Party In Pyeongchang: South Korea Awarded 2018 Winter Olympics -- Time
Third time was a charm for the South Korean city of Pyeongchang.The city had made two unsuccessful bids to host the Winter Olympics before (once in 2010 and again in 2014) but after a landslide vote on Wednesday, they finally managed to score the honor. The decision was made after the city snagged 63 of the 95 votes cast in the first round of International Olympic Committee
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MIDDLE EAST
Sources: 10,000 US troops on offer for Iraq.
Syrian forces shoot dead 14 in Hama: activists. Syrian deserter: 'It was like a war against your own people'. Syrian forces may have committed crimes against humanity.
Israel MI chief: Iran deepening regional influence.
Yemen warplanes bomb south, General warns of crisis.
Israeli authorities on high alert ahead of 'aerial flotilla'.
Weapons prove Iranian role in Iraq, U.S. says.
Yemeni opposition general rejects plan to keep Saleh in power.
Rights group slams Bahrain's 'violent repression'. Reconciliation talks begin in Bahrain.
ASIA
Japan nuclear plants to undergo 'stress tests'.
New Zealand civil defense on tsunami alert.
Karachi: Report says 1,100 killed in first half of 2011.
Militants enter Pakistan, attack border villages.
India broadens ties in Central Asia.
S. Korea military arrests shooting 'accomplice'.
Opposition-sponsored strike cripples Bangladesh.
AFRICA
Rebels seize 2 towns near Libyan capital. NATO says has no confirmation Gaddafi seeking way out. Libyan rebels launch assault near capital. Western mountain rebels launch offensive southwest of Tripoli.
Prolonged Libya war puts defected diplomats in limbo.
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood to join Friday protest.
Mauritanian forces repel militants from army base.
Boat sinks off Sudan 'killing 197 migrants'.
Somalia food crisis reaching 'unimaginable proportions'.
Somalia Islamists lift aid ban to help drought victims. Hunger in Somalia: Militants want aid groups back.
EUROPE
Denmark tightens border controls.
Moody's downgrades Portuguese bonds to junk status. Portugal hits back at Moody's downgrade.
Lukashenko nears crunch time, says Belarus opposition.
Russian activist blasts brutal anti-terror tactics.
Thousands gather in Spain for running of the bulls.
AMERICAS
Brazil offers Hugo Chavez cancer treatment.
Hugo Chavez hints at ruling until 2021.
Truth commission would help Haiti deal with 'Baby Doc', says UN.
50-mile wide dust storm blankets Phoenix.
President Obama to host twitter town hall on economy.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
US Predators strike terrorist 'guesthouse' in North Waziristan. U.S. drones kill four militants in Pakistan's Waziristan.
McConnell slams decision to grant terror suspect civilian trial.
Pakistan inquiry orders Bin Laden family to remain.
U.S. indicts Somali on terrorism charges.
Mauritanian military attacks al Qaeda group.
Denying the sea to al Qaeda.
Obama to name new counterrorism chief.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
Lagarde vows more clout for emerging markets at IMF.
US scores major trade case victory over China.
China raises interest rates amid inflation fight.
Ratings agencies criticised by European Commission.
Netflix expands to 43 new countries.
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