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Asia stocks struggle following US Fed decision
Asian stocks were down Thursday following the United States central bank\'s decision to further trim its stimulus of the world\'s biggest economy.Ukraine parliament passes measure offering protest amnesty deal
Ukraine\'s parliament has approved a measure offering amnesty to protesters arrested during anti-government demonstrations, but only if they abandon the buildings they ...President Obama delivers his fifth State of the Union address
Text of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, as delivered and provided by the White House:Nicaragua scraps presidential limits in boost for Ortega
Nicaragua\'s national assembly on Tuesday voted to scrap presidential term limits, which could allow socialist President Daniel Ortega to remain in power ...Mladic refuses to testify in war crimes trial
Former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic has appeared in the UN war crimes court in The Hague, but refused to testify ...Hong Kong chicken slaughter begins after H7N9 found
Health officials in Hong Kong killed about 20,000 chickens Tuesday after the deadly H7N9 bird flu virus was found in poultry imported ...American folk singer and activist Pete Seeger dies at 94
Legendary American folk singer and political activist Pete Seeger has died at the age of 94.Ukraine President repeals anti-protest laws
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has agreed to scrap the anti-protest laws that have sparked some of the violent anti-government protests in Kyiv ...At least 74 killed as suspected Boko Haram militants attack two Nigerian villages
Suspected Islamic extremists have killed at least 74 people and burned down an entire village in two separate attacks in Nigeria.Chinese ivory smuggler gets record Kenyan fine
A Kenyan court has sentenced a Chinese ivory smuggler to seven years in prison, in the country\'s first sentence under a tough ...