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Acting Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, Monday, April 12, 2010.

photo: AP / Jose Luis Magana

Nigerian president wins primary election
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Abuja: Nigeria's ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) declared President Goodluck Jonathan the winner of its presidential primaries on Friday, making him the firm favourite to win an April 9 general election. "I declare Dr Goodluck...

A passer by walks past a photo of Tunisia's President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in Tunis, Tunisia, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011.

photo: AP / Christophe Ena

Tunisian president, calling for calm, says he won't run for re-election
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TUNIS, Tunisia - Tunisia's autocratic president, struggling to contain deadly riots that have threatened his authority, made sweeping pledges for political and media freedom and said he will leave the presidency - but not until his term ends in 2014. Facing the worst unrest in his 23 years in power, an unusually contrite President Zine El Abidine...

Afghan girls walk through the bazaar on their way home, outside Forward Operating Base Wilson, of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Dec. 5, 2010.

photo: US Army / Spc. Ian Schell

Afghan Taliban 'end opposition to educating girls'
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Continue reading the main story Taliban Conflict Despair as Nato eyes endgame Can Afghan forces step up? Who are the Taliban? Q&A;: Fighting the Taliban The Taliban have abandoned their opposition to schooling girls in Afghanistan, the country's education minister has said....

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi listens during a joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, not pictured, during the 28th government consultations of both nations at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011

photo: AP / Shane McMillan

Berlusconi's effort to protect himself in law rejected
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PADDY AGNEW in Rome ITALIAN PRIME minister Silvio Berlusconi suffered a major setback yesterday when, for the third time in seven years, Italy's constitutional court rejected legislation that effectively guarantees him immunity from prosecution while in office. Like the 2004 Schifani law and the 2009 Alfano law, the so-called "legitimate...

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden greets U.S. service members after a speech at al-Faw Palace at Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011.

photo: AP / Maya Alleruzzo

Biden: Iraq's success is in U.S. interest
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Posted | Comment | Recommend | | | By Ahmad al-Rubaye, AFP/Getty Images Vice President Biden gestures during his meeting with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in Baghdad on Thursday. BAGHDAD (AP) — Vice President Biden emphasized to Iraqi leaders Thursday that the U.S. wants nothing more than for to be a free and...

Residents cross a river as they leave their houses after landslides in Caleme neighborhood in Teresopolis, Brazil, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011.

photo: AP / Felipe Dana

Brazil Landslides Wipe Away Homes, Killing More Than 300
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By JEFF FICK RIO DE JANEIRO—Walls of earth and water swept away buildings in the mountains northwest of Brazil's beachfront pearl of Rio de Janeiro, wiping away homes and killing at least 303 residents, while rescuers scrambled to reach still-trapped neighbors. View Full Image Zuma Press A house is seen cover with earth after being hit by a...

Txeliu Moreno, the new spokesman of the outlawed Basque party Batasuna gestures during a press conference in Bilbao, northern Spain, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011.

photo: AP / Alvaro Barrientos

ETA's struggle for a homeland
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Although the group has announced a permanent ceasefire, Spain's crackdown on members of the Basque separatist organisation ETA is continuing. Two suspected ETA members were arrested in a joint operation by Spanish and French police less than 24 hours after the group said its struggle for a Basque homeland would now be conducted using dialogue,...

Sri Lankan ethnic Tamil flood victims load their belongings to a boat in a flooded area in Batticaloa, about 220 killometers (138 miles) east of Colombo,Sri Lanka, Monday, Jan. 10, 2011.

photo: AP / Kailapillai Ruthiran

S. Lanka plots relief aid for 950,000 flood victims
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COLOMBO ' Sri Lankan authorities on Thursday gathered emergency food, clothing and bedding for nearly one million people forced out of their homes by flooding over the last week. At least 18 people have died during the monsoon flooding, in which the centre and east of the island...

Demonstrators shout slogans to calling for the resignation of Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, during a protest, in Marseille, southern France , Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011.

photo: AP / Claude Paris

Sporadic clashes overnight despite Tunisia curfew
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TUNIS, Tunisia-Sporadic shots have rung out overnight outside Tunisia's capital, despite a state-ordered curfew amid clashes...

Supporters of Pfc. Bradley Manning hold signs during a city council meeting in Berkeley, Calif., Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010.

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From Valley Forge to the Valley of Death
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Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. "These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will in this crisis shrink from the service of their country; but he (Pfc. Manning) that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman." -The American Crisis Deep inside of America's crowded and...