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Reuters and the Reuters sphere logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of the Reuters group of companies around the world. © Reuters 2013 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, pointing to resilience in the labor market despite belt-tightening by Washington. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-usa-economy-idUSBRE94M0K220130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-usa-economy-idUSBRE94M0K220130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews topNews Thu, 23 May 2013 12:52:26 -0400 LONDON (Reuters) - Two British men of Nigerian descent accused of hacking a soldier to death on a London street in revenge for wars in Muslim countries were known to security services, a source close to the investigation said Thursday. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-britain-killing-cameron-idUSBRE94L0WU20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-britain-killing-cameron-idUSBRE94L0WU20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews topNews Thu, 23 May 2013 13:09:26 -0400 GRAPEVINE, Texas (Reuters) - The Boy Scouts of America will vote on Thursday on a proposal to remove its ban on openly gay scouts that has been in place throughout the organization's 103-year history. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-usa-boyscouts-ban-idUSBRE94M0UE20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-usa-boyscouts-ban-idUSBRE94M0UE20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews topNews Thu, 23 May 2013 12:36:24 -0400 BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea is willing to take China's advice and enter into talks, Chinese state television cited an envoy of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as saying, following weeks of tension on the Korean peninsula after the North's latest nuclear test. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-korea-north-china-idUSBRE94M0HQ20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-korea-north-china-idUSBRE94M0HQ20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews topNews Thu, 23 May 2013 09:18:31 -0400 GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Troubled eastern Congo has the best chance in years to secure a lasting peace but the United Nations stands ready to pacify the region by force if need be, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-congo-democratic-ban-idUSBRE94M0QX20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-congo-democratic-ban-idUSBRE94M0QX20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews topNews Thu, 23 May 2013 11:58:04 -0400 CONAKRY (Reuters) - Ten people were injured when security forces and supporters of Guinea President Alpha Conde clashed with protesters marching in the capital against planned legislative elections on Thursday, a hospital source said. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-guinea-politics-idUSBRE94M0VW20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-guinea-politics-idUSBRE94M0VW20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews topNews Thu, 23 May 2013 13:04:03 -0400 SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's largest party GERB declined on Thursday to try to form a new government, opening the way for the rival Socialists to put together a technocrat administration and end a political impasse. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-bulgaria-vote-idUSBRE94M0EJ20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-bulgaria-vote-idUSBRE94M0EJ20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews topNews Thu, 23 May 2013 10:30:19 -0400 JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held separate talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials on Thursday and acknowledged there was considerable skepticism that the two sides would resume peace negotiations. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-israel-palestinians-kerry-idUSBRE94M0I320130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-israel-palestinians-kerry-idUSBRE94M0I320130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews topNews Thu, 23 May 2013 12:13:19 -0400 PARIS (Reuters) - France said on Thursday it hoped an initiative could be agreed by the end of June to put the armed wing of Hezbollah on the EU's list of terrorist organizations on grounds the group is importing Syria's war into Lebanon. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-france-hezbollah-idUSBRE94M0LW20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-france-hezbollah-idUSBRE94M0LW20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews topNews Thu, 23 May 2013 09:13:41 -0400 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Manufacturing slowed for a second straight month in May as weak overseas demand and government belt-tightening at home led to the sector's most sluggish rate of growth since October, a survey showed on Thursday. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-usa-economy-pmi-markit-idUSBRE94M0L720130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-usa-economy-pmi-markit-idUSBRE94M0L720130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews topNews Thu, 23 May 2013 09:17:35 -0400