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•  Italy quake kills six, damages historic buildings 20 May 2012, 22:31

  SANT' AGOSTINO, Italy (Reuters) - A strong earthquake in northern Italy killed at least six people, injured dozens and damaged historic buildings including a famed mediaeval castle early on Sunday, waking terrified citizens and sending thousands running into the streets.

  

  

  

•  Explosion near U.N. ceasefire monitor chief's convoy: Reuters witness 20 May 2012, 22:25

  DOUMA, Syria (Reuters) - A roadside bomb exploded on Sunday about 150 meters (yards) from a United Nations convoy carrying the head of a Syria ceasefire monitoring mission and a senior U.N. official in the town of Douma, a Reuters witness said.

  

  

  

•  In tornado-weary Joplin, graduates eager to move on despite Obama visit 20 May 2012, 22:24

  JOPLIN, Mo (Reuters) - Having the president of the United States speak at commencement would normally be the most memorable day in the life of a high school senior.

  

  

  

•  NATO chief: No "rush for the exits" in Afghan war 20 May 2012, 22:09

  CHICAGO (Reuters) - NATO leaders sought on Sunday to dispel fears of a rush for the exits in Afghanistan even as the Western alliance met to chart a path out of an unpopular war that has dragged on for more than a decade.

  

  

  

•  Lockerbie bomber Megrahi has died in Libya: brother 20 May 2012, 22:01

  TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the Libyan convicted of the 1988 bombing of a PanAm flight over Lockerbie, died of cancer on Sunday aged 60, leaving many questions on the attack and its aftermath unanswered.