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AU to take Mali to UN Security Council

YoopyaMay 31, 20120

By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) – The African Union plans to refer the situation in Mali to the United Nations Security Council so that it

Former Liberian leader Taylor jailed for 50 years

YoopyaMay 30, 2012June 19, 20230

By Thomas Escritt and Anthony Deutsch THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Former Liberian President Charles Taylor was jailed for 50 years on Wednesday for helping Sierra Leonean

War criminal Charles Taylor faces sentencing

kiemtarMay 30, 20120

Victims of Sierra Leone’s civil war await news from The Hague today where convicted war criminal Charles Taylor is to receive his sentence. Sento Thoronka is

Western nations expel Syrian envoys over massacre

kiemtarMay 30, 20120

BEIRUT (AP) — Eyewitness accounts from the Syrian massacre are emerging, describing shadowy gunmen slaughtering whole families in their homes and targeting the most vulnerable

In Vegas, Romney claims the nomination, but the focus is on Trump

kiemtarMay 30, 2012May 30, 20120

LAS VEGAS—Less than an hour after he officially clinched the 1,144 delegates needed to claim the Republican presidential nomination, Mitt Romney celebrated his win by

10 Things to Know for Tuesday

YoopyaMay 29, 20120

By The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times EDT): 1. ROMNEY

Nigeria to send oil law to parliament in June

YoopyaMay 29, 20120

ABUJA (Reuters) – The latest draft of the Nigerian Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) put together by a task force set up by President Goodluck Jonathan

Blast rocks Kenyan capital, more than 30 hurt

YoopyaMay 29, 20120

By Humphrey Malalo and Njuwa Maina NAIROBI (Reuters) – An explosion tore through a shopping complex in Nairobi’s business district during Monday’s lunch hour, wounding

Egyptians torch Shafiq HQ as vote triggers violence

YoopyaMay 29, 20120

By Tom Perry and Ahmed Tolba CAIRO (Reuters) – Demonstrators furious that Hosni Mubarak’s last prime minister made it into the run-off for Egypt’s presidential

Expatriates from South Africa, Spain, New Zealand among victims of Qatar mall fire

kiemtarMay 29, 20120

(CNN) — As Qatari officials continue their investigation into whether sprinklers and alarms were working during a fire at an upscale shopping mall in Doha, more