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UN-backed initiative seeks to eradicate hunger in West Africa

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L to R: Lapodini Atouga (ECOWAS), Ilse Aigner (Germany), Djibo Banga (ROPPA), an...

Atlas Resources to Pay $84,506 Penalty to Settle Alleged Environmental Violations

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced yesterday that Atlas Resources LLC will pay an $84,506 penalty to settle alleged air and hazardous chemical violations at its natural gas production facility in Avella, Wa...

43 Killed By Airstrikes in Northern Syria, Activists Say

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Syria Regional Refugee Res...

Philippines: Aquino Should Sign Landmark Disappearances Law

President Benigno Aquino III should sign into law a bill criminalizing enforced disappearances in the Philippines, Human Rights Watch said. The Philippine Congress passed the bill, the Anti-Enforced or Involuntary Disappea...