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  1. U.N. watchdog expects deal with Iran bit.ly/Jc14Wz 8:54 PM May 22nd via TweetDeck
  2. Passenger alert: A bomb's inside me bit.ly/Jc0Xu0 8:53 PM May 22nd via TweetDeck
  3. Interpol targets sex abuse suspects bit.ly/Jc0Uyt 8:52 PM May 22nd via TweetDeck
  4. Will Egypt choose new Islamic order? bit.ly/Jc0OHh 8:51 PM May 22nd via TweetDeck
  5. Regulators probe Facebook IPO claims cnnmon.ie/Jc0Nmz 8:50 PM May 22nd via TweetDeck
  6. ... bound 4 the International Space Station 12:51 AM May 22nd via TweetDeck
  7. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral, FL, early Tuesday carrying the 1st private spacecraft... 12:50 AM May 22nd via TweetDeck
  8. BREAKING NEWS: Ryan Crocker, the U.S. Ambassador 2 Afghanistan, is expected 2 step dn ths summer, 2 U.S. officials said 10:18 PM May 21st via TweetDeck
  9. At least 13 people are dead after a train crash in India on Tuesday 9:10 PM May 21st via TweetDeck
  10. Blast kills more than 100 Yemen troops bit.ly/MC7fck 8:59 PM May 21st via TweetDeck
  11. NATO accepts Obama's Afghanistan timetable bit.ly/MC6X56 8:57 PM May 21st via TweetDeck
  12. At least 45 ppl wr arrested Sunday during protests outside the NATO meeting; at least 4 officers wr taken 2 the hospital w/ injuries 7:00 PM May 20th via TweetDeck
  13. Lockerbie bomber's death: Relief, fury bit.ly/K5D9L9 6:38 PM May 20th via TweetDeck
  14. Bee Gee Robin Gibb dies after cancer battle bit.ly/K5D364 6:38 PM May 20th via TweetDeck
  15. Robin Gibb, 1 of 3 brothers who made up the disco group the Bee Gees behind "Saturday nite Fever"/ other hits from the 1970s, died on Sunday 3:58 PM May 20th via TweetDeck
  16. BREAKING NEWS: The family of Robin Gibb, of the Bee Gees, announce w/ gr8 sadness that Robin passed away 2day 3:57 PM May 20th via TweetDeck
  17. Medical examiner sets autopsy for Mary Kennedy, wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. bit.ly/JygcTY 3:08 AM May 17th via TweetDeck
  18. Workers plug North Sea gas leak bit.ly/KSdjLg 2:00 AM May 17th via TweetDeck
  19. Diplomat: Confidential report finds Iran shipping arms to Syria bit.ly/KSd2Ir 1:59 AM May 17th via TweetDeck
  20. High stakes: Preparing for 'Grexit' bit.ly/KScTof 1:58 AM May 17th via TweetDeck
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