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Egyptian Sinai Engulfed in Post-Revolution Lawlessness

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Republicans Keep Up Pressure on White House Over IRS Scandal

Republican lawmakers and fiscally conservative Tea Party leaders are vowing to keep up the pressure on the White House to see if it was involved with the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative Tea Party groups for extra scrutiny.

UN chief ‘very concerned’ about deteriorating security in northeast Nigeria

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Schools burned by Boko Haram in 2013 in Maiduguri, capital of Borno State, northeastern Nigeria.

Deadly Bombing Hits NATO Convoy in Kabul

A suicide attack on a NATO military convoy in Kabul Thursday killed at least 15 people, including several foreigners. An insurgent group fighting alongside the Taliban is claiming responsibility for what is being described as one of the deadliest...