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Hamas leader at Gaza rally: War not over yet
A senior Hamas official has told supporters at a Gaza City rally that the war with Israel won\'t be over until the ...Iraq: Suicide attack kills 12 people in Baghdad
Iraqi officials say a suicide car bomber has rammed his explosives-laden car into a police checkpoint in Baghdad, killing at least 12 ...Snowden receives three-year Russian residence permit: lawyer
Former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, wanted by the United States for leaking extensive secrets of its electronic surveillance programs, has been ...Saudi bans brides from 4 countries
Saudi men have been banned from marrying women from three Asian and one African country as the Gulf state toughens the rules ...Argentine woman in emotional meeting with long-lost grandson
An elderly Argentine woman hugged her long-lost grandson for the first time Wednesday in an emotional meeting, thirty-six years after he was ...Liberia declares state of emergency over Ebola virus
Liberia declared a state of emergency Wednesday due to the deadly Ebola outbreak as US President Barack Obama said it was premature ...Russia bans all U.S. food, EU fruit and vegetables in sanctions response; NATO fears invasion
Russia will ban all imports of food from the United States and all fruit and vegetables from Europe, the state news agency ...Cambodia tribunal convicts Khmer Rouge leaders
Three and a half decades after the genocidal rule of Cambodia\'s Khmer Rouge ended, a U.N.-backed tribunal on Thursday sentenced two top ...Gaza ceasefire holding on second day, talks under way in Egypt
A Gaza truce was holding on Wednesday as Egyptian mediators pursued talks with Israeli and Palestinian representatives on an enduring end to ...NATO fears ground invasion as Russia masses troops on Ukraine border
Russia has massed around 20,000 combat-ready troops on Ukraine\'s border and could use the pretext of a humanitarian mission to invade, NATO ...