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Obama lands in South Korea for terror talks

US president Barack Obama is in South Korea on an official visit to talk about nuclear terrorism and how the world's nuclear material should be made more secure.

French police question Merah alliance with al-Qaeda

Investigators in France have said a suggestion by gunman Mohamed Merah that he was linked to al-Qaeda may have been false.

Kony on the run as African Union goes into action

The African Union has said it will deploy 5,000 troops to hunt down Joseph Kony.

BRICS Push for Political Clout

Brazil, Russia, India and China have become powerful engines of global economic growth over the past decade. The economist who first named these diverse emerging economies the "BRIC" nations, says their growth will continue, and may spread to some...