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S. Sudan talks stall again over political prisoners
Peace talks have stalled, a rebel commander is claiming big victories against the government, and Uganda is sending in more military troops ...Bombing kills 12 at Iraq army recruiting center
A suicide bomber has attacked a military recruiting center in Iraq, killing at least 12 people and wounding 25 others.Pakistan court orders Pervez Musharraf to attend future court hearings
A Pakistani court has ordered ex-President Pervez Musharraf to appear in court next week to face treason charges, despite an illness that ...Peace in the Pentagon
I\'m a huge fan of peace studies as an academic discipline that ...Robert Gates says Barack Obama lost faith in US strategy in Afghanistan
A new book by former U.S. secretary of defense Robert Gates describes President Barack Obama as "a man of personal integrity" who ...Former Miss Venezuela and British ex-husband shot dead by robbers
A former Miss Venezuela and her ex-husband have been shot dead in front of their 5-year-old daughter as they resisted robbers by ...US sends troops and tanks to South Korea
The Pentagon has announced the deployment of an additional 800 troops to South Korea, along with combat tanks and other military hardware, ...Russian, Chinese ships free from Antarctic ice
Reports from Antarctica say a Chinese icebreaker and a Russian research vessel broke free from thick ice on Tuesday, with both vessels ...Syrian chemical weapons transfer begins
Syria has started moving chemical weapons materials out of the country in a crucial phase of an internationally backed disarmament programme that ...Syria rebels seize al-Qaida base in Aleppo
Islamist rebel brigades are reported to have seized the headquarters of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) in the northern ...