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UK, France and Germany to back global tax rules at G20
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16 Feb 2013

The UK Chancellor George Osborne and his French and German counterparts are to call for global tax rules to clamp down on corporate tax avoidance. The three will seek backing from other leaders at the G20 summit in Moscow. A survey carried out by the OECD found that multinational companies could exploit gaps between the tax rules in different...
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The UK Chancellor George Osborne and his French and German counterparts are to call for global tax rules.
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What is common law - MIDI Intellect explains
updated 23 Jan 2013; published 13 Feb 2011
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Alex Jones Global Enslavement 10
updated 05 Sep 2012; published 02 May 2012
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Europe on the Fringe - Politics in the Age of a New Depression
updated 04 Oct 2012; published 23 Aug 2012
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LEGALIZED THEFT: Federal Court RULES Banksters CAN STEAL Pensions [MARTIAL LAW]
updated 04 Apr 2012; published 03 Apr 2012
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GGN: One in Ten Can't Find UK on Map, Pregnant Women to Get Fat Pill, H1N1 Jab Narcolepsy Link
updated 23 Jan 2013; published 31 Jul 2011
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Korea has Told China It is Preparing for Fourth Nuclear Test: Media
Full Article Caijing
16 Feb 2013

According to the Korea Central Daily News, China may launch initial sanctions against North Korea by itself, including suspending part of projects at the Rajin-Sonbong special economic zone North Korea has told China that it is preparing to stage one or even two more nuclear tests this year, the Reuters said on Friday, citing a source who has...
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Trees are reflected on a board displaying photos of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and the country's successful long range rocket launch outside North Korean embassy in Beijing Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013.
photo: AP / Andy Wong

updated 13 Feb 2013; published 09 Apr 2012
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North Korea preparing for third nuclear test: Report
updated 12 Feb 2013; published 12 Feb 2013
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North Korea Thrid Nuclear Test: China's role in North Korea's nuclear plan
updated 13 Feb 2013; published 24 Jan 2013
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North Korea - Nuclear Test 'Aimed At US'
updated 13 Feb 2013; published 24 Jan 2013
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North Korea - Nuclear Test Particularly Targeting United States
updated 12 Feb 2013; published 24 Jan 2013
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North Korea - New Nuclear Test will be part of fight against US
updated 15 Feb 2013; published 13 Feb 2013
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Corbett: North Korea Tests Nuclear Device, World Braces For Reaction
Venezuela Releases First Pictures of Chávez
Full Article The New York Times
15 Feb 2013

CARACAS, Venezuela — The Venezuelan government on Friday released photographs of President Hugo Chávez for the first time since he had surgery in Cuba more than nine weeks ago. Enlarge This Image Venezuelan Ministry of Information, via Reuters. President Hugo Chávez smiles with his daughters, Rosa Virginia, right, and María Gabriela,...
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In this photo released Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 by Miraflores Presidential Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, center, poses for a photo with his daughters, Maria Gabriela, left, and Rosa Virginia at an unknown location in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013.
photo: AP / Miraflores Presidential Press Office)

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updated 08 Feb 2013; published 05 Dec 2007
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Hugo Chavez - Victoria de Mierda
updated 16 Feb 2013; published 15 Feb 2013
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Venezuela shows first photos of ailing Chavez
updated 15 Feb 2013; published 03 Oct 2012
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The Stream - Who will rock Venezuela's youth vote?
updated 12 Feb 2013; published 08 Oct 2012
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[25] Venezuela more Democratic than US? Hate Speech near You, Be the Media
Meteor shower hits Russia, 400 injured by blasts
Full Article Indian Express
15 Feb 2013

A meteor streaked across the sky above Russia's Ural Mountains today morning, causing sharp explosions and injuring more than 400 people, many of them hurt by broken glass. "There was panic. People had no idea what was happening. Everyone was going around to...
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In this frame grab made from a video done with a dashboard camera, on a highway from Kostanai, Kazakhstan, to Chelyabinsk region, Russia, provided by Nasha Gazeta newspaper, on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 a meteorite contrail is seen.
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updated 16 Feb 2013; published 15 Feb 2013
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Chelyabinsk, Russia Meteor explodes in the sky with AMAZING sound shockwave in Chelyabinsk, Russia
updated 15 Feb 2013; published 15 Feb 2013
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Meteorite Explosion - Russia Chelyabinsk 2/15/2013 - Asteroid expected to pass close by Earth
updated 16 Feb 2013; published 15 Feb 2013
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Chelyabinsk, Russia Meteor explodes in the sky with AMAZING sound shockwave in Chelyabinsk, Russia
updated 15 Feb 2013; published 15 Feb 2013
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Thousand injured #Meteorite #Russia #Chelyabinsk
updated 16 Feb 2013; published 15 Feb 2013
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Meteor explodes in the sky with shockwave in Chelyabinsk,800 pepole Russia 15-2-13
updated 15 Feb 2013; published 15 Feb 2013
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Massive meteor blast shatters windows causes panic
Pistorius in court in murder case
Full Article San Francisco Chronicle
15 Feb 2013

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Paralympic superstar Oscar Pistorius openly wept as he appeared in court Friday, charged with the murder of his girlfriend as South Africans closely watched developments in a killing that has stunned the country. Reeva Steenkamp, a model and budding reality TV show participant, was shot and killed at...
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Athlete Oscar Pistorius weeps in court in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, Feb 15, 2013, at his bail hearing in the murder case of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
photo: AP / Antione de Ras - Independent Newspapers Ltd South Africa

updated 15 Feb 2013; published 14 Feb 2013
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Blade Runner Pistorius set for court on murder charge
updated 15 Feb 2013; published 15 Feb 2013
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Oscar Pistorius Arrives at Court - Weeps over Girlfriend Fatal Shooting and Murder Charges
updated 16 Feb 2013; published 15 Feb 2013
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Oscar Pistorius arrives for court appearance
updated 15 Feb 2013; published 15 Feb 2013
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Oscar Pistorius in court on murder charge
updated 16 Feb 2013; published 14 Feb 2013
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Oscar Pistorius killed girlfriend
updated 15 Feb 2013; published 14 Feb 2013
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Oscar Pistorius: Athlete in court on murder charge
EU horsemeat scandal: experts draw up test plans
Full Article BBC News
15 Feb 2013

Food safety experts from across Europe are due meet in Brussels to address the scandal over mislabelled horsemeat. The EU Standing Committee on the Food Chain will draw up plans for large-scale testing of beef products to check if they contain horse DNA. On Thursday the French government suspended the licence of processing firm Spanghero, saying it...
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In this Feb. 11, 2013 file photo, a sign at the entrance of French meat supplier Spanghero in Castelnaudary, southern France.
photo: AP / Manuel Blondeau

updated 12 Feb 2013; published 10 Feb 2013
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Horsemeat Scandal 'Prepare For More Cases'.
updated 16 Feb 2013; published 16 Feb 2013
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Horsemeat scandal: EU launches immediate wider tests
updated 16 Feb 2013; published 16 Feb 2013
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BBC News Horsemeat scandal EU launches immediate wider tests
updated 15 Feb 2013; published 15 Feb 2013
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Horse meat testing in Wales...
updated 14 Feb 2013; published 14 Feb 2013
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Horsemeat: Call For EU Tests As Plants Raided
updated 13 Feb 2013; published 13 Feb 2013
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Horsemeat British Plants Raided. Crates of Meat seen laying in the open!
Illinois Senate passes same-sex marriage measure
Full Article CNN
14 Feb 2013

February 14, 2013 -- Updated 2041 GMT (0441 HKT) (CNN) -- The Illinois Senate passed a measure Thursday to legalize same-sex marriage, voting 34-21. The state House will consider it next. Gov. Pat Quinn, a Democrat, has indicated that he would sign the bill. Illinois would be the 10th state, plus the District of Columbia, to legalize same-sex...
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The statue of the late US President Abraham "Abe" Lincoln in front of the State Capitol of Illinois in Springfield, USA as shown in this August 11, 2010 file photo.
photo: WN / Janice Sabnal

updated 03 Feb 2013; published 24 Jan 2013
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Looking Ahead: Marriage Equality in 2013
updated 07 Dec 2012; published 25 Jul 2012
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From Pennsylvania Avenue to Main Street: HIV and Public Health
updated 14 Feb 2013; published 08 Jan 2012
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Esoteric Agenda 480p (Subtitles in eng, ger, spa, est, heb, lav, pol, fre, por, hrv, cze, rum, srp)
updated 15 Feb 2013; published 04 Jan 2013
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LATEST NEWS ; Illinois same sex marriage bill passes Senate committee
updated 13 Feb 2013; published 04 Jan 2013
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Shaq O'Neal FaceBook Controversy - No Assault Weapons Ban or Gay Marriage Legalization
updated 03 Jan 2013; published 02 Jan 2013
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Oscar Pistorius charged with murder after 'shooting girlfriend'
Full Article The Daily Telegraph
14 Feb 2013

South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has been charged with murder after he allegedly shot and killed his girlfriend in the early hours of the morning, reportedly thinking she was an intruder. Reeva Steenkamp with Oscar Pistorius at an awards ceremony in November Photo: Rex Features/Getty Images By Aislinn Laing, Johannesburg 8:00AM...
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Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius, of South Africa, poses prior to the start of the press conference, jsa1
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updated 15 Feb 2013; published 14 Feb 2013
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Oscar Pistorius Charged With Murder: Accused Of Shooting Girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp
updated 14 Feb 2013; published 14 Feb 2013
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Oscar Pistorius Charged with Murder Shooting Model (Girlfriend) Reeva Steenkamp
updated 15 Feb 2013; published 15 Feb 2013
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Oscar Pistorius Arrives at Court - Weeps over Girlfriend Fatal Shooting and Murder Charges
updated 15 Feb 2013; published 14 Feb 2013
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Oscar Pistorius Murders Girlfriend
updated 15 Feb 2013; published 14 Feb 2013
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Police Confirm Oscar Pistorius Has Been Charged With Murder
updated 14 Feb 2013; published 14 Feb 2013
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'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius Charged With Murder Of Girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp
100th Tibetan self-immolates in China, advocacy groups say
Full Article CNN
14 Feb 2013

February 14, 2013 -- Updated 0624 GMT (1424 HKT) Tibetans-in-exile hold a candlelight vigil following the self-immolation attempt by a monk in Kathmandu on February 13, 2013. Hong Kong (CNN) -- The number of Tibetans in China who have set themselves on fire to protest Beijing's rule has reached 100, according to Tibetan advocacy groups. Lobsang...
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Exile Tibetans participate in a candle light vigil in solidarity with fellow Tibetans who have self immolated, in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, Feb.13, 2013.
photo: AP / Niranjan Shrestha

updated 01 Feb 2013; published 01 Feb 2013
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Heavy sentences in China for 2 Tibetans over self-immolations
updated 22 Nov 2012; published 19 Aug 2011
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Tibet Striving beyond the Middle Way Path with Tendor & Dadon
updated 09 Jan 2013; published 02 Feb 2012
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12 Tibetans Killed, Chinese Regime Blocks Journalists
updated 25 Sep 2012; published 11 Feb 2012
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Another Tibetan Sets Himself on Fire in China's Sichuan Province
updated 14 Feb 2013; published 23 Oct 2011
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New Tibetan Song We Will Niver Give Up(EXILE download gang
updated 06 Aug 2012; published 08 Feb 2012
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Chinese Regime Defends Shooting Unarmed Tibetan Protesters
Afghan president, ISAF welcome U.S. forces pullout
Full Article Xinhua
14 Feb 2013

KABUL, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai and NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) welcomed the U.S. President Barack Obama's decision over withdrawal of another 34,000 American forces from Afghanistan. "Afghanistan welcomes the announcement by President Obama, who in his state of the union address said that the...
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File - U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta, center left, and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, center right, walk together before conducting a joint press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 14, 2011.
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updated 11 Jan 2013; published 21 May 2012
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President Obama Speaks at ISAF Meeting on Afghanistan
updated 14 Feb 2013; published 13 Feb 2013
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Ten Afghan Civilians Killed In NATO Air Strike - Provincial Governor
updated 13 Jan 2013; published 12 Jan 2013
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Brig. Gen. Günter Katz ISAF Commander speaks about Afghanistan.
updated 27 Jun 2012; published 02 Dec 2009
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Raw Video: General McChrystal Discusses Situation in Afghanistan-Part 2
updated 02 Feb 2013; published 23 May 2012
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President Obama Speaking at the International Security Assistance Force Meeting in Afghanistan.
updated 20 Dec 2011; published 02 Dec 2009
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Raw Video: Gen. McChrystal Discusses Situation in Afghanistan-Part 1

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Is Colombia's Santos already running for re-election?
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BOGOTA (Reuters) - With one hand on the wheel of a 1940s jeep, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos edges through the crowd in a coffee-farming town, handing out subsidies and...
Iraq on the Brink
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Soon after the joint US-British bombing campaign ‘Operation Desert Fox’ devastated parts of Iraq in Dec 1998, I was complaining to a friend in the lobby of the Palestine Hotel in...
A Pope Away From a Perfect Church?
American Spectator
By Christopher White & Anne Hendershott on 2.15.13 @ 6:08AM Once again, hope springs eternal among liberal Catholics. They’re bound to be disappointed. Just hours after...

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India eases post-execution curfew in Kashmir
Indian paramilitary soldiers patrol during a curfew in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 15 February 2013. Authorities have imposed strict restrictions to stop separatist march in protest against the hanging of Afzal Guru. Guru was hanged 09 February 2013 for an attack on the country's parliament in 2001, which killed nine people.
Al Jazeera
A strict curfew across Indian-administered Kashmir that was imposed after the secret execution of a Kashmiri man has been lifted, police say. Police officer Ashok Prasad said on Saturday that authorities had also restored mobile internet and cable...
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Debt crisis overshadows Cyprus presidential election
Right-wing opposition leader and presidential candidate Nicos Anastasiades crossing a street to campaign office in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013.
BBC News
Some Cypriots are calling it mission impossible - the task of digging the small Mediterranean island of Cyprus out of debt. However difficult the task is, the new president, who will be elected by the end of this month at the latest, will have to...
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Facebook says it was a target of sophisticated hacking
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(Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Friday it had been the target of an unidentified hacker group, but it found no evidence that user data was compromised. "Last month, Facebook security discovered that our systems had been targeted in a sophisticated...
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Airbus rules out lithium-ion battery in new plane
John Leahy, Airbus Chief Operating Officer, is seen during the Global Market Forecast, at the Airbus Factory in Toulouse, southwestern France, Monday, Dec. 13, 2010.
Canberra Times
Airbus said it will revert to traditional battery technology for its new A350 wide-body aircraft instead of the lithium-ion power source that grounded Boeing’s competing 787 Dreamliner after malfunctions. The change is being made to protect the...
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Colombia's FARC frees two policemen
People who participate in the release operation of two police officers and a soldier, hostages held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, are surrounded by media members as they ride an International Red Cross vehicle at a rural area of Miranda, some 210 miles southwest of Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, Feb.14, 2013.
Al Jazeera
Colombia's FARC rebels have freed two police patrolmen it seized last month, in an apparent goodwill gesture ahead of the next round of tense peace negotiations with the government. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the biggest armed group...
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Pro-Morsi protesters rally in Cairo
Thousands of supporters raise a poster of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi as they celebrate in Tahrir Square, birthplace of the uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak 18 months ago, in Cairo late Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012.
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Thousands have rallied in Cairo to show support for Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi, who has been locked in a deep dispute with the largely secular opposition. Protesters packed a square outside Cairo University on Friday, chanting slogans...
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Congo deploys 500 soldiers to hunt Ugandan warlord
Two unidentified Rwandan Hutu rebels, left, that were captured during a joint military operation by the Congolese army and U.N. are seen some 70km from the town of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday, Oct. 31, 2005.
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KAMPALA, Uganda - The African Union says Congo has sent 500 troops to join a Uganda-led military effort to hunt down Joseph Kony, the fugitive head of the Lord's Resistance Army rebel group. The troops were handed over in a ceremony Wednesday, the...
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