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WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy SEAL who has authored a first-hand account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden says the al Qaeda leader was shot in the head as he peeked from a bedroom door, an account that diverges from the Obama administration’s original description of the incident.

UNITED NATIONS/ANKARA, (Reuters) – The opposition Syrian National Council has failed to overcome internal divisions and is not up to the challenge of overthrowing President Bashar al-Assad, a prominent former member of the group has said.

NEW ORLEANS, (Reuters) – Hurricane Isaac brought widespread flooding to the U.S.

WASHINGTON/HONG KONG, (Reuters) – China’s ZTE Corp said it would take part in a projected U.S.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – A former Indian state minister was found guilty yesterday of murder in one of the country’s worst religious riots, the highest-profile conviction in a case that casts a shadow over the country 10 years on.

TRES MARIAS, Mexico, (Reuters) – Two U.S. officials shot and wounded by Mexican federal police just south of the capital were CIA officers, security sources say, and the attack could badly hurt U.S.-Mexico

GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – The United States military is ramping up anti-drug trafficking efforts in Guatemalan and Honduran waters to keep up with shifting smuggling routes, a top U.S.

NEW ORLEANS, (Reuters) – Hurricane Isaac crashed ashore in southeast Louisiana yesterday, bringing high winds and soaking rains that pose the first test for multibillion-dollar flood defenses put in place in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina devastated the U.S.

TAMPA, Fla., (Reuters) – Republicans nominated Mitt Romney yesterday to challenge President Barack Obama for the White House, kicking off their storm-delayed convention with a barrage of sharp attacks on the president’s economic leadership.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Ruling Congress Party leader Sonia Gandhi accused the main opposition party yesterday of holding India to ransom in a stand-off over coal deals that has paralysed parliament.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Vladimir Putin once compared ruling Russia to being a “galley slave”, but four yachts that come with the job, as well as a string of palaces and a wealth of luxury perks help explain his refusal to quit the presidency, leading critics said yesterday.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Keanu Reeves’ latest film, “Side By Side,” has no car chases, explosions or slow-motion bullets like those in “The Matrix.”

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Fans of country singer Taylor Swift looking for new clues on the subject of her hit song, “We Are Never Getting Back Together,” may want to watch the video premiering this week on MTV and sister TV network CMT, the television channel said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Salman Khan continues to bring in the big bucks for Bollywood.

(Reuters) – Avtar Kishan Hangal, one of Bollywood’s best known character actors, died on Sunday, media reports said.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – A prominent figure in the Syrian National Council (SNC), resigned yesterday, the latest of several senior members to leave the leading Syrian opposition group this year.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, (Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai accused the Taliban yesterday of beheading 17 villagers, including two women, in volatile Helmand province, in a gruesome attack recalling the dark days of the hardline group’s rule before their 2001 overthrow.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia’s government is seeking peace with the country’s biggest rebel group, the FARC, and could consider also holding talks with a second guerrilla movement to end five decades of war, President Juan Manuel Santos said yesterday.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Indian lawmakers chanting “quit prime minister” drowned out Manmohan Singh yesterday as he sought to defend his government’s role in an affair dubbed “coalgate” that has paralysed parliament and created a sense of political crisis.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – Egypt’s new Islamist president said yesterday he would pursue a “balanced” foreign policy, reassuring Israel its peace treaty was safe, hinting at a new approach to Iran and calling on Bashar al-Assad’s allies to help lever the Syrian leader out.