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Ukrainian riot police withdraw after overnight move on demonstrators
Ukrainian police and protesters clashed again outside Kiev\'s city hall after security forces attempted to re-take the building occupied by hundreds of ...United States suspends non-lethal assistance into northern Syria
The United States has suspended all non-lethal assistance into northern Syria after Islamic Front forces seized headquarters and warehouses belonging to the ...Ukrainian police storm protest camp in Kiev square
Hundreds of police have moved in on a large protest camp in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, clashing with protesters.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 ...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 ...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 ...




