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Student killed, 7 hurt in blast near Italy school

World -- An explosive device went off outside a high school in southern Italy named after a slain anti-Mafia prosecutor as students arrived for class Saturday....

Iran, Syria among topics for G-8 and NATO

The leaders of the G8 nations meeting at Camp David on Friday-Saturday agreed that Iran needed to take concrete steps to prove the claim that its nuclear program was peaceful, a U.S. official said.

Turkish Welcome for Chicago NATO Summit

NATO leaders meeting on May 20 to May 21 in Chicago will get a warm Turkish/Chicagoan greeting.

Bahrain protesters decry unity plans with Saudis

Tens of thousands of protesters in Bahrain have joined a march to denounce proposals for closer unity between the unrest-torn Gulf Kingdom and neighboring Saudi Arabia.

Turkey warns companies against Cyprus gas search

Turkey on Friday called on major international oil and gas companies seeking a license to search for gas deposits off of Cyprus to withdraw their bids, saying it will not allow exploration to go ahead and threatening to ban them from Turkish energy projects.

UN: Monitors alone cannot end Syria bloodshed

The head of a U.N. observer team in Syria cautioned Friday that the mission cannot achieve a permanent end to the violence without genuine talks between both sides in the conflict that have been locked in battle for more than a year.

Obama puts international spotlight on Camp David

Isolated and heavily guarded, the mountaintop retreat is known simply as Camp David, but its wooded grounds have been a place of triumph and failure, refuge and relief.