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Sochi 2014: Winter Olympics opens with glittering ceremony
The official 16-day competition at the Sochi Winter Olympics begins Saturday when gold medals in five sports will be contested.Syria starts evacuating civilians from besieged Homs centre
A convoy of United Nations buses has arrived in the besieged central Syrian city of Homs and started an initial ...US employers add 113,000 jobs as unemployment drops
Unemployment in the United States dropped slightly in January, falling one-tenth of a percent to 6.6 percent.Bosnia rocked by third day of anti-government unrest
Police have fired rubber bullets and stun grenades to disperse hundreds of protesters in Bosnia\'s capital city of Sarajevo on ...UN chief Ban Ki-moon takes part in Sochi torch relay
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon took part in the Olympic torch relay Thursday, one day before the Winter Olympic Games officially ...Police, protesters clash in Rio over fare hike
Hundreds of protesters in Brazil have clashed with police in the main transport station of Rio de Janiero, protesting a ...Pakistani Taliban begin peace talks with government
A long-awaited first round of peace talks between the Pakistani government and Taliban has begun in Islamabad after numerous delays ...North Korea threatens to cancel reunions with South over military drills
North Korea is threatening to cancel its just-announced family reunions with the South if Seoul and Washington go ahead with ...US warns of toothpaste bombs on Russia flights
The United States has issued a warning to airports and to some airlines flying to Russia for the Olympics to ...Israel approves 550 new settlement homes in East Jerusalem
Israel has approved plans for more than 550 new homes in three settlement neighbourhoods of occupied East Jerusalem.