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Obama to name first US envoy to Somalia in 20 years
President Barack Obama is set to name the first American ambassador to Somalia since the start of the brutal civil war more ...US unveils sweeping plan to slash power plant pollution
The Obama administration has unveiled a plan to cut carbon emissions from power plants in the United States by nearly one-third in ...Three Turks killed in Afghan suicide bomb attack
A suicide bomber killed three Turkish engineers and wounded another on Monday in eastern Afghanistan, officials said, the latest attack on foreigners ...US soldier freed in Afghanistan, five Taliban prisoners leave Guantanamo
A US soldier captured nearly five years ago in Afghanistan was freed Saturday in exchange for five Taliban inmates held at the ...Afghanistan roadside bomb kills 12 civilians
At least 12 people, including seven women, have been killed in a roadside bomb explosion in eastern Afghanistan, officials say.Russian, German and US astronauts dock with ISS
A crew of Russian, German and US astronauts docked with the International Space Station Thursday as space cooperation between Moscow and the ...Russia suspends U.S. pig imports over virus fears
Russia said on Thursday it was suspending pig imports from the United States due to concern about outbreaks of the deadly Porcine ...Obama outlines foreign policy at West Point
President Barack Obama is declaring American isolationism is not an option and used his speech at ...US poet Maya Angelou dies at 86
Maya Angelou, the American poet and author, died at her home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on Wednesday. She was 86.US tells its nationals to leave Libya
The State Department on Tuesday told US citizens in Libya to leave immediately, warning that the security situation in the country was ...