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In this image made from video provided NTA via APTN, and taken Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010, a burned out van is seen on a road following violence in Jos, Nigeria. Dozens of people were killed over the holiday weekend in attacks across Nigeria, including 32 that died in central Nigeria in a series of bomb blasts in the worst violence to hit the region in months.

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Nigeria: Jos sees renewed clashes after bombings
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Continue reading the main story Related stories Nigeria pledges to hunt bombers Nigeria violence in Jos: Q&A; No end to Nigeria cycle of violence Further violence between armed groups has broken out in the city of Jos in central Nigeria following bombings that killed 32 people. Witnesses said buildings were set alight and people were seen...

Ivory Coast policemen stand guard during a youth rally in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Monday, Dec. 20, 2010. The top U.N. envoy in Ivory Coast on Monday condemned intimidation tactics against U.N. personnel, saying armed men were threatening staff after the U.N. ignored Laurent Gbagbo's demand for thousands of peacekeepers leave the country. The United Nations has vowed to continue its mission despite the order from Gbagbo, who is facing growing international pressure to concede defeat in last month's disputed presidential election and step aside.

photo: AP / Sunday Alamba

Ivory Coast warns of civil war
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Foreign intervention to oust Ivory Coast's incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo could ignite a civil war, a spokesman for the president has warned. West African leaders have warned of military action if Mr Gbagbo refuses to hand power to rival Alassane Ouattara. But Ahoua Don Mello said such a move could spark an "interior war" due to foreign workers...

A view of the Banadir Internet cafe in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010. Dutch authorities searched the shop after police arrested 12 Somali men in the key port city of Rotterdam on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack, the public prosecutor said. The men, aged 19 to 48, were detained Friday on a tip from the intelligence services that they were planning an attack shortly in the Netherlands. There was no immediate information on the alleged target, but Rotterdam is Europe's biggest port and a hub of maritime commerce, with huge oil and gas storage facilities and dozens of massive docks.

photo: AP / Bas Czerwinski

12 Somalis arrested amid terror attack fears
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AMSTERDAM - Dutch police have arrested 12 Somali men in the key port city of Rotterdam on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack, the public prosecutor said. The men, aged 19 to 48, were detained on a tip from intelligence services that they were planning an attack shortly in the Netherlands. There was no immediate information on the alleged...

Pedro Antunes, left, and Sabine Gomes, of Lisbon, walk up New York's Fifth Ave. during a blowing snowstorm, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010.

photo: AP / Mary Altaffer

Blizzard Warning for New York as Storm Heads Up East Coast
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A band of frigid weather snaking its way up the East Coast on Sunday threatened to bring blizzards and a foot of snow to New York City and New England, while several states to the South made emergency declarations as the storm caused crashes on slick roads. Brennen G. Smith/The Decatur Daily, via Associated Press Snow...

Safety fences are erected around fallen bricks lay on Madras Street in central Christchurch, New Zealand, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010 following a series of aftershocks.

photo: AP / New Zealand Herald, Simon Baker

Aftershocks still rattle New Zealand 3 months after 7.0 quake
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(CNN) -- A series of aftershocks hit near Christchurch, New Zealand, on Sunday morning, leaving cracks in buildings and sending stocked items falling off shelves in stores and malls. The aftershocks stemmed from a...

Palestinians carry the bodies of Islamic Jihad militants Mahmoud Al Najar and Mosab Abu Rock during their funeral in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010. Israeli forces killed two Palestinian militants Sunday along the Gaza-Israel border, where a sudden surge in violence has weakened an unofficial truce in place since Israel's bruising 2009 war there.

photo: AP / Eyad Baba

Israeli military kills 2 Gaza militants
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JERUSALEM - Israeli forces killed two Palestinian militants Sunday along the Gaza-Israel border, where a sudden surge in violence has weakened an unofficial truce in place since Israel's bruising 2009 war there. The Israeli military said it launched an airstrike after spotting two men trying to plant an explosive device along the frontier, where...

Panama’s President Ricardo Martinelli speaks at a press conference at the presidential palace in Panama City, Thursday, March 25, 2010. Martinelli said that Panama’s government has bought the company ICA and 51 percent of the company PYCSA, both Mexican companies that control local highways.

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WikiLeaks Panama: Wiretap Allegations Denied By Panama President Ricardo Martinelli
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PANAMA CITY — Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli on Saturday denied information from a leaked U.S. diplomatic cable suggesting he asked the United States to help install phone taps on his political opponents, but he acknowledged a request for help against criminals and organized crime figures. A leaked U.S. diplomatic cable from Aug. 22,...

The Mavi Marmara ship, the lead boat of a flotilla headed to the Gaza Strip which was stormed by Israeli naval commandos in a predawn confrontation in the Mediterranean May 31, 2010, returns in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010. Thousands of pro-Palestinian activists on Sunday welcomed back to Istanbul the ship that was the scene of bloodshed during an Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in May. Activists meanwhile, promised to send more ships in an effort to break the Gaza blockade.

photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici

Turkey 'wants to repair ties with Israel'
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Continue reading the main story Israel and the Palestinians Going nowhere fast? 'Off the record' views from officials Q&A;: Resuming direct talks Mid-East talks: Where they stand Turkey's foreign minister says he wants to repair ties with Israel, damaged when Israeli troops killed eight Turks and a Turkish-US national amid clashes on a...

South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin speaks to lawmakers about Monday's military drills during a security meeting at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010. North Korea backed off threats to retaliate against South Korea for military drills and reportedly offered concessions on its nuclear program _ signs it was looking to lower the temperature on the Korean peninsula after weeks of soaring tensions.

photo: AP / Kim Byung-man, Yonhap

S Korea and China defence chiefs to meet amid tension
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Continue reading the main story Inside North Korea Volunteers bolster S Korean army Why border hot-spot is war relic Rare peek into China-N Korea ties Alliance under strain South Korean and Chinese defence ministers are to meet in Beijing in February amid rising tension on the Korean peninsula, Seoul has said....

UN forces patrol out side Golf Hotel in, Ivory Coast, Abidjan Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010.

photo: AP / Sunday Alamba

US says 14,000 flee Ivory Coast for Liberia
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ABIDJAN: About 14,000 refugees have fled Ivory Coast to seek refuge in eastern Liberia after post-election violence, the United Nations refugee agency said on Saturday. The standoff...