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Thursday, May 30, 2013

Morning Digest: Assad says Syria received Russian missile shipment: Lebanese media

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05/30/2013

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Assad says Syria received Russian missile shipment: Lebanese media

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria has received the first shipment of an air defense system from Russia, President Bashar al-Assad was quoted as saying, sending a signal of military strength days before an EU arms embargo on the war-torn country lapses..

Pakistani Taliban pick new number two after drone strike: sources

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani Taliban militants have chosen a new deputy commander to replace their previous second-in-command who was killed in a U.S. drone strike in the North Waziristan region, sources in the militant group said on Thursday..

Shares, dollar under pressure on Fed stimulus jitters

LONDON (Reuters) - World shares were under pressure for a second day on Thursday and the dollar slipped against major currencies, in markets beset by doubts over when the U.S. Federal Reserve might slow its stimulus program..

Ringo Starr unveils unseen Beatles photos in e-book

(Reuters) - Former Beatle Ringo Starr is lifting the lid on a collection of previously unseen photographs of the Fab Four in their heyday from his personal collection, in a new photography book due out next month..

Calm Serena says "psycho" side under wraps

PARIS (Reuters) - Top seed Serena Williams said her "psycho" side is under wraps after motoring into the third round of the French Open with a 6-1 6-2 defeat of French wildcard Caroline Garcia on Wednesday..

Facebook says needs to improve response to hate speech

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Facebook Inc admitted its systems to remove hate speech haven't worked as well as the company had hoped, amid reports that advertisers were pulling their brands off the social network in the face of a backlash from women's groups..

Asteroid mining company wants to put your face in space

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A privately owned asteroid mining firm, backed in part by Google Inc's founders, launched a crowd-funding project on Wednesday to gauge public interest in a small space telescope that could serve as a backdrop for personal photographs, officials said..

Slavia to ditch player for crying after rivals' failure

SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgarian club Slavia Sofia plans to offload a player who cried after they denied Levski Sofia the title by holding them to a 1-1 tie on the final day of the season, Slavia president Ventseslav Stefanov said on Wednesday..