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- Beijing hit by heaviest rain in six decades
Flooding in usually dry Beijing has killed at least 10 people.
- India's former finance minister wins presidency
Pranab Mukherjee has held many powerful posts including foreign minister and defense minister. India's presidency, however, is mostly ceremonial.
- With helicopter gunships, Syrian regime wins back parts of capital
Syria's rebels, meanwhile, launched an offensive to take Aleppo, a stronghold of the the Assad regime.
- China moves to formally garrison South China Sea
Despite protests from other Asian countries, China's military is making moves to up their presence in the disputed South China Sea.
- London welcomes Olympic flame as excitement for Games builds
After years of preparation and months of buildup, London's Olympic moment finally arrived Friday night.
- Tiger Woods: Can he catch Brandt Snedeker at British Open?
Tiger Woods was 5-under par early in the second round of the British Open. Can Tiger Woods catch British Open leader, Brandt Snedeker, who was 10-under par after the second round?
- Young North Korean leader takes control of economy from military
After purge of top general, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un moves to adopt China's model, opening up the economy and making farm reforms.
- Syrian troops retake Midan neighborhood from rebels
Syrian forces retook the Damascus neighborhood of Midan Friday. But Bashir Assad's national security chief Gen. Hisham Ikhtiyar, died Friday of wounds suffered in Wednesday's bombing, the fourth member of Assad's inner circle to die in the blast, according to state-run TV.
- Syria: The next few days will be critical
Russia and China voted down a U.N. Security Council resolution that might have imposed sanctions on Syria. Diplomacy has been mostly ineffective throughout much of the crisis. Violence persists in the country's capital, Damascus.
- Laszlo Csatary: Hungary arrests 97-year-old alleged Nazi war criminal
Laszlo Csatary was charged with 'unlawful torture of human beings,' after a Jewish organization alerted Hungarian officials of his Nazi involvement.
- Bus full of Israeli youth explodes in Bulgaria, killing at least three
Witnesses told Israeli media that the huge blast occurred soon after someone boarded the vehicle.
- Why are 12 million children singing to Nelson Mandela?
Nelson Mandela's birthday is a cause for annual celebrations in South Africa, and this year, 67 minutes of volunteer work and public service. Nelson Mandela turned 94 today.
- Now, the northern supply line hit: 22 NATO trucks bombed
Officials in Afghanistan suspect the Taliban used a magnetic bomb to disrupt NATO supply lines in the north, just weeks after Pakistan reopened eastern and southern lines.
- Syria: Will the UN Security Council reach consensus?
The U.S. and its allies insist that Syria must face consequences for failing to comply with Kofi Annan's six-point peace plan. But Russia opposes the use of sanctions or force.
- Libyan liberals take the lead
According to Libya's election commission, Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril's National Forces Alliance won 39 seats in Libya's landmark election. The election is a major step for the country. It's been striving for order since Moammar Gadhafi, Libya's longtime ruler, was ousted last year.
- Rise of North Korea's Kim leaves trail of 20 purged officials
A South Korean assessment finds some 20 top officials in the North purged since Kim Jong-un began his ascent to power in 2009.
- Clinton: U.S. and Israel aim to 'build the pressure' on Iran
Both the U.S. and Israel are willing to do whatever is necessary to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she'd prefer to use diplomacy. Economic sanctions are currently in place.
- Syria: Civil war engulfs Damascus
People fled from Syria's capital as rebels exchanged fire with President Bashar Assad's military in some of the worst fighting of the conflict. Thousands of people have lost their lives since the crisis began 16 months ago.
- Sorry, Iran: UAE opens pipeline around Strait of Hormuz
The new pipeline bypasses the Strait of Hormuz, a choke point for Middle East oil that Iran has threatened to block.
- Japan floods: 25 dead, but worst said to be over
A quarter of a million people in Japan had been ordered to evacuate due to the floods, but the rains subsided Sunday allowing many to return home.