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CAR Leader Flees; Rebel Chief Declares Self President

The ousted president of the Central African Republic has fled to Cameroon, as rebels who overthrew him named a new head of state and pledged to hold elections within three years.

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Syrian Opposition in Turmoil as Khatib Quits, Hitto Rejected

Syria's opposition movement was in disarray Sunday, as the head of the main exiled opposition group resigned, and rebels inside the country rejected the group's appointment of an interim prime minister.

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Liberia Election Commission Nomination Sparks Opposition Protest

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has nominated Counselor Jerome Kokoya as the next chairman of the country’s Elections Commission.

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US Issues 1 Million Green Cards, Naturalizes 757,000 in 2012

Nearly a million people became U.S. citizens last year, and just over a million became legal permanent residents, according to new data released by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

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