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Condemning latest violence, UN chief urges leaders to pull Iraq 'back from the brink'

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The aftermath of a bombing attack in Iraq

China's Controversial Gas Pipeline Opens in Burma

Natural gas has started flowing to energy hungry China via a controversial 793-kilometer pipeline from Burma.

Kerry: Israel, Palestinians Must Make 'Reasonable Compromises'

Israeli and Palestinian negotiators sat down together at dinner night in Washington as they get set to hold the first direct peace talks in three years.

Police: Bombs Kill 15 in Nigeria's Kano

Multiple bomb blasts in Nigeria's biggest northern city of Kano killed 15 people, a senior policeman said, in an area previously targeted by militant Islamist group Boko Haram.