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Pentagon confirms U.S. troops snatched wanted al Qaida leader from streets of Libyan capital
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Asia-Pacific leaders seeks ways to foster growth
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Blood on brain, rest ordered for Argentine leader
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Israel: No dispute over Iran timeframe
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Madeleine McCann's parents 'greatly encouraged'
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Opposition leader joins Brazil's Socialist Party
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US forces nab al-Qaida leader in Tripoli
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Stabbed Egyptian politician decries violence
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Mali separatist rebels return to peace accord
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Reports: Italy filmmaker Carlo Lizzani dies at 91
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Thousands march in Spain to back ETA prisoners
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Haiti 'strongly disagrees' with DR migrant ruling
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Drug flight down in Colombia, 3 Americans killed
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I've made mistakes, Assad tells German magazine
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BlackBerry faces class action shareholder lawsuit
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WAR ON TERROR
U.S. raids in Libya and Somalia strike terror targets
Officials said the timing of the two raids was coincidental, but they noted that coming on the same day underscores the importance of counterterrorism operations in North Africa.
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Pope urges reform, wants church with modern spirit
Pope Francis says he doesn't want a "Vatican-centric" church concerned about itself but a missionary church that reaches out to the poor, the young, the elderly and even to non-believers. That's the vision he laid out as he opened a landmark meeting Tuesday on reforming the 2,000-year-old institution.
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The Caribbean
Caribbean leaders make case for reparations at U.N.
In recent weeks, momentum for reparations among former European colonies in the Caribbean has been building.
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Venezuela
Venezuela’s UN cancellation shines light on Maduro’s boogeymen
Since Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro took office in April, his administration says he’s been the victim of almost a dozen murder plots. Maduro’s last-minute decision to skip the U.N. meeting has put his conspiracies front and center.
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Deal reached on UN resolution on Syria weapons
The five permanent members of the deeply divided U.N. Security Council reached agreement Thursday on a resolution to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons, a major step in taking the most controversial weapon off the battlefield of the world's deadliest ongoing conflict.
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FBI agents work in nightmarish scene at Kenya mall
Working near bodies crushed by rubble in a bullet-scarred, scorched mall, FBI agents began fingerprint, DNA and ballistic analysis Wednesday to help determine the identities and nationalities of victims and al-Shabab gunmen who attacked the shopping center, killing more than 60 people.
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US Syria plans face setback as key rebels break from coalition
Some of Syrias most effective rebel forces, including at least three that previously were aligned with the U.S.-backed rebel command, have formed a new alliance with an al Qaida affiliate, a development that undermines Obama administration efforts to build up Syrias moderate opposition and to plan negotiations for an end to the civil war.
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UN Summit
Venezuela president skips UN debut citing death threats
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro skipped his U.N. General Assembly debut citing death threats
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