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Scores feared dead in Algeria plane crash
An Algerian military aircraft crashed in the east of the country on Tuesday killing all 103 people on board, an Algerian security ...Sochi Olympics:Two athletes win second straight gold medals
Two athletes defended their Olympic titles Sunday as eight countries won gold medals at the winter Games in Sochi, Russia.Swiss back limits on immigration from EU
Voters in Switzerland have narrowly passed a measure to curb immigration by European Union citizens.Egypt says Muslim Brotherhood has formed military wing
Egypt\'s Interior Ministry has accused the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood of forming a "military wing" to attack police and security forces.Ex-Congolese warlord faces war crimes charges at international court
Former Congolese general Bosco Ntaganda appears Monday at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, where he is charged with murder, rape ...Iran hangs poet and activists
An Arab-Iranian poet and human rights activist, Hashem Shaabani, has been executed for being an "enemy ...Nepal parliament elects Koirala as new prime minister
Nepal\'s parliament picked a social democrat as its new prime minister on Monday after a last-minute power-sharing deal ended a deadlock that ...Syrians peace talks resume in Geneva
Delegates from Syria\'s government and the opposition to President Bashar al-Assad are in Geneva for a second round of peace talks.Homs aid delayed as vehicles hit by mortar fire
Renewed fighting hampered a U.N. relief effort in Syria\’s war-battered city of Homs on Saturday, breaking a three-day humanitarian pause agreed by ...15 pilgrims die in Saudi Arabia hotel fire
A fire at a hotel in the Saudi holy city of Medina on Saturday killed 15 pilgrims and injured 130 others, state-run ...