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Hollande visits CAR after two French troops killed
French President Francois Hollande arrived in the Central African Republic Tuesday, just hours after two French soldiers were killed in overnight fighting.Uruguay becomes first country to legalize marijuana
Uruguay has become the first nation to legalise the growing, sale and smoking of marijuana after the country\'s Senate gave final approval ...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.Somalia court sentences woman who reported rape
A Somali court has sentenced to jail a woman who said she was raped and two journalists who reported her story.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.Antarctica sees coldest weather ever recorded on Earth
Temperatures in Antarctica hit a record low of minus 93 degrees Celsius in August 2010, according to scientists.Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra insists she will not resign before polls
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra announced that she will not resign ahead of snap elections, to be held February 2, despite opposition ...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 ...Chemical weapons watchdog receives Nobel Peace Prize
The head of a watchdog group that is trying to rid the world of chemical weapons has accepted the Nobel Peace Prize ...