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Associated Press Flags of member nations fly outside the General Assembly building at the United Nations headquarters in New York in September 2005. The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved the first treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar international arms trade Tuesday, a goal sought for over a decade to try to keep illicit weapons out of the hands of terrorists.
UN adopts treaty to regulate arms
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved the first international treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar global arms trade Tuesday, after a more than decade-long campaig...
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Associated Press Rebel soldiers drive past stalls at the central market in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, Wednesday. Aid groups and the international community condemned widespread looting in Central African Republic's capital, saying that even hospitals had been robbed in the aftermath of a weekend coup that ousted the president of a decade.
African Republic coup leader adds to his hold on government
BANGUI, Central African Republic — Central African Republic’s coup leader solidified his hold on the government Monday after announcing that he will serve as both president and defense minister, wh...
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6,000 Syrians killed in March after more violent conflicts
BEIRUT — March was the bloodiest month yet in Syria’s 2-year-old conflict with more than 6,000 documented deaths, a leading anti-regime activist group said Monday, blaming the increase on heavier s...
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Associated Press North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gives a speech Sunday during a plenary meeting of the central committee of the ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea. After weeks of war-like rhetoric Kim gathered legislators for an annual spring parliamentary session taking place one day after top party officials adopted a statement declaring building nuclear weapons and the economy the nation's top priorities.
Korea taps reformist premier amid tension
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s parliament on Monday approved the appointment of a new premier seen by outside analysts as an economic reformer one day after top party officials adopted a declar...
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Associated Press U.S. Army team move a transfer case Thursday containing the remains of Army Sgt. Michael Cable, 26, of Philpot, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. An Afghan teenager killed Cable in eastern Afghanistan by stabbing him in the neck while he played with a group of local children, officials said Monday.
Afghan teenager fatally stabs US soldier
KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan teenager fatally stabbed an American soldier in the neck as he played with children in eastern Afghanistan, officials said Monday, as the U.S. death toll rose sharply...
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Privately owned daily newspapers return to Myanmar
YANGON, Myanmar — The newspaper industry might be shrinking in the rest of the world but it expanded Monday in Myanmar when privately run daily newspapers hit newsstands for the first time in 50 ye...
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Pope makes pleas for world peace
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis marked Christianity’s most joyous day with a passionate plea for world peace, celebrating his first Easter Sunday as pontiff in the enthusiastic company of more than 250...
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Associated Press A bodyguard secures popular Egyptian television satirist Bassem Youssef, who has come to be known as Egypt's Jon Stewart, as he enters Egypt's state prosecutors office to face accusations of insulting Islam and the country's Islamist leader in Cairo, Egypt, on Sunday. Government opponents said the warrant against such a high profile figure, known for lampooning President Mohammed Morsi and the new Islamist political class, was an escalation in a campaign to intimidate critics.
Satirist released after questioning
CAIRO — Egypt’s most popular television satirist, who every week skewers the Islamist president and hard-line clerics on his Jon Stewart-style show, was released on bail Sunday but could face charg...
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Islamic extremists attack Timbuktu in north Mali
BAMAKO, Mali — Timbuktu has been hit by a prolonged battle between Islamic extremists and the Malian and French armies, residents and a Malian military spokesman said Sunday. Fighters linked to ...
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Abbas clamps down on critics
HUSSAN, West Bank — Mahmoud Abbas’ government in the West Bank is getting tougher with critics, interrogating, prosecuting and even jailing several journalists and bloggers in recent months for all...
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