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French forces enter Mali to fight Islamist insurgents
PARIS — A column of about 30 French tanks and several troop carriers, accompanied by a helicopter, crossed into Mali from Ivory Coast in an international mission to take control of the African nation’s north from Islamist extremists, French...
Tags: Mali, Paris (France), France, Domodedovo Airport Bombing (2011), Plant Closings
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At least 60 dead in Ivory Coast stampede
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — At least 60 people died and about 200 were injured Tuesday in a stampede that followed a fireworks display at a football stadium in the Ivory Coast capital, Abidjan, according to emergency officials. Most of the dead...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics
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Pictures in the News | October 16, 2012
FrameworkTuesday's Pictures in the News begins in Cambodia, where people mourn the death of former King Norodom Sihanouk at the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh. Cambodians prayed for the soul of Sihanouk on Tuesday and world leaders sent their condolences as the... -
Nestle promises action on Ivory Coast child-labor violations
Nestle, the world’s largest food company, said it would do more to eradicate child labor and other worker violations in its Ivory Coast cocoa supply chain after an outside report pointed out a range of problems. The West African country provides...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Newt Gingrich, Companies and Corporations, Employees, Nestle SA
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South Korea school textbooks drop evolution examples
World NowSome major science textbook publishers for South Korea's secondary schools have deleted examples of Darwinism, bowing to petitions by a group that calls evolution "an unconfirmed theory."... -
U.N. reports seven peacekeepers killed in Ivory Coast attack
World NowSeven U.N. peacekeeping troops from the African nation of Niger were killed in an attack while on patrol in southwestern Ivory Coast, a U.N. spokeswoman said Friday.... -
Israel seeks to return refugees to South Sudan
World NowIsrael doesn't need celebrity activists to call its attention to troubles in Africa. After years of being on the receiving end of a steady stream of work migrants and asylum seekers, the country knows this first-hand.... -
Asylum claims hit record high from Syria, Tunisia, Ivory Coast
World NowMore people clamored for asylum from countries in Arab Spring tumult, part of the global trends that pushed a 20% jump in applications to industrialized nations last year. The increase was observed by the United Nations refugee agency, which released a... -
Mali is cut off by its neighbors. What will blocking the borders do?
World NowA coalition of West African nations is closing off the borders of Mali, condemning it for a recent military coup that ousted its president. How could that affect the landlocked country? Blocking the borders means that Mali will be starved for gas and... -
Former Ivory Coast leader faces charges of crimes against humanity
World NowFormer Ivory Coast president, Laurent Gbagbo, faces charges of crimes against humanity. The International Criminal Court at the Hague announced Wednesday that Laurent Gbagbo, the former president of Ivory Coast, faces four charges of crimes against... -
South African fined $1,000 for spilling whiskey near president
World NowMan fined for assault for spilling his drink on the South African president: A South African court fined a Johannesburg man $1,000 for assault after he was found guilty of spilling his whiskey on the country's president, Jacob Zuma, at a meeting in July... -
Climate change could shrink chocolate production: report
Money & CompanyScientists say climate change will eventually claim many victims -– including, according to a new report, chocolate. As temperatures increase and weather trends change, the main growing regions for cocoa could shrink drastically, according to new...
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