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Guatemalan ex-president released from prison in bribe case
Former President Alfonso Portillo flew home Wednesday after being released from a six-year prison term in the U.S. for accepting $2.5 million ...Yemen Houthis take over U.S.-trained special forces base in Sanaa
Armed men from Yemen\'s newly dominant Houthi group took over a special forces army base in the capital Sanaa early on Wednesday, ...Obama vetoes Keystone pipeline bill
Barack Obama issued the most significant veto of his six-year presidency Tuesday, blocking legislation allowing the Keystone XL oil pipeline to be ...Barack Obama nominates first envoy to Somalia since 1991
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday nominated America\'s first ambassador to Somalia since 1991, when ties soured as rival warlords took over ...FIFA group calls for November-December World Cup in Qatar
A FIFA World Cup task force on Tuesday called for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to be shortened and held in ...US jury orders Palestinians to pay $218 million over Jerusalem attacks
A U.S. jury on Monday found the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority liable for supporting terrorist attacks in Israel more ...Iran, US hold high level nuclear talks in Geneva
High-level nuclear negotiations between the United States and Iran resumed in Geneva on Monday as both sides work through technical and political ...Oscars 2015: Polish movie Ida wins best foreign film
Black-and-white Polish drama "Ida" won the Oscar for best foreign language film on Sunday, capping a successful awards season run in which ...Iran sends high-level negotiators to Geneva nuclear talks
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has dispatched his brother and atomic chief to Geneva to try to overcome hurdles in high-profile nuclear talks ...Poet laureate Philip Levine dies at age 87
Philip Levine, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet whose intimate portraits of blue-collar life were grounded in personal experience and political conscience, died Saturday. ...