and caught fire, officials said. At least one man was in life-threatening condition. The Russian-made An-30 plane had 23 people on board ...

• Updated: 12:34 p.m. Wednesday, May 23, 2012

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Kristen Stewart 'On the Road' to Cannes

Kristen Stewart, Kirsten Dunst and Sam Riley are in Cannes talking about their experiences filming the much anticipated adaptation of the classic novel 'On The Road.' (May 23)

• 12:26 p.m. Wednesday, May 23, 2012

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Mass Hysteria Strikes Afghan Girl's School

Doctors in the northern province of Takhar reported what they described as case of mass hysteria at a girl's school in the provincial capital Taluqan. (May 23)

• 12:11 p.m. Wednesday, May 23, 2012