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LONDON,  (Reuters) – Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has sued Forbes magazine for libel in a British court, alleging its valuation of his wealth at $20 billion was short of the mark by $9.6 billion, Britain’s Guardian newspaper reported yesterday.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Americans suddenly fearful that the U.S. government can easily find out who they are telephoning have software options to disguise their calling records.

SANTA MONICA, Calif.,  (Reuters) – A gunman dressed in black killed at least six people in a string of shootings through the seaside California town of Santa Monica today before he was shot dead by police in a community college library, law authorities said.

ISTANBUL,  (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan demanded today an immediate end to a week of anti-government unrest, saying the protests which erupted over the redevelopment of an Istanbul park had been founded on a “campaign of lies”.

KABUL,  (Reuters) – A suicide bomber detonated a small truck loaded with explosives in southern Afghanistan, killing seven Georgian soldiers, NATO and Georgian officials said today, and the Afghan Taliban claimed responsibility.

SARAJEVO,  (Reuters) – Around 1,500 lawmakers, government employees and international bankers stuck inside Bosnia’s parliament for 14 hours were allowed to leave the building in the early hours of today after a deal was reached with blockading protesters outside.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The Obama administration yesterday defended its collection of the telephone records of millions of Americans as part of U.S.

MOSCOW, June 6 (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin and his wife, Lyudmila, told Russians yesterday that their 30-year marriage was over, confirming longstanding speculation that they had separated.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – Snacks company Mondelez International Inc is close to introducing heat-resistant chocolate it can sell at market stalls in Africa and some of the world’s hottest places, a senior executive said yesterday.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Paris Jackson, the 15-year-old daughter of late pop star Michael Jackson, was rushed to a Los Angeles-area hospital on Tuesday after an apparent suicide attempt, her mother said, but her family later reported she is “physically fine.”

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, (Reuters) – Cayman Islands officials say a growing number of Cuban migrant boats are being spotted in its territorial waters, apparently in response to possible changes in U.S.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives “Gang of Eight” capped four years of on-again, off-again talks by reaching a tentative bipartisan agreement yesterday on a comprehensive deal to overhaul U.S.

TACOMA, Wash.,  (Reuters) – A U.S. Army sergeant who killed 16 Afghan civilians in cold blood last year pleaded guilty yesterday to premeditated murder and other charges under a deal with military prosecutors to avoid the death penalty.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A mosque burned down in Britain in a suspected arson attack yesterday, intensifying fears of a backlash against Muslims after a British soldier was killed on a London street last month.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro denied yesterday rumours that he was preparing another adjustment of the local bolivar currency, which has been devalued five times in the last decade.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.,  (Reuters) – An 84-year-old Florida woman claimed last month’s record Powerball jackpot yesterday and opted to take a lump-sum payment of nearly $371 million, Florida Lottery officials said.

ANTIGUA, Guatemala,  (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said yesterday he and Venezuelan Foreign Minister Elias Jaua had agreed to find new ways to forge positive relations between their two countries, long at political loggerheads.

BOSTON,  (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp and the FBI, aided by authorities in more than 80 countries, have launched a major assault on one of the world’s biggest cyber crime rings, believed to have stolen more than $500 million from bank accounts over the past 18 months.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro denied today rumors that he was preparing another adjustment of the local bolivar currency, which has been devalued five times in the last decade.

BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Syrian forces and their Hezbollah militant allies seized control on Wednesday of the border town of Qusair, dealing a strategic defeat to rebel fighters battling for two years to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad.