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Russian Police Round Up Dozens After Suicide Bombings

Police detained dozens of people on Tuesday in sweeps through the Russian city of Volgograd after two deadly attacks in less than 24 hours that raised security fears ahead of the Winter Olympics. A man wounded when a bomber set...

South Sudan Rebels Take Part Of Key Town, Sanctions Loom

South Sudanese rebels seized control of parts of the strategically key town of Bor on Tuesday as a deadline set by neighboring countries for an end to hostilities and peace talks neared. Unrest in the world's youngest country has killed...

Death Toll In Congo Attacks Rises To 100: Government

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Around 100 people were killed on Monday in Democratic Republic of Congo when security forces clashed with supporters of a self-proclaimed 'prophet' who tried to seize control of the airport, a military barracks and state television, the government said. Paul...

Talks To Ease Northern Ireland Tensions Break Down

SINN FEIN PRESIDENT GERRY ADAMS Marathon talks between the leaders of Northern Ireland's Catholic and Protestant communities broke down on Tuesday without agreement to ease tensions that have led to one of the worst years of rioting in the British...

Second Blast In Russia’s Volgograd Kills 10 On Trolleybus

A bomb blast ripped a trolleybus apart in Volgograd on Monday, killing at least 10 people in the second deadly attack in the southern city in two days and raising fears of further violence as Russia prepares to host...

Special Report: Japan’s Homeless Recruited For Murky Fukushima Clean-Up

Seiji Sasa hits the train station in this northern Japanese city before dawn most mornings to prowl for homeless men. He isn't a social worker. He's a recruiter. The men in Sendai Station are potential laborers that Sasa can dispatch...

Al Jazeera Says Three Journalists Held In Egypt After Hotel Broadcast

Al Jazeera said Egyptian security forces arrested three of its journalists after the interior ministry accused the Qatar-based television channel of broadcasting illegally from a hotel suite together with a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. Al Jazeera's offices in Cairo...

Shots Fired At Residence Of German Ambassador In Athens

Unidentified attackers opened fire on the German ambassador's residence in Athens with an assault rifle on Monday, but no one was hurt in the early morning attack, police said. At least four shots hit the metal gate of the high-security...

Suicide Bomber Kills At Least 16 At Russian Train Station

A female suicide bomber detonated explosives in the entrance hall of a Russian train station on Sunday, investigators said, killing at least 16 people in the second deadly attack within three days as the country prepares to host the...

South Sudan Forces Battle ‘White Army’

South Sudan's army fought on Sunday with the "White Army" ethnic militia, accusing rebels of mobilizing the force despite its offer of a truce to end the conflict in the new country. Two weeks of fighting have left at least...