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Iran elects moderate Hassan Rouhani as new president (VIDEO)

Sarah WolfeJune 15, 2013 14:42

Moderate cleric Hassan Rouhani has won Iran's presidential election, Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar announced on state television Saturday. Rouhani, 64, won just over 50 percent of the vote needed to avoid a run-off in the surprisingly competitive race.

Nelson Mandela appears to be recovering

Faine GreenwoodJune 15, 2013 11:12

South African civil rights icon Nelson Mandela appears to be making a recovery after he was sent back to the hospital for a recurring lung infection, leaving many of his admirers relieved.

Facebook confirms US govt. requested surveillance data

Jennifer MattsonJune 15, 2013 20:09

Ted Ullyot, Facebook general counsel, said on its blog the data "run the gamut — from things like a local sheriff trying to find a missing child, to a federal marshal tracking a fugitive, to a police department investigating an assault, to a national security official investigating a terrorist threat.

One dead after second deadly Louisiana chemical explosion in two days (VIDEO)

Faine GreenwoodJune 15, 2013 14:51

One person was killed Friday and at least five were injured after a nitrogen vessel exploded at a Donaldsonville, Louisiana fertilizer plant, the second such deadly chemical explosion in two days in the Southern state.

Protesters, police clash in São Paulo transport fare demonstration

Jill LangloisJune 14, 2013 20:32

More than 200 demonstrators were detained and at least 55 people were injured. According to newspaper Folha de S.Paulo, six of its journalists were wounded, two of them shot in the face with rubber bullets.

Is Syria Obama's Rwanda?

Jean MacKenzieJune 17, 2013 12:56Updated June 17, 2013 12:57

BUZZARDS BAY, Mass. — What does President Barack Obama see when he looks at the Syrian disaster? Is it Afghanistan, where the effort to assist the anti-Soviet jihad in the 1980s ultimately gave strength and weapons to the Taliban? Perhaps he thinks of Iraq? Or is he afraid that history will condemn him for failure to protect civilians, as in Rwanda or Bosnia?

Condé Nast sued by interns paid less than $1 an hour

Amy SilversteinJune 15, 2013 13:27

A former intern says that W Magazine wouldn't even give her a letter of recommendation.

Louisiana chemical plant explodes, injuring 77

Amy SilversteinJune 14, 2013 14:13

“He will be missed by everyone and this is just a very sad day for me and a lot of other people."

Six months after Sandy Hook shootings, pain and gun debate remain

David TrifunovJune 14, 2013 14:15

Gabrielle Giffords writes an editorial for Newtown newspaper calling for quick action on gun control.

Greek state TV continues to broadcast after being shut down

Samantha StainburnJune 14, 2013 16:46

“We ask the president of the republic to demand from the government to respect the Constitution and stop violating fundamental democratic rights. We ask him to guarantee that the police forces will not invade ERT," ERT journalists said in a statement late Thursday.