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France's defense minister says that Malian and French troops have pushed out Islamist rebels who temporarily seized the town hall and mayor's residence in the city of Gao in northern Mali.

The Stylista game lets users buy virtual limited edition goods that will contribute to WFP's operations inside Syria.

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has called for parliamentary elections starting on April 27.

The Myanmar Armed Forces, or Tatmadaw, has officially discharged 24 children in Yangon in line with the government’s commitment to end the recruitment and use of children under the age of 18 years in the armed forces.

Deaths from Syrian conflict, updated Feb. 14, 2013.

Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson for protracted conflicts, Ambassador Andrii Deshchytsia, chairing a 5+2 meeting on the Transdniestrian settlement process in Lviv, 19 February 2013.

Syrian rebels fired mortar rounds at one of President Bahsar al-Assad's palaces in Damascus Tuesday, as the death toll climbed to at least 31 from a separate missile strike late Monday in the northern commercial city of Aleppo.

A scene from Lido beach in Mogadishu, Somalia.