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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 ...Syrians vote in presidential elections
Syrians voted Tuesday in a presidential election that is all but guaranteed to hand Bashar Assad another seven-year term.Indian Minister Munde dies in road accident
Indian Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde died on Tuesday after a head-on road collision in New Delhi, depriving Prime Minister Narendra Modi ...Pro-Russia rebels attack Ukrainian border guards
Hundreds of pro-Russian insurgents assaulted a border command center in a key eastern Ukrainian city before dawn Monday, leading to heavy clashes ...Sandstorm kills at least 4 in Iran capital
A massive sandstorm and record winds killed at least four people in Tehran on Monday, plunging the Iranian capital into darkness, knocking ...Last surviving child of famed British PM Churchill dies
Award-winning British author Lady Mary Soames, the last surviving child of legendary Prime Minister Winston Churchill, has died at age 91.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 ...Department of Ironic Defense
By Tom H. Hastings Like so many other US military bases overseas, the Okinawan locals who oppose the base are told that ...UN says Iraqi violence claimed 799 lives in May
A total of 799 Iraqis were killed and 1,409 others injured in violent attacks in May, most of whom civilians, according to ...