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Ukraine parliament passes measure offering protest amnesty deal
Ukraine\'s parliament has approved a measure offering amnesty to protesters arrested during anti-government demonstrations, but only if they abandon the buildings they ...Protests against government continue in Ukraine
Ukrainian anti-government protesters are vowing to continue demonstrating despite passage of a law offering amnesty to those arrested during the protests over ...President Obama delivers his fifth State of the Union address
Text of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, as delivered and provided by the White House:Nicaragua scraps presidential limits in boost for Ortega
Nicaragua\'s national assembly on Tuesday voted to scrap presidential term limits, which could allow socialist President Daniel Ortega to remain in power ...Chinese ivory smuggler gets record Kenyan fine
A Kenyan court has sentenced a Chinese ivory smuggler to seven years in prison, in the country\'s first sentence under a tough ...Egypt ex-President Morsi defiant at jailbreak trial
Ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi protested at his new trial in Cairo from a glass and metal cage, as he faces charges ...Mladic refuses to testify in war crimes trial
Former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic has appeared in the UN war crimes court in The Hague, but refused to testify ...Hong Kong chicken slaughter begins after H7N9 found
Health officials in Hong Kong killed about 20,000 chickens Tuesday after the deadly H7N9 bird flu virus was found in poultry imported ...American folk singer and activist Pete Seeger dies at 94
Legendary American folk singer and political activist Pete Seeger has died at the age of 94.Ukraine President repeals anti-protest laws
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has agreed to scrap the anti-protest laws that have sparked some of the violent anti-government protests in Kyiv ...




