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Kerry: US Not Looking for Confrontation with Russia over Snowden

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says Washington is not looking for a confrontation with Moscow over former U.S. intelligence analyst Edward Snowden. Snowden is in Russia avoiding arrest for disclosing secret details of...

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Indonesia: Children Seeking Refuge Find Abuse, Neglect

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Two asylum-seeking boys stand on a staircase while detained at Belaw...

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Black Medicaid Recipients Less Likely to Get Living-Donor Kidney: Study

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Afghan Forces Repel Taliban Attack Near Presidential Palace

Afghan forces on repelled an early morning Taliban attack on an entrance to the Presidential Palace compound, killing all of the militants involved. The attack took place as a U.S. envoy was in the Afghan capital to push...

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