Bashar al-Assad lashes out at Arab League in rare TV address, refuses to step down; Arab League key to getting Syria sanctions through UN; Aung San Suu Kyi to run for parliament in Burmese elections; China and South Korea agree aim of "denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula"; Greece pressured to settle private debt deals or miss EU bailout; Iran's latest uranium enrichment is "further escalation" says US; and more
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World News Brief, Tuesday May 18
Gun battles across Bangkok as army cracks down (+ analysis); Iran concedes to international condition and agrees uranium swap; Euro hits four-year low; BP makes progress on oil spill; and more
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Karzai sworn in promising the Afghan army will control the country within five years (+ analysis); North Korea offered "grand bargain" on nukes; Iran rejects uranium deal; EU to elect president today, frontrunners named; and more
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