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Refugees from Côte d'Ivoire crisis could top 100,000 by April, UN warns
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Refugees from Côte d'Ivoire, like this group, continue to cross the border into Liberia31 January 2011 As Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon kept up his diplomatic push for a speedy solution to the post-electoral crisis in Côte d'Ivoire, United Nations agencies called for urgent funding today, warning that refugees fleeing to neighbouring Liberia...

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AU assigns 6 presidents to mediate in Ivory Coast
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - The African Union has named a panel of six African presidents to mediate Ivory Coast's political crisis. The list announced Monday at the AU summit includes two leaders who came to power through elections - the presidents of South Africa and Tanzania. But the panel also includes three men who headed coups in their countries...

People pray on Tahrir, or Liberation Square, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 31, 2011. A coalition of opposition groups called for a million people to take to Cairo's streets Tuesday to ratchet up pressure for President Hosni Mubarak to leave.

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Egypt Leader's Foes Try to Maintain Momentum
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CAIRO - A coalition of opposition groups called for a million people to take to Cairo's streets Tuesday to ratchet up pressure for President Hosni Mubarak to leave. American and other world leaders were also ramping up pressure for an orderly transition to a democratic system. The coalition of groups, dominated by youth movements but including the...

Wide spread flood water across South-East Queensland, Australia, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011.

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Queensland warning over Cyclone Yasi
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Continue reading the main story Australia floods Bryant: Gillard's tax plan Queensland's soggy soils revealed Barrier reef braces for flood impact Brisbane calls on 'Blitz spirit' The Australian state of Queensland could be facing one of the worst cyclones in its history, as it works to recover from devastating floods....

U.S. Army Pvt. John Robinson, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, provides security during a routine search of residences near Baji, Iraq, Feb. 21, 2006.

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U.S. report: Iraq's security at risk without aid
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BAGHDAD - Without more help - and quickly - Iraqi security forces may not be able to protect the fragile nation from insurgents and invaders after American troops leave at the end of the year, according to a U.S. report released Sunday. The...

A protester, who said he was wounded during clashes with police in the previous days, prays with other protesters in Tahrir square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011.

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Egypt's Uprising: Why the U.S. Needs to Embrace Change
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It is increasingly apparent that the crisis in Egypt will end in one of two ways: either the hundreds of thousands of people demanding Hosni Mubarak's ouster will succeed in toppling him, or the Egyptian army will quash the demonstrations by force. Any expectation that Mubarak's token gestures of "reform" - like appointing his intelligence czar as...

In this file photo taken Saturday, March. 27, 2010, senior military officers are seen during the 65th Anniversary Armed Forces Day in Myanmar's new administrative city Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. Myanmar's state-media announced Thursday Jan. 20, 2011 the military government's nominees to the country's first parliament in two decades.

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Burma's parliament opens new session
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By Rachel Harvey BBC South East Asia Correspondent Continue reading the main story Burma: Battle for Democracy Burma's evolving opposition Burma election: Q&A; Burma election: The parties Profile: Aung San Suu Kyi...

Khieu Samphan, left, and Nuon Chea, right, attend the funeral for the former wife of Pol Pot, the late Khmer Rouge leader who died in 1998 in the former Khmer Rouge stronghold of Pailin, northwestern Cambodia, in this July 3, 2003, file photo.

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Senior Khmer Rouge leaders to appear in Cambodian court
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Continue reading the main story Khmer Rouge Trials 'I want to know why' Chum Mey: Tuol Sleng survivor In pictures: Tuol Sleng prison Duch: Symbol of horror Two of the most senior surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge are due to appear in court in Cambodia on Monday....

Muslim clerics from Al Azhar University demonstrate with anti-government protestors in Cairo, Sunday Jan. 30, 2011. The Arab world's most populous nation appeared to be swiftly moving closer to a point at which it either dissolves into widespread chaos or the military expands its presence and control of the streets.

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Mubarak orders state subsidies
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, facing a popular revolt against his rule, has ordered Ahmed Shafiq, the new prime minister to preserve subsidies, control inflation and provide more jobs. Protesters who have rocked the nation of 80 million people, a key US ally in the Arab world, complain about surging prices and the growing...

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with a Haitian president Rene Preval at the national palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011.

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Hillary Clinton: Haiti aid will not be suspended
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Continue reading the main story Related stories Haiti finalises election schedule Clinton urges resolution in Haiti Celestin 'out of Haiti election' US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has told reporters the US would not be suspending aid to Haiti. She rejected suggestions that the US would cut off aid to pressure Haiti into accepting the...