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US wins first gold medal of 2014 Sochi Olympics
The United States has won the first gold medal of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.Spain Princess Cristina testifies in historic fraud probe
Spain\'s Princess Cristina gave testimony before a judge on Saturday in a corruption case that has deepened public anger over graft among ...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.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 sizable hike ...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 evacuation of ...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 the third ...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 open in ...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 and growing ...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 upcoming joint ...




