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Rain hinders search for missing in Sri Lankan landslides
As soldiers searched Thursday for hundreds of people missing after landslides swallowed three central Sri Lankan villages, family members huddled in crowded ...France calls Middle East peace conference for June 3
French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said Thursday he had called for a long-delayed Middle East peace conference to be held in Paris ...US beats Czech Republic 2-1 to reach semifinals at worlds
The United States reached the semifinals of the hockey world championship on Thursday with a 2-1 shootout win over the Czech Republic. ...Fresh hopes for Chibok girls as rescued student meets Buhari
The first of 219 abducted Chibok schoolgirls to be found after more than two years in Boko Haram captivity on Thursday met ...Chibok girl kidnapped by Boko Haram found pregnant in Nigeria
One of 219 schoolgirls held hostage by Boko Haram for more than two years has been found, the military and activists said ...Over 200 families feared buried by landslides in Sri Lanka
Soldiers and police used sticks and bare hands Wednesday to dig through enormous piles of mud covering houses in three villages hit ...Major powers fail to agree new date for Syria peace talks
Major power foreign ministers failed to agree a new date to resume Syrian peace talks at a meeting on Tuesday, and the ...Canadian wildfire flareups force more oil region evacuations
Wildfires continued their devastating advance on Tuesday, leading authorities to order more evacuations in Canada\'s oil sands region surrounding the city of ...Top China official visit stirs anger in Hong Kong
One of China\'s most powerful officials lands in Hong Kong Tuesday in an attempt to build bridges in the divided city, but ...Azerbaijan and Armenia leaders meet on Karabakh crisis
The US and Russia urged the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia to restore a truce when they met on Monday for the ...