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Monday, October 28, 2013 - 09:55
Rebels in Nigeria are reportedly in contact with pirates holding two U.S. crewmen seized earlier this week from the offshore supply vessel C-Retriever, The Associated Press reports.
Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - 00:00
Mexico is the fourth Western Hemisphere country to experience the cholera outbreak. It's a disease that's very hard to stamp out once it gets into an area with poor water and sanitation.
Thursday, October 3, 2013 - 00:00
The patients may be in favor, but most of the Brazilian medical community is not.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013 - 07:33
Thousands of Sudanese protesters took to the streets of the capital Khartoum late Sunday, chanting "freedom" and renewing calls for their longtime autocratic president to resign after dozens of protesters were killed in a week of demonstrations sparked by austerity measures.
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 00:00
Authorities say women are more trustworthy and less corrupt than men. But the plan has run into a few snags.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 13:07
Al-Shabab, the Somali group that has claimed responsibility for the began as a group fighting inside its homeland. But it has evolved into an al-Qaida affiliate that draws members from other countries and views Somalia as a front in the war against the West.
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 11:10
The extremist group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for a on a mall Saturday in Nairobi, Kenya. Just to the east of Kenya, Somalia has been desperately trying to drive the Islamist group out of its towns and cities.
Monday, September 16, 2013 - 07:19
As in Egypt, the discontent in Tunisia is largely driven by two factors: the economy and security. People's lives just aren't getting better. And the political stalemate in Tunisia is only making things worse.
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 08:45
The background of the Syrian conflict can seem obscure to outsiders, but the spark that started it all is often traced back to the city of Dara'a, in February of 2011.
Tuesday, August 13, 2013 - 19:04
The U.S. started sending M1A1 Abrams tanks to Egypt in the late '80s. In all, the U.S. sent more than 1,000 tanks to Egypt since then — valued at some $3.9 billion — which Egypt maintains along with several thousand Soviet-era tanks.