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Polar freeze grips United States, disrupting travel, business
The dangerously cold weather that has turned the midwestern United States into one huge deep freeze is expected to move east and ...US Senate confirms Janet Yellen as US Federal Reserve chief
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Janet Yellen as the new chair of the country\'s central bank, making her one of the most ...Turkey dismisses 350 police officers in Ankara
Turkish media say Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has removed nearly 350 police from their posts in the capital, amid a widening ...Deadly car bombs strikes hotel in Somali capital Mogadishu
Three car bombs have killed at least eight people outside a major hotel used by foreigners in Mogadishu, Somalia.Afghan war most unpopular in US history: Poll
A new poll shows that the war in Afghanistan is even more unpopular among Americans than the war in Vietnam was more ...Second blast kills 14 people in Russia
Russian authorities have increased security in and around the southern city of Volgograd after two suicide bomb attacks killed 31 people and ...Syria to miss deadline for moving chemical weapons
Tuesday\'s deadline to move most of Syria\'s chemical weapons out of the country likely will go unmet.First legal commercial Key West–Cuba flight in 50 years lands in Havana
The first commercial passenger flight from Key West to Cuba in more than 50 years has landed in Havana, capping several years ...Israel frees Palestinian prisoners, pushes settlement plan
Twenty-six Palestinian prisoners have been released from Israeli jails, as part of a US-brokered deal to restart Middle East negotiations.At least 23 reported killed in huge India train fire
Railways officials in southern India say a fire on a train has killed at least 23 people.