The State Department's top Africa envoy said Thursday the Obama administration is prepared to provide more military help to Somalia's embattled Transitional Federal Government, the TFG. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton begins a seven-nation Africa

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In a crowded ballroom Kavya Shivashankar beat out 10 other finalists to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee on national television. Kavya correctly spelled the word laodicean, meaning lukewarm or indifferent in politics or religion. Kavya who had

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It has been nearly two weeks since suicide bombers attacked two luxury hotels in Indonesia. The blasts killed seven people and injured more than 50, but appears to have had little long-term economic or political impact. The governor of Jakarta said

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Three years ago, burning gray mud erupted from the earth, in the Sidoarjo region of the Indonesian island of Java. Since then, the mud volcano has forced 12,000 families to flee their homes. A drilling company is accused of triggering the eruption,

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South African President Jacob Zuma is making a visit to Zimbabwe to try to unblock outstanding issues of the political agreement that led to a power-sharing government between President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. He will aga

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Representatives from more than 80 nations, including the United States and Iran, are gathering Tuesday in the Hague for a key conference focusing on Afghanistan at a time when NATO and U.S. forces there are fighting a rising insurgency. The entrance

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By Steve Baragona Washington 29 October 2009 Garden pest As farmers across the United States are bringing in the harvest, silos are filling up with record or near-record quantities of corn and soybeans. To an extent not seen anywhere else in the wor

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A U.N. representative says Australia's intervention in dozens of troubled Aboriginal communities is discriminatory and breaches the country's international human-rights obligations. Aboriginals perform in the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games The U.N

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A spokesman for the Burmese government in exile has urged Washington not to hastily ease sanctions against Burma's military government. The exile government and rights groups support U.S. engagement with Burma, but they also want pressure for change

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By Vidushi Sinha Washington. 08 October 2009 Anders Fogh Rasmussen (file photo) NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen is urging European member states to contribute more to the Afghan mission. His appeal in Brussels Wednesday comes as the Obama administr

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By Brent Latham Port Said, Egypt 05 October 2009 Honduras forward Roger Rojas (C) tries to keep control of ball as South African defender Ace Bhengu (L) and midfielder Sameehg Doutie (back R) surround him, 4 Oct 2009 The South African national socce

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By Anne Look Dakar 07 October 2009 Ivory Coast's electoral commission has officially delivered the provisional voter list to President Laurent Gbagbo, bringing the country a step closer to its long-delayed presidential elections, now scheduled for N

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By Alan Boswell Nairobi 05 October 2009 Former United Nations chief Kofi Annan met with Kenya's president and prime minister Monday to urge their coalition government to hasten the pace of reforms in the country. Annan served as chief mediator in th

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By David Axe Aboard the USS Donald Cook 07 October 2009 In 2008, Somali pirates captured more than 100 large commercial vessels in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, provoking a massive international response. Today, some 40 warships patrol Soma

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 08 October 2009 Child rights advocates have kicked off more than a month of global activities leading up to the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Convention, which was adopted by the U.N. Gener

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By Ricci Shryock Dakar 13 October 2009 Rebel attacks in the Casamance region of Senegal are moving deeper into the interior of the country. This week's most recent violence occurred north of the regional capital of Ziguinchor. Rebels in Senegal's so

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By Selah Hennessy London 13 October 2009 UN peacekeepers (R) pass a Rwandan Hutu rebel (L) as they patrol in FDLR rebel-held territory in eastern Congo (File) Aid groups said Tuesday that the human cost of a UN-backed military operation in the Democ

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By Edward Yeranian Cairo 13 October 2009 Reformist Iranian presidential candidate, Mahdi Karroubi, talks with media during his press conference in Tehran, Iran, 09 Jun 2009 Tehran's prosecutor says an investigation is under way into charges by Irani

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 13 October 2009 The Pentagon says a Washington Post story claiming it is making an unannounced deployment of 13,000 additional troops to Afghanistan is inaccurate. US Soldiers in Afghanistan A Pentagon spokesman, Colonel Dave L

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By Hilary Heuler Warsaw 10 October 2009 Polish President Lech Kaczynski signs EU's Lisbon Treaty at presidential palace in Warsaw, 10 Oct 2009 Poland has signed the Lisbon Treaty which aims to streamline the workings of the European Union. This leav

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