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Afghan security operation takes the lives of militants

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Extradition request dies with Nazi war criminal

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Top Egyptian Vote-Winners Stress Cooperation

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Egyptian presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq speaks to the media during a press conference at his office in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, May 26, 2012.

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Syria: UN officials deplore 'brutal' killing of civilians near Homs

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An UNSMIS delegation convoy drives througn a neighbourhood of Homs in early May.

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Jubilation in Egypt as country votrs for new president

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France's Hollande defends decision to pull out of Afghanistan earlier

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Iran Downplays Report Showing Higher Uranium Enrichment

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Iran is downplaying a report from U.N. inspectors that shows Tehran significantly upgraded uranium at one of its nuclear sites, a move that raises Western concerns that Tehran may have nuclear weapons ambitions.

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$4 billion aid to fight humanitarian crisis in Yemen

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International donors, with Saudi Arabia in lead, have pledged more than $4 billion in aid to Yemen, the impoverished West Asian country battling terrorism and a possible humanitarian catastrophe due to food crisis.

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Philippines accuses China of escalating water dispute

The Philippines has accused China of escalating tensions in a disputed portion of the South China Sea after claiming that dozens of Chinese vessels had been deployed despite a freeze on fishing.

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Ban welcomes announcement of talks resuming between Sudan and South Sudan

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.