Alleged human traffickers who had arranged more than 20 boat trips from north Africa to Europe picked up in sting operation in Italy and Germany

Ten suspected migrant smugglers were arrested on Wednesday in Italy and Germany, including the alleged ringleader behind a treacherous journey that killed an estimated 244 people off the coast of Libya in June.

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A new global development agenda is on the table. Here's how to make it the most progressive and ambitious agenda possible

Whether you agree with the emerging post-2015 development agenda or not, it is likely to steer trillions of dollars of spending, as well as key areas of policy over the next 15 years. Its implementation will occupy the minds of governments, business and campaigners. So we need an agenda that is - to use UN jargon - "fit for purpose".

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The US-led coalition against the Islamic State militants that have seized large areas of Iraq and Syria is prepared to battle the jihadists "for as long as it takes", US Secretary of State John Kerry told coalition members in Brussels Wednesday.

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Chitja Twala (History, Univ. of Free State) on the history of black politics and the African National Congress in the Free State province; oral history; cultural resistance; the field of History in South Africa; lessons of the Marikana Massacre; and "transformation" in South African higher education.

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ምዕራፍ 8 ብዛዕባ መርገም (Scourge) ሃገራዊ ኣገልግሎት ይገልጽ። ኣብ ዝማዕበላን ኣብ መስርሕ ዘለዋን ሃገራት ዓለም፡ ሃገራዊ ኣገልግሎት ብፍላይ ካብ 18 ክሳብ 20ታት ዕድመ ብዘለዎም ደቂተባዕትዮ ንገለ 2 ዓመት ከገልግሉ ዝብል ወግዓዊ ናይ መንግስቲ ሕጊ ኣለወን ። እዚ ንምክልኻል ሃገር ዝድግፍ ዑቑር ሓይሊ ተባሂሉ ዝግበር ኽኸውን እንከሎ፡ ንፍልይ ዝበሉ ዜጋታት ከም ናይ እምነት ሰባትን ብሕልና ኣብ ረጽሚ ንዘይኣምኑን (conscientious objectors) ድማ ሕድገታት ይገብር። እዚኣቶም ሰባት፡ መሰረት እምነቶም ኣብ ...

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By chef, foodie and activist Andrew Zimmern, host of Bizarre Foods I'm headed to Capitol Hill right now (with some of my good chef friends Pati Jinich, Hugh Acheson and Nina Compton) to meet with members of Congress and urge them to pass the bipartisan energy bill you've been working on all year. Will you send...

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London conference shines spotlight on troubled nation after 13-year foreign military mission that cost thousands of lives and billions of dollars

The Afghan president, Ashraf Ghani, will meet foreign leaders in London on Thursday with little to show for two months in power but with a pressing need to persuade international donors to stay involved as concerns intensify that fragile gains won over 13 years may be lost as most foreign troops withdraw.

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This guest blog is from Liberian nurse Louise Gaye.  She works at ELWA Ebola Treatment Unit in Monrovia, and is featured in our Ebola: Waiting video alongside stars from around the world. While the world waited to respond to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, healthcare workers like Louise have been there from the start. Risking...

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[IDS]The disproportionate impact of emergencies on people with disabilities

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Belgians seldom agree about anything, but they all know their country's unity hangs by a potato thread.

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The US-led coalition against the Islamic State militants that have seized large areas of Iraq and Syria is prepared to battle the jihadists "for as long as it takes", US Secretary of State John Kerry told coalition members in Brussels Wednesday.

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Belgians seldom agree about anything, but they all know their country's unity hangs by a potato thread.

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Negotiating teams are trying to resume talks to end Colombia's decades-long civil conflict after the brief capture of a general by FARC rebels put them on hold, but the incident has shown peace will remain difficult to secure.

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Last week the Constitutional Court confirmed that Parliament had failed to comply with its previous judgment on the unconstitutionality of the legislation that created the Hawks. But the court also reminded us that no amount of legal tinkering could guarantee the unit's effectiveness in combatting corruption. Institutions do not (on their own) stop corruption. People [...]

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A blast, possibly caused by a car bomb, went off near the international airport in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Wednesday where the United Nations and some Western embassies are based, a Reuters witness and a security official said.

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Indians have held protests and candlelight vigils to commemorate the thousands who perished in the world's deadliest industrial disaster and demand justice for those who continue to suffer three decades on.

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A new empirical and peer-reviewed study provides "the first evidence that online networks are able to produce social capital. In the case of bonding social capital, online ties are more effective in forming close networks than theory predicts." Entitled, "Tweeting Alone? An ... Continue reading →

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US President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged lawmakers in Washington to aprove a $6 billion war chest to help the fight against Ebola, warning that the deadly disease could not be beaten without additional funding.

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The US Department of Defense said on Tuesday that Iran has launched airstrikes against militants from the Islamic State group in eastern Iraq.

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I took the fall semester off from teaching, which is a [...]

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