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Russian Opposition Leader Detained for Trying to Join Protest

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been detained after trying to join his supporters in central Moscow Tuesday protesting his sentencing on fraud charges earlier in the day. The court gave the lawyer and blogger a suspended jail sentence,...

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South Sudan: UN boosts food assistance as ‘very critical’ Nile corridor reopens

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A WFP barge transporting food supplies on the Nile River

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Pakistani Police Detain Militant in VOA Journalist's Killing

Police in northwestern Pakistan say they have detained a key militant commander who is accused in the 2012 killing of a reporter for Voice of America's Deewa Radio.

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UN Mission condemns rocket attack against its camp in northern Mali

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UN peacekeepers patrolling Tessalit, northern Mali.

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