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Defining a Palestinian refugee a US complication
A simple congressional request for the United States to distinguish between Palestinians displaced by the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict and millions of their descendants poses a high-stakes diplomatic and political challenge for President Barack Obama.The State Department dislikes the idea, arguing that it would force the U.S. to prejudge one of the final so-called status issues of Mideast peace negotiations

NASA scientist weighs space rock from millions of miles away
A NASA scientist has accurately determined the mass of a nearby asteroid from millions of miles away.

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Syria says sanctions have cost country $4 billion

Syria's oil minister acknowledged the heavy toll international sanctions have taken on the country's oil sector, saying Wednesday that they had sucked about $4 billion from the economy.

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Syria says sanctions have cost country $4 billion

Syria's oil minister acknowledged the heavy toll international sanctions have taken on the country's oil sector, saying Wednesday that they had sucked about $4 billion from the economy.

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UN urges Israel to resolve hunger strike issue
The head of the United Nations agency tasked with assisting Palestinian refugees on Thursday urged the Israeli Government to find an acceptable solution to the issue of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike, noting their demands are generally related to basic prisoners' rights as stipulated in the Geneva Conventions.

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Girl raped in mall basement near Delhi
New Delhi, May 4 (IBNS) A 21-year-old girl was allegedly raped inside an SUV in the basement of a mall in Ghaziabad near Delhi early Friday, media reports said.

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