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Monday, March 2, 2015 - 07:25
Cuba’s spot on the American list of states that sponsor terrorism is emerging as a major sticking point in the effort to restore diplomatic ties with the United States and reopen embassies that have been closed for nearly five decades.
Monday, March 2, 2015 - 07:22
Kenya is going to build a wall. Not just any wall, but a “separation barrier”, to employ the euphemism coined by Israel to describe the towering, snaking structure that now separates it from Palestine’s West Bank.
Monday, March 2, 2015 - 07:20
More than 2,300 soldiers from three major Army units will deploy to Afghanistan this spring and summer, officials have announced. There are about 10,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan; about 8,500 of them are soldiers. Current plans call for that number to drop to about 5,000 in 2016, but the top commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Campbell, testified on Capitol Hill earlier this month that he wants "greater flexibility" to potentially keep more troops in-country.
Monday, March 2, 2015 - 07:17
Zambia's former mines minister, Maxwell Mwale, was jailed for corruption on Friday, in a rare case that prompted calls for a wider crackdown on graft among public officials.
Monday, March 2, 2015 - 07:17
As the bulk of the Corps bid farewell to Afghanistan months ago, a small group of Marines stayed behind, continuing the fight in the war-torn country. Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan exited Helmand Province in October, turning Camp Leatherneck over to local troops and departing for the States. The highly-publicized transition marked an end to the Corps' major role in Afghanistan. Two months later, U.S. officials declared the end of combat operations in the 13-year-old conflict.
Monday, March 2, 2015 - 07:11
Public health experts preparing for an international conference on Ebola on Tuesday seem to have no doubt that the disease can be vanquished in the West African countries ravaged by it in the last year. But the steep downward trajectory of new cases late last year and into January did not lead to the end of the epidemic.
Monday, March 2, 2015 - 07:10
The spectre of the Islamic State, in particular, has caused angst in Central Asian capitals. The secular, post-Soviet Central Asian governments, fearful of political Islam, have reacted with a predictably heavy hand, liberally accusing numerous Muslim leaders and groups, many times on very flimsy or no evidence, of advocating “extremist” views that threaten the state and society.
Monday, March 2, 2015 - 06:59
"Hundreds" of boys kidnapped by militants in South Sudan as they prepared for school exams have been forced into becoming child soldiers. Unicef originally said 89 pupils had been seized two weeks ago alongside several men by an armed militia but now fears the number is far higher.
Friday, February 27, 2015 - 12:46
The U.S.-Liberia relationship dates back nearly 200 years and is stronger than ever as we continue working together to get to zero Ebola cases. Liberia, under the leadership of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has emerged from over a decade of war to be a key champion of democracy, peace, and development.
Friday, February 27, 2015 - 12:35
Secretary of State, John Kerry and Her Excellency, Dr. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the president of Liberia, discuss success and further challenges of the Ebola crisis. President Sirleaf is a very distinguished world leader, the deserving recipient of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, and the first woman elected head of state in Africa.