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There is a feisty old woman in every village. In Maparanhanga, a remote village in Mozambique, reached by a several-hour-trip through potholes held together by scraps of road, the feisty old woman didn’t stand out at first. She sat alongside her female...
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Salvadoran authorities say at least 192 people were killed by floods and landslides that swept through the country last week.
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Yemen has repeated its accusation that Iran is funding Houthi rebel fighters in their war against government forces in the north of the country.
General Yahya Salih,...
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An Iranian former deputy defense minister who has been missing for nearly three years was abducted by Israeli agents and is now being held in Israel, several Iranian...
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A severely ill toddler at the center of a legal battle between his parents has died days after his father agreed to switch off his ventilator.
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Paraguayan authorities say 1,200 people have escaped a fire that destroyed a supermarket on the outskirts of the capital, killing two people.
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A private university in Brazil said Tuesday that because of negative public reaction, it reversed a decision to expel a student who wore a short dress to class, but the...
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WAKING with a start, Mary Mathias watched in horror as a stranger burst through the darkness and thrust a machete to her husband’s throat.
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The chief of Colombia’s secret police says a mob assaulted three of its agents as they tried to arrest a suspect with alleged guerrilla ties.
DAS intelligence...
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An impasse in nuclear talks between world powers and Iran would only hurt the West by making Tehran push harder to advance its technology, according to the latest...
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The Villages is supposed to be a quiet place where people go to retire, but Thursday night it was the scene of a shooting and a standoff. The woman accused of shooting...
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The government of Argentina’s capital will not appeal a court decision this week that legalizes same-sex marriage, Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri said Friday.
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A nine-hour SWAT standoff ended early Friday morning when an armed man surrendered and let officers inside a home in the 1700 blk. of Cypress Street.
When police...
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The people of Kosovo have voted in local elections - the first poll since the territory declared independence from Serbia last year.
Prime Minister Hashim...
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Turkey and the UN’s nuclear watchdog have confirmed they are discussing a proposal to allow Iran to store some of its enriched uranium in Turkey.
Iran is under...
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What is Mutasa smoking? It has addled his brain!
In a rare interview with ABC, Mutasa indicated that Tsvangirai should answer to Robert Mugabe and should be grateful...
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates has blocked the public release of any more pictures of foreign detainees abused by their U.S. captors, saying their release would...
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President Barack Obama faces tensions with China over trade and Tibet on his first visit to the emerging superpower for a summit that will grapple with economic...
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Rioting was going on and off for the last couple of days in Al-Tafayleh neighborhood in Eastern Amman. Riots were triggered by the death of a 20-year-old man who was...
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The proposed draft constitution scheduled for publishing this week is promising to radically alter governance in Kenya. Its’ no doubt that Kenyans are looking forward...
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Clarice Adhiambo was looking for the usual things when she moved. Safe streets, more space, a guest room, maybe even a view of something green. More than anything she...
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Zimbabwe has declared a national emergency over a cholera epidemic and health care system collapse, and is seeking more international help to pay for food, drugs and...
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A new project financed by the government of Norway and the Global Environment Facility will have inmates at an African prison working towards purifying human waste and...
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Dubai began constructing the world’s largest pre-stressed concrete drinking water reservoirs.
The three giant rectangular reservoirs, each with a capacity of 60...
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A picture story of aid with a more permanent impact: A borhole and water tank brings for the Topassa, a tribe in South Sudan.
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A Sri Lankan woman washes clothes at a public water tap ahead of World Water Day in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, March 19, 2008. This year, the World Water Day coincides with the International Year of Sanitation.
