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"There has been renewed fighting in Syria ahead of a U.N.

The West Nile virus is back, and it's looking like it could be particularly bad this year.

This tiny town perched on the high plains of the Chihuahua desert is nothing less than an arts world station of the cross, like Art Basel in Miami, or Documenta in Germany.

A top foreign policy adviser to Mitt Romney on Wednesday defended statements the Republican presidential candidate made in Israel about the cultural differences between Israelis and Palestinians.

Beginning today, most new and renewing health insurance plans must begin offering a broad array of women's

Things have gotten even worse in India, where a power failure that

Swimming is again the big draw in the London 2012 Olympics today, with four gold-medal races scheduled.

The province of KwaZulu-Natal has emerged as the epicenter of South Africa's HIV epidemic.

"Ancient Aleppo Cowers Amid Reports of Approaching Syrian Forces."

I'm standing next to a ridge, looking at the Syrian town of Salaqin. Just up on the ridge you can see the silhouettes of a mosque and couple of water towers.

As occurs after seemingly every mass killing that involves firearms, the shootings in a suburban Denver movie theater last week have renewed calls for tougher gun control laws.

The thunderstorms from earlier in the afternoon were long gone once the crowd began gathering.

Authorities in Aurora, Colo., cleared scores of explosive devices from the apartment of the man suspected of killing 12 people and injuring more than 50 at a local movie theater.

In Colorado, authorities are investigating why a gunman opened fire in a movie theater.

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