Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has insisted that this week’s explosion of violence is not driven by religious tensions between Christians and Muslims.
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The situation in Haiti “remains dire,” U.S. President Barack Obama says, adding that the rainy season will exacerbate a desperate need for food, medicine and shelter.
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Boris Berezovsky wins his UK libel case against a Russian broadcaster which claimed the Russian oligarch was behind the poisoning of ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko.
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The United States will hold both Israel and the Palestinians responsible for any steps that make peace between them more difficult, Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday.
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The parents of a U.S. woman who was killed as she tried to stop a bulldozer from crushing homes in Gaza are taking Israel’s defense ministry to court.
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Myanmar’s ruling junta has announced a new election law that disqualifies pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from participating in upcoming national elections.
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Colleen LaRose, the Pennsylvania woman indicted for allegedly conspiring to support terrorists and kill a person in a foreign country, attempted to commit suicide in 2005, according to a police report filed at the time.
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President Obama is turning up the heat on private health insurers again, taking his increasingly populist health care overhaul pitch on the road to Missouri.
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Former 1980s teen movie actor and heartthrob Corey Haim died early Wednesday, authorities said.
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Wayne Rooney (right) scores twice as Manchester United crush AC Milan 4-0 to reach the quarterfinals of the Champions League and ruin David Beckham’s return to Old Trafford.
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