Darfur rebels free 31 civilians: Red Cross

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Kenya Supreme Court upholds election of Kenyatta

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Mali Tuaregs say nine killed in battle with jihadists

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Jordan gets trim cabinet to cut spending

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Two killed in attack on Libyan military camp

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Arab Israelis, Palestinians mark ‘land day’

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Sudan's Sedeinga exavation mission

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U.S. hands over Afghan district after ‘abuse’ row

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Syrian rebels enter strategic Aleppo neighborhood

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Gaza’s Haniya heads to Egypt talks

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U.S. B-2 bombers sent to Korea on rare mission: diplomacy not destruction

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U.S. concerned over mob sexual assaults in Egypt

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Guantanamo hunger strikers ready for death: lawyer

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Prison guard killed as south Yemen protests

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First flight to Tehran in 34 years takes off from Cairo

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NATO air strike kills 2 children, 9 suspected Taliban in Afghanistan

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Myanmar says government not to blame for religious riots

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‘Aleppo button’ disease afflicts war-torn city

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Suicide bomber wounds seven in northwestern Pakistan

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Pope hopes to strengthen Christian-Muslim dialogue

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North Korea enters a ‘state of war’ with its neighboring South

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