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Germany wins World Cup, beating Argentina 1-0
Germany won the World Cup. Host Brazil won a world of new friends.U.S. Out of Germany
Despite the supposed ending of World War II, the U.S.Blast in northern Nigeria kills 10
An explosion overnight in a brothel in the northeastern Nigerian city of Bauchi killed 10 people, police said on Saturday, while 14 ...Sudanese Christian woman freed again
A Sudanese Christian woman whose death sentence for apostasy was overturned was freed again on Thursday after being detained on accusations of ...21 killed in bombing at Nigerian shopping mall
Twin car bombs killed at least 21 people outside an upmarket shopping mall in Nigeria\'s capital Abuja on Wednesday, police said.Libya votes in general election after years of crisis
Libyans went to the polls Wednesday in parliamentary elections meant to bring a measure of stability that has been elusive in the ...Sudan re-arrests Christian woman freed from death sentence
A Sudanese woman who on Monday was acquitted of a death sentence against her for being Christian was re-arrested hours later on ...Five killed in attack on Kenyan coast, says official
At least five people have been killed in a new attack on Kenya\'s coast, officials said Tuesday, one week after some 60 ...Global refugee figures highest since Second World War, UN says
The number of refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced people has surged to more than 50 million people, the first time since ...Liberia reports seven new deaths linked to Ebola
A health official says seven people believed to have the Ebola virus have died in recent days in the Liberian capital, in ...