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May 13, 2012 | 4:46 AM PDT
Spanish protest against austerity, grim economy
Anger over unemployment brings tens of thousands to march in Madrid, Barcelona, other cities
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May 13, 2012 | 4:27 AM PDT
Afghan peace negotiator shot dead
Ex-Taliban official active in peace talks killed by assassin with silenced pistol at Kabul traffic intersection
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Play CBS Video May 12, 2012 | 6:16 PM PDT
Three students dead while studying abroad
Three American students from Boston University were killed in a car-crash near the town of Taupo in New Zealand.
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Play CBS Video May 12, 2012 | 6:17 PM PDT
U.S. and al Qaeda as allies?
Syria's information minister claims the U.S. and al Qaeda are working together to overthrow the Syrian government. He made the unusual charge on the day Syrians mourned the deaths of 55 people killed this week in a pair of suicide bombings in Damascus.
CBS Evening News
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May 12, 2012 | 3:56 PM PDT
Photo of an Afghan girl's cry imitates art
The image of 12 year-old Tarana Akbari taken by Massoud Hossaini draws parallels to Edvard Munch's famous painting, "The Scream"
CBS Evening News
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May 12, 2012 | 12:09 PM PDT
Yemen: U.S. drone strikes kill 11 al Qaeda militants
Two suspected U.S. drone strikes killed 11 al Qaeda militants in southern Yemen on Saturday, Yemeni military officials said
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May 12, 2012 | 12:03 PM PDT
"Dead" Egyptian awakens during funeral ritual
Declared dead following heart attack, young man is revived after relatives and friends gather for funeral ceremony
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May 12, 2012 | 10:21 AM PDT
Men in Afghan police uniforms kill 2 NATO troops
Officials say coalition service members gunned down in Helmand province
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May 12, 2012 | 8:00 AM PDT
Militant video claims deadly Syria bombings
"Al-Nusra Front" claims blasts are in retaliation against attacks by Assad forces
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Play CBS Video May 12, 2012 | 7:06 AM PDT
Controversy over five-year-old art prodigy
Little Aelita Andre, of Australia, has set the art world on fire with her post-modern paintings that sell for thousands of dollars -- tens-of-thousands in some cases. And she's only five-years old. But some question whether anyone that young can be a true artist, and whether her work will stand the test of time. Charlie D'Agata reports, then Rebecca Jarvis and Jeff Glor speak with John Turan, who owns the Crown Fine Art Gallery in Manhattan.
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May 12, 2012 | 5:57 AM PDT
Eye of combat photographer Horst Faas
Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist dies at 79 after half-century of legendary images
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May 12, 2012 | 4:19 AM PDT
3 BU students killed in New Zealand crash
Minivan carrying Boston University students crashes on North Island; At least 5 other students injured, one critically
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May 11, 2012 | 8:12 PM PDT
Chavez returns home after cancer treatment in Cuba
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has returned home after 11 days of cancer treatment in Cuba
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May 11, 2012 | 4:04 PM PDT
Counterfeit goods from China a continuing problem that costs billions a year
In 2011, customs officers seized more than a billion dollars in phony sneakers, handbags, and electronics
CBS Evening News
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Play CBS Video May 11, 2012 | 2:26 PM PDT
Dad leaps out of moving car to save child
Caught on Tape: A father in China leaped out of a moving vehicle at a busy traffic intersection to save his daughter, just seconds after she fell out of their car. The girl escaped the incident with only minor bruises.
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May 11, 2012 | 2:05 PM PDT
Clashes show planet heading into energy overdrive
Flash-points stretching across globe in first months of 2012 signal beginning to era of intensified conflict over energy
Opinion
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May 11, 2012 | 11:21 AM PDT
AP sources: Britain's MI6 provided passport to double agent behind foiled Qaeda bomb plot
U.K. intelligence agency provided passport to double agent behind foiled Qaeda bomb plot
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May 11, 2012 | 8:46 AM PDT
Pentagon suspends "counterjihad" class on Islam
Instructor had espoused view that Islam, not terrorism, is enemy of U.S., and suggested Mecca may be targeted for destruction
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May 11, 2012 | 7:54 AM PDT
Search teams find 12 bodies at crash site of Russian Sukhoi Superjet-100 jetliner in Indonesia
All aboard demonstration flight of Russian Sukhoi Superjet-100 feared dead after jetliner slams into dormant volcano
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May 11, 2012 | 7:49 AM PDT
Israel not invited to NATO summit in Chicago
Will not be among partner nations attending conference; Alliance denies Turkey blocked invite over 2010 raid on Gaza flotilla
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May 11, 2012 | 7:16 AM PDT
Orbit tower at London Olympics site completed
Olympic site structure offers visitors panoramic views, but some critics call 376-foot-tall sculpture an eyesore
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May 11, 2012 | 6:10 AM PDT
Judge keeps CIA volume on Bay of Pigs secret
Rejects suit by National Security Archive to release intel agency's 30-year-old history of failed Cuba invasion
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May 11, 2012 | 6:02 AM PDT
Attacker in Afghanistan military uniform guns down U.S. soldier; Taliban claims responsibility
Taliban claims responsibility for 20th attack this year involving Afghan soldiers or insurgents disguised in military uniforms
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May 11, 2012 | 5:32 AM PDT
Shoe-thrower disrupts trial of Norway mass killer Anders Behring Breivik - crowd's first outburst
Anti-Muslim militant Anders Behring Breivik targeted by Iraqi man whose brother died in bomb-and-shooting rampage
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May 11, 2012 | 4:59 AM PDT
New Guinness record for tallest wave surfed
Records agency says 78-foot wave off Portugal during 2011 surfing competition was tallest ever ridden
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