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Western governments say Nigerian extremists executed 7 hostages
NAIROBI, Kenya -- Western governments Sunday reported that a violent Islamist militia in northern Nigeria had likely executed seven foreign hostages, deaths that the governments called barbaric and cold-blooded. The group, Ansaru, announced Saturday...
Tags: National Government, Politics, United Kingdom, Government, Goodluck Jonathan
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World leaders react to death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
News of the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the leftist leader who had been battling cancer, reverberated Tuesday around Latin America and the world. In La Paz, Bolivia, a teary-eyed Bolivian President Evo Morales said he was devastated,...
Tags: National Government, Politics, Venezuela, Dilma Rousseff, Hugo Chavez
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Syrian rebels must give up arms before talks, Assad says
BEIRUT — Syrian rebels must give up their weapons before the government will agree to hold peace talks with them, Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a newspaper interview published Sunday. “We are willing to negotiate with anyone,...
Tags: Human Rights, National Government, John Kerry, Politics, United Kingdom
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Kerry, on inaugural trip as chief diplomat, urges Syria solution
LONDON -- John Kerry used the first stop on his first foreign tour as secretary of state to urge Syrian opposition parties to join a proposed meeting this week in Rome that will seek solutions to that country's protracted civil war. Joined by his...
Tags: John Kerry, Iran, Politics, United Kingdom, Nuclear Policy
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Jail time for journalist and Somali woman who alleged rape
A woman who accused Somali security forces of raping her must spend a year behind bars for making a “false accusation” and insulting the government, a Mogadishu court ruled Tuesday. Court official Ahmed Aden Farah said medical evidence showed...
Tags: Human Rights, National Government, Politics, Al Jazeera (tv network), Prisons
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Congolese rebels defy regional leaders' call to leave key city
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Rebels who this week seized a key city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo refused to leave Thursday despite pleas from regional leaders including the presidents of Rwanda and Uganda, who were named in a United...
Tags: United Nations, Joseph Kabila, United Kingdom, Congo, Paul Kagame
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Obama commends Netanyahu on accepting truce with Hamas
WASHINGTON -- President Obama called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday to commend him for accepting an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire with Hamas, the White House said in a statement. It noted that Obama had urged Netanyahu to accept...
Tags: Hillary Clinton, Hamas, Israel, Barack Obama, White House
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Britain recognizes new Syrian opposition coalition
LONDON — The momentum behind a fledgling Syrian opposition coalition grew Tuesday after Britain announced that it was granting formal recognition and extending financial aid to the group. Foreign Secretary William Hague said the British government...
Tags: Human Rights, National Government, Politics, United Kingdom, Political Dissent
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As Gaza fighting continues, both sides voice fears about a land war
GAZA CITY -- The olive orchards and wheat fields lining the Gaza Strip border with Israel were always sparsely populated, but on Monday the area was a virtual no-man’s land. Fearing an Israeli ground invasion of the coastal strip, hundreds of...
Tags: Politics, Hamas, Armed Conflicts, Israel, Egypt
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Pakistani girl shot by Taliban arrives in Britain for treatment
World NowTeenage schoolgirl victim of Taliban arrives in Britian for treatment; Malala Yousafzai will be treated in Birmingham trauma unit... -
Ecuador and Britain discuss fate of WikiLeaks' Assange
World NowEcuador and Britain met Thursday in New York over the deadlocked case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has now holed up in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London for 100 days. But while the two sides left the meeting pledging to meet again, there were... -
U.N. Security Council reportedly delays Syria vote after blast
World NowThe U.N. Security Council has reportedly delayed a vote on a new Syria resolution in the wake of a bombing in the Syrian capital, Damascus, that killed at least two members of the defense leadership....
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