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World leaders gather in South Africa for Mandela memorial
Leaders from around the world will pay tribute at Tuesday\'s memorial service for Nelson Mandela, the South African anti-apartheid leader who died ...Obama calls for peace as Hagel orders US support in Central African Republic mission
U.S. President Barack Obama has urged the people of the Central African Republic to remain calm amid mounting sectarian violence.World marks international Human Rights Day
Countries around the world are marking International Human Rights Day.South Africans, world leaders pay tribute to Mandela at memorial service
More than 60,000 people gathered in Johannesburg Tuesday for a memorial service to honor late South African President Nelson Mandela.French soldiers killed in Central African Republic
France confirmed that two of its soldiers have been killed in the Central African Republic, where they have been working to end ...French troops arrive in Central African Republic amid violence
French troops received a triumphant welcome Saturday on the streets of Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, as warplanes and helicopters ...Dozens killed in north Kenya inter-ethnic fighting
Kenyan officials and relief workers say fresh clashes erupted between rival ethnic groups in the country\'s north on Saturday, a day after ...South Africa and world mourn Nelson Mandela
South Africans are mourning the death of anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela, the country\'s first black president, who died Thursday at the age ...French reinforcements arrive in CAR capital
The French defense minister says troop reinforcements have begun arriving in the Central African Republic, after reports that around 100 people were ...World leaders react to the passing of Mandela
Minutes after news of the passing away of former South African president Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, tributes and speeches started streaming in.