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Syria peace talks not making much progress, says envoy
U.N.-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi says peace talks between delegates from the Syrian government and opposition to President Bashar al-Assad are laborious ...Serbian court jails nine for 1999 war crimes in Kosovo
Serbia\'s war crimes court has convicted nine former members of a paramilitary group for the 1999 massacre of more than 100 ethnic ...Obama declares emergency as storm hits US Southeast
U.S. President Barack Obama has declared an emergency in Georgi,a where forecasters predict a crippling ice storm.Woman will sue to prove Mandela is her father
Two women who say they were fathered by South Africa\'s former President Nelson Mandela have sought to be acknowledged by his estate, ...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 ...Former Hollywood child star Shirley Temple dies at 85
Shirley Temple Black, the child star who lifted the spirits of American movie audiences during the Great Depression of the 1930s, has ...China and Taiwan hold landmark high-level talks
Taiwan and China have held their first high-level political talks since their civil war ended 65 years ago.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.Iran hangs poet and activists
An Arab-Iranian poet and human rights activist, Hashem Shaabani, has been executed for being an "enemy ...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 ...




