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Dozens killed at South Sudan peace meeting
At least 37 people were killed during a shootout at a meeting to resolve cattle disputes in South Sudan, officials said Saturday, the latest in a spate of violence in the world's newest nation.
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Syrian deaths rise before likely U.N. vote
A Syrian opposition group says 217 people were killed in Homs over the past day, as the U.N. Security Council weighs a draft resolution against the crackdown.
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U.S. accuses Sudan of bombing civillians
The United States accused Sudan of targeting civilians in recent airstrikes, including one that destroyed a Bible school in South Kordofan, an oil-rich Sudanese province that borders the newly-created independent country of South Sudan.
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Hackers release private FBI call about hackers
The loose organization of hackers known as Anonymous released a recording Friday of a telephone call between the FBI and Scotland Yard that it claims to have recorded surreptitiously.
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Men sentenced to 18 years for slaying S. African lesbian
Gay rights advocates in South Africa hailed a judge's sentencing of four men to 18 years each in prison for brutally slaying a 19-year-old lesbian.
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Iran's leader warns U.S. on war
The supreme leader of Iran issued a blunt warning Friday that war would be detrimental to the United States.
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Protests shrouded in secrecy
As U.N. officials debate measures against the violence in Syria, individuals there are living it. Many protest in nightly rituals -- small, exhilarating stands for freedom.
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Officials: 2 kidnapped Americans released in Egypt
Two American tourists have been kidnapped in the southern part of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, a security official said Friday.
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Group: Syrian forces tortured children
Children have been "killed, arrested, and tortured," according to a Human Rights Watch report. The group asked the U.N. to help stop the abuse.
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More than 100 missing in ferry sinking
Some 246 survivors have been rescued in the aftermath the sinking of a passenger ferry off the east coast of Papua New Guinea, authorities said Friday.
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Aborigines' complex role in Australia
Images beamed around the world last week of unruly and provocative protests by indigenous Australians projected a portrait of an angry and disenfranchised group.
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Philippine military: Airstrikes kill top terrorists
The Philippine military said it killed a man who is on the FBI most-wanted terror list and two other senior militants Thursday in a predawn airstrike on a remote southern island.
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