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German justice minister sacks top prosecutor over treason row
Germany\'s justice minister on Tuesday fired the chief prosecutor in an escalating row sparked by a controversial treason case against a blog ...15 police offers dead in Colombia helicopter crash
Fifteen police were killed Tuesday in Colombia when a helicopter taking part in an anti-drug trafficking operation crashed in a remote jungle-covered ...Soldiers in Hungary begin building fence to stop migrants
Hungarian soldiers started building a fence Monday on the border with Serbia, an effort meant to stop the rising flow of migrants ...Barack Obama unveils major climate change proposal
President Barack Obama framed climate change as the toughest and most pressing challenge of our time Monday, as he unveiled the first ...Russian foreign minister meets Hamas leader, invites him to Moscow
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal in Qatar on Monday and invited him to visit Moscow, a Hamas ...Dozens killed in Syrian war plane crash
At least 27 people were killed and dozens injured when a Syrian army fighter jet crashed into a busy marketplace in the ...U.S. to defend Syrian rebels with airpower, including from Assad
The United States has decided to allow airstrikes to defend Syrian rebels trained by the U.S. military from any attackers, even if ...Canadian PM Harper dissolves Parliament, calls general election for October 19
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Sunday called general elections for October 19, kicking off a campaign for a fourth straight term ...Benin sends 800 troops to fight Boko Haram
Benin\'s President Thomas Boni Yayi announced he will send 800 troops to join a new multinational force tasked with fighting Boko Haram ...Bolivia recognizes workers for mastery of native languages
Thousands of public workers in Bolivia are being recognized for having complied with a federal law requiring them to learn one of ...