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French court jails two Rwandan mayors for life over genocide
In a landmark ruling, a Paris court jailed for life Wednesday two former Rwandan mayors accused of orchestrating the massacre of hundreds ...Obama slows Afghanistan pullout, 8,400 troops to stay
President Barack Obama on Wednesday put the brakes on the US pullout from Afghanistan, saying 8,400 troops will remain in the war-ravaged ...Messi given 21 months for tax fraud, likely to avoid prison
- Barcelona star Lionel Messi will appeal and vowed to clear his name after a court in Spain on Wednesday sentenced him ...Four U.S. airports to open automated security lanes this fall
Four major U.S. airports plan to speed up security checks by automating the distribution of bins for travelers\' carry-on bags, the U.S. ...Iraq mourns after more than 200 killed in Baghdad bombing
Iraqis on Monday mourned the more than 200 people killed by a jihadist-claimed suicide car bombing that was among the deadliest ever ...IS-claimed Baghdad blast kills at least 130
A suicide car bombing claimed by the Islamic State group killed at least 130 people in a Baghdad shopping district in the ...43 killed in Syria army shelling of rebel town: monitor
Fierce government bombardment of an opposition-controlled Syrian town has killed 43 people, among them children and medical staff, a monitoring group said ...Twenty foreigners killed in Bangladesh cafe attack
Twenty foreigners were killed by their captors after being taken hostage at a cafe in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka and most of ...Serbian man kills five, injures 22, in cafe shooting
A man shot dead five people, including his wife, and injured another 20 in a cafe in northern Serbia early Saturday, police ...Australians vote in tight general election contest
Polls have closed on the Australian east coast on Saturday in general elections in which the ruling conservative coalition expected to lose ...