Israeli forces sealed off the West Bank and massed riot squads around Jerusalem’s Old City and Arab neighborhoods during Muslim weekly prayers on Friday.

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Video game developers, artists, and producers gather to share ideas on the future of gaming at the Game Developers Conference, the world’s largest professionals-only video game convention.

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Video game pros get down to work (and play) at GDC (photos)

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Eleven Siberian tigers — among the world’s rarest species — died of malnutrition after being kept in small cages and fed chicken bones at a cash-strapped zoo in China, state media said.

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11 Siberian tigers starve to death in zoo

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New York City has agreed to pay up to $657 million to settle more than 10,000 lawsuits filed by ground zero responders who say they were sickened by World Trade Center dust.

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Five same-sex couples make history in Mexico City as they wed under Latin America’s first law that explicitly approves gay marriage.

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