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Africans say growth has not improved their lives
Improved economic growth over the past decade in Africa has failed to reduce poverty in a majority of countries on the continent, ...US government shuts down, Obama blames Republicans
US President Barack Obama has blamed Republicans in the House of Representatives for a partial government shutdown, saying they are carrying out ...Save the Nobel Peace Prize from Itself
On October 11US government shutdown begins after Congress fails to break impasse
The U.S. government began a partial shutdown on Tuesday for the first time in 17 years, potentially putting up to 1 million ...US shutdown looms amid stalemate
U.S. President President Barack Obama said on Monday he is not resigned to a U.S. government shutdown taking place with a midnight ...Netanyahu urges US to keep Iran sanctions in place
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday warned President Obama not to be fooled by overtures from Iran that have led the ...Rare bomb attack in Iraqi Kurdish capital kills 26
At least 26 people are reported to have died after a suicide bomber targeted mourners at a Shia Muslim mosque south of ...Syria air strike kills 16 in high school
A Syrian government air raid struck a high school in a rebel-held city in the country\'s north on Sunday, killing at least ...Students killed in Nigeria college attack
Gunmen killed at least 42 people on Sunday in an attack on a college in northeast Nigeria, a Reuters witness said, in ...UN Security Council unanimously passes Syria chemical weapons resolution
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously late Friday to require Syria to eliminate its arsenal of chemical weapons, according to media reports.