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Bomb kills at least 16 in Nigeria's Kaduna
April 08, 2012 07:41 
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KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - A car bomb killed at least 16 people and wounded dozens more in the northern Nigerian town of Kaduna on Easter Sunday, after security officers stopped the vehicle carrying it from approaching a church, witnesses and...
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Exclusive: Egypt's Islamist candidate says IMF deal unlikely
April 08, 2012 07:05
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has warned the government it will not support an IMF loan unless the terms are changed or it moves aside and allows a new administration to oversee how the funds are spent, its candidate for president...
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Violence dims Syria truce hopes, over 100 killed
April 08, 2012 02:59
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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian troops pounded opposition areas, activists said, killing 74 civilians in an offensive that has sent thousands of refugees surging into Turkey before next week's U.N.-backed ceasefire aimed at staunching a year of...
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Nuclear-armed foes Pakistan, India to talk peace over lunch
April 08, 2012 02:57
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari will sit down to lunch with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Sunday in the highest-level meeting on each other's soil in seven years as the nuclear-armed foes seek to...
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North Korea planning third nuclear test: Yonhap
April 08, 2012 02:56
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SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea, pressing ahead with a rocket launch in defiance of a U.N. resolution, is also preparing a third nuclear weapons test, South Korean news reports said on Sunday, a move bound to scare neighbors and infuriate the West. ...
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Pakistan army hopes miracle will save avalanche victims
April 08, 2012 01:39
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's military hoped for a miracle on Sunday as rescue teams searched for 124 soldiers and 11 civilians buried by a Himalayan avalanche near the Indian border, with no sign of survivors more 24 hours later.
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One killed, 5 hurt in Kosovo flashpoint town blast
April 08, 2012 01:36
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PRISTINA (Reuters) - A bomb killed a Kosovo Albanian and wounded his wife and four children on Sunday at their home in Mitrovica, a flashpoint for tensions between ethnic Albanians and Serbs, police said.
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Support for peace talks growing, Afghan diplomat says
April 08, 2012 01:18
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KABUL (Reuters) - Support is building among Afghanistan's regional neighbors for a comprehensive peace process with the Taliban, but Pakistan's backing and access to insurgent leaders are crucial to getting stalled talks on track, a top Afghan...
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Chavez hikes Venezuela's minimum wage before vote
April 07, 2012 09:34
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CARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez hiked Venezuela's minimum wage by almost a third on Saturday as the ailing socialist leader aimed to solidify his political base among the poor and win re-election in October.
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Women's activist Banda becomes Malawi's president
April 07, 2012 05:44
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LILONGWE (Reuters) - Prominent women's rights campaigner Joyce Banda was sworn in as Malawi's president on Saturday, becoming southern Africa's first female head of state and raising hopes for a fresh start in the small, poor nation after the death...
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