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Barack Obama jokes about Vladimir Putin and ObamaCare
US President Barack Obama poked fun at his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, Republicans and media elites, and even mocked himself for his ...More than 2,000 feared dead in landslide in Afghanistan
Officials in Afghanistan have said that at least 2,000 people are feared dead after a mountainside collapsed causing a massive landslide in ...Blaze in fireworks factory kills 15 in India
A massive blaze broke out in a firecracker factory on Saturday in central India, killing at least 15 people, local media said.Massive explosion kills seven in Somali capital
At least seven people including a prominent Somali official have been killed in a bomb attack by al-Shabab fighters in the capital ...Ukraine fighting rages as OSCE team freed
The Vienna-based Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) confirmed later Saturday that the seven strong group of military observers being ...Thai opposition urges Prime Minister to resign
Thailand\'s opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva has called for July\'s election to be delayed and is demanding the Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra resign.World marks Press Freedom Day
Saturday is World Press Freedom Day, an annual observance established by the United Nations in 1993 to support freedom of expression.More than 36 killed in Odessa blaze as Ukraine violence spreads
A clash Friday between supporters of Ukrainian unity and Russian-backed separatists in the Black Sea port of Odessa left 36 people dead ...Hundreds killed, thousands missing in Afghan landslide
At least 500 people are feared dead and up to 2000 others missing after a landslide buried a village in northern Afghanistan.Cease-fire reached in Syrian city of Homs
A ceasefire agreement has been reached in the central Syrian city of Homs, according to local activists and a Lebanese TV channel ...