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File - In this Monday, Oct. 8, 2012 photo taken with a mobile phone, a police officer walks past a burnt out shopping mall in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Nigerian soldiers angry about the killing of an officer razed buildings and shot dead more than 30 civilians Monday in a northeastern city long under siege by a radical Islamist sect.
Africa   Nigeria   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Boko Haram  
 Swissinfo 
Islamists kill 19 at checkpoint in northeast Nigeria
  | Reuters | October 20, 2013 - 19:15 | DAMATURU, Nigeria (Reuters) - Islamist Boko Haram militants disguised as soldiers killed 19 people at a checkpoint on Sunday, mostly by slitting their thr... (photo: AP / Abdulkareem Haruna)
UN chief says no "official notification" from Saudi Arabia on Security Council seat
Arabia   Photos   Saudi   Security   Wikipedia: Saudi Arabia  
 Xinhua 
UN chief says no "official notification" from Saudi Arabia on Security Council seat
|  • Ban Ki- moon on Friday said that s "not received any official notification in this regard." |  • It came as the first UN response to the decision of Saudi Arabia to turn down its rotatin... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras)
In this Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 file photo feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, center from left, Yekaterina Samutsevich, Maria Alekhina, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow. Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Friday Nov. 2, 2012 that he detested the Pussy Riot act, but added the women have been in prison long enough and should be released.  Swissinfo 
Pussy Riot member withdraws release plea in solidarity with bandmate
  | Reuters | October 18, 2013 - 08:34 | NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia (Reuters) - Jailed Pussy Riot punk band member Maria Alyokhina withdrew her plea for an early release on Friday in a show of suppo... (photo: AP / Sergey Ponomarev)
Europe   Photos   Politics   Russia   Wikipedia: Pussy Riot  
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich goes into a booth at a polling station during parliamentary elections in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012.  Swissinfo 
Ukraine leader says will sign law to release Tymoshenko
  | Reuters | October 18, 2013 - 07:03 | KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich said he is ready to sign a law to allow jailed opponent Yulia Tymoshenko to go abroad for treatment... (photo: AP / Sergei Chuzavkov)
Europe   Photos   Politics   Ukraine   Wikipedia: Viktor Yanukovych  
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The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad addressing at the foundation stone laying ceremony of 200 bedded Ambedkar Nagar Hospital, in New Delhi on August 21, 2013. Newstrack India
Ghulam Nabi Azad to chair Partners in Population and Development meet in Beijing
Tweet | New Delhi, Oct 21 (ANI): Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad will chair the 18th annual board meeting of the Partners in Population and Development (PPD) at Be... (photo: PIB of India)
Beijing   Photos   Politics   Population   Wikipedia: Ghulam Nabi Azad  
President Barack Obama listens as Mexico's President Felipe Calderon speaks during their joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 3, 2011. Swissinfo
Mexico calls alleged U.S. spying on Calderon 'unacceptable'
  | Reuters | October 21, 2013 - 00:47 | MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico scolded the United States on Sunday over new allegations of spying after a German magazine re... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak)
Mexico   Photos   Politics   US   Wikipedia: Felipe Calderón  
Luxembourg's Prime minister and President of the Eurogroup Jean-Claude Juncker briefs members of the European Parliament on the previous Eurogroup meeting, at the European Parliament in Brussels, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008. France pushed its EU partners Tuesday to support boosting the powers of the International Monetary Fund to contain the turmoil that has swept financial markets worldwide and is slowing the European ec Swissinfo
Juncker's party loses seats in Luxembourg elections - exit poll
  | Reuters | October 20, 2013 - 19:50 | LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - The party of Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker suffered losses in the country's elections... (photo: AP / Yves Logghe)
Elections   Luxembourg   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Jean-Claude Juncker  
File - In this Monday, Oct. 8, 2012 photo taken with a mobile phone, a police officer walks past a burnt out shopping mall in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Nigerian soldiers angry about the killing of an officer razed buildings and shot dead more than 30 civilians Monday in a northeastern city long under siege by a radical Islamist sect. Swissinfo
Islamists kill 19 at checkpoint in northeast Nigeria
  | Reuters | October 20, 2013 - 19:15 | DAMATURU, Nigeria (Reuters) - Islamist Boko Haram militants disguised as soldiers killed 19 people at a checkpoint on Sunday... (photo: AP / Abdulkareem Haruna)
Africa   Nigeria   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Boko Haram  
Afghan special forces commander defects with guns to insurgents Swissinfo
Afghan special forces commander defects with guns to insurgents
  | Reuters | October 20, 2013 - 17:07 | By Mohammad Anwar | KUNAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - An Afghan army special forces commander has defected to an insurgent grou... (photo: USMC / Zachery B. Martin)
Afghanistan   Commander   Insurgents   Photos   Wikipedia: Afghanistan  
FILE- Tunisian Prime Minister Ali Larayedh addresses the media in this file photo dated Monday, July 29, 2013, in Tunis, Tunisia. It is announced Saturday Sept. 28, 2013, that Larayedh will step down in three weeks and negotiations will continue to find an interim replacement, after Tunisia's governing Islamist party agreed to resign in favor of a caretaker government to resolve the political crisis that has paralyzed the country. Swissinfo
Tunisia sees Islamist militants exploiting Libya chaos
Arab Spring | Reuters | October 20, 2013 - 16:30 | By Patrick Markey and Tarek Amara | TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's Prime Minister Ali Larayedh said Islamist militants are... (photo: AP / Hassene Dridi)
Islamist   Libya   Photos   Tunisia   Wikipedia: Ali Laarayedh  
Politics Defense & Terrorism
- Two Americans taken hostage by pirates off the coast of Nige
- Air Force Academy May Drop 'So Help Me God' From Oat
- Sierra Leone charges editors for comparing president to rat
- Sierra Leone charges editors for comparing president to rat
Spain must free ETA militant - European rights court
Spain must free ETA militant - European rights court
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- France Begins New Anti-Islamist Sweep in Mali
- 'Mother' of Gypsy Maria emerges
- Gambia gays face discrimination in exile
- Japan secrecy act stirs fears about press freedom, right to
Spain must free ETA militant - European rights court
Spain must free ETA militant - European rights court
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Business & Economy Energy & Industry
- IMF and Ghana to Co-Host High-Level Conference On the Opport
- >Guinea Bissau, Taiwan and Colombia Feature in Explore's
- RPT-UPDATE 1-BHP says talks continue over Guinea iron ore st
- Embargo fails to stop Ivory Coast illicit diamond trade: U.N
UN chief says no "official notification" from Saudi Arabia on Security Council seat
UN chief says no "official notification" from Saudi Arabia on Security Council seat
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- Two American Mariners Abducted Off Nigerian Coast
- Embargo fails to stop Ivory Coast illicit diamond trade: U.N
- Embargo fails to stop Ivory Coast illicit diamond trade: U.N
- Embargo fails to stop Ivory Coast illicit diamond trade: U.N
Luxembourg's Prime minister and President of the Eurogroup Jean-Claude Juncker briefs members of the European Parliament on the previous Eurogroup meeting, at the European Parliament in Brussels, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008. France pushed its EU partners Tuesday to support boosting the powers of the International Monetary Fund to contain the turmoil that has swept financial markets worldwide and is slowing the European ec
Juncker's party loses seats in Luxembourg elections - exit poll
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Health Society & Culture
- Gambia gays face discrimination in exile
- Japan secrecy act stirs fears about press freedom, right to
- Germany seeks answers over Merkel bugging
- Contractors describe scant pre-launch testing of U.S. health
Ruling party African National Congress (ANC) and South African President Jacob Zuma sings after being reelected as the head of the nation's dominant political force, more than likely guaranteeing the politician another five years in the country's presidency, in Bloemfontein, South Africa, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. Zuma trounced Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe, his only challenger who ran a largely muted and reluctant campaign, getting 2,983 votes to Motlanthe's 991.
Zuma hits raw African nerve with Malawi roads gaffe
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- 'Mother' of Gypsy Maria emerges
- Bulgarian woman claims she's Maria's mom: 'We gi
- Patience, Obamacare will work
- A win-win solution for captive orcas and marine theme parks
Spain must free ETA militant - European rights court
Spain must free ETA militant - European rights court
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Science & InfoTech Sports
- 'Mother' of Gypsy Maria emerges
- Japan secrecy act stirs fears about press freedom, right to
- U.S. congressman Paul Ryan sees narrower focus for new budge
- Two Americans taken hostage by pirates off the coast of Nige
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich goes into a booth at a polling station during parliamentary elections in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012.
Ukraine leader says will sign law to release Tymoshenko
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- 8th African team punished for ineligible player
- Pirates kidnap Americans off oil vessel
- World boxing champ Klitschko to run for Ukraine president in
- Fred Pappoe Hails Quality In Ghana Premier League
Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel, of Germany, steers his car during the Formula One U.S. Grand Prix auto race at the Circuit of the Americas
Sebastian Vettel: I'm not thinking about the world title
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