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Mali: UN gears up to assist possible return of thousands of displaced people

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Displaced children in the Mali capital, Bamako, eat a welcome meal.

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Looters Go on Rampage in Timbuktu

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Clinton Hopes North Korea Can Be Dissuaded From Nuclear Test

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says there is still hope that North Korea can be dissuaded from taking such a provocative step as conducting another nuclear test.

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Pakistan Women Decry Lack of Safe Public Transport

Barely one-fifth of Pakistan's women work in paid jobs, according to the International Labor Organization. The group says a lack of safe, secure public transportation is one of the reasons even skilled and educated women are unable to break out of a...

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