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Venancio Mondlane, leading Mozambique’s vote dispute from exile

Charismatic, dramatic and determined, Mozambican opposition leader Venancio Mondlane has directed from abroad waves of protests that pose the biggest…

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Two US Navy pilots shot down in apparent ‘friendly fire’ incident

Two U.S. Navy pilots were shot down Sunday over the Red Sea in an apparent "friendly fire" incident, the U.S…

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Large earthquake hits battered Vanuatu

A magnitude-6.1 earthquake rattled buildings on Vanuatu's main island early Sunday but did not appear to have caused major damage,…

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India child marriage crackdown reaches nearly 5,000 arrests

A crackdown on illegal child marriages in India’s northeast has resulted in nearly 5,000 arrests, after 416 people were detained…

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Two-thirds of French already unhappy with new PM: poll

France’s new Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, who is still scrambling to name his government before Christmas, faced a fresh challenge…

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Four killed in helicopter crash at Turkish hospital

Four people were killed in southwest Turkey on Sunday when an ambulance helicopter collided with a hospital building and crashed…

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US Congress passes bill to avert shutdown

The US Congress averted a Christmastime government shutdown early Saturday after weeks of tense negotiations that went down to the…

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US drops bounty for Syria’s new leader after Damascus meeting

Washington is scrapping a long-standing reward for the arrest of Syria's new leader, a senior U.S. diplomat said Friday, following…

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Pope slams ‘cruelty’ of strike killing Gaza children

Pope Francis on Saturday condemned the bombing of children in Gaza as "cruelty", a day after the territory's rescue agency…

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Sectarian violence in Syria has been less intense than feared since Assad’s ouster

The toppling of Bashar Assad has raised tentative hopes that Syrians might live peacefully and as equals after a half…

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