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Myanmar police arrest scores in violent student rally crackdown
Scores of Myanmar protesters were arrested when baton-wielding police dispersed a student rally Tuesday, as the second crackdown in days deepens fears ...U.S. declares Venezuela a national security threat, sanctions top officials
The United States on Monday declared Venezuela a national security threat and ordered sanctions against seven officials from the oil-rich country in ...Netanyahu denies reneging on Palestinian state speech
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denies reneging on a 2009 speech in which he acknowledged the need for the creation of a ...Colombia government and Farc rebels agree to remove landmines
The Colombian government and leftist guerrillas on Saturday jointly announced an agreement to remove landmines and other explosives from the battlefield in ...Russia arrests two suspects over Nemtsov murder
Two suspects have been detained over the killing of Boris Nemtsov, Russia\'s most senior security official said, a week after he was ...Ex-minister arrested for Gaddafi funds to Sarkozy campaign
Former French interior minister Claude Gueant was taken into custody on Friday in connection with a probe into the alleged financing by ...South Sudan peace talks collapse
South Sudan\'s warring leaders failed to reach a deal to end more than a year of civil war, mediators said, with the ...Warplanes hit Tripoli airport before UN talks start
Warplanes from Libya\'s internationally recognized government carried out air strikes on a Tripoli airport on Thursday just hours before United Nations-backed peace ...Chad president tells Boko Haram leader to surrender or face death
President Idriss Deby of Chad said on Wednesday he knew the whereabouts of Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the Nigerian militant group ...Thousands pay last respects to slain Putin critic Nemtsov
Thousands of mourners turned out to pay a last homage to slain Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, gunned down near the Kremlin ...




