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Tuesday, December 3, 2013 - 00:00
Obama is expected to give his support for the peace talks between Santos' government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.
Monday, December 2, 2013 - 00:00
Pena Nieto's anniversary arrives amid a growing pessimism as the economy slumps, his agenda of structural reforms encounters resistance, and the security situation remains the same or worse in many places.
Friday, November 15, 2013 - 00:00
Environmentalists blame the increase on a loosening of Brazil's environmental laws. They also say that the government's push for big infrastructure projects like dams, roads and railways is pushing deforestation.
Monday, November 11, 2013 - 00:00
One person described the move as "government-sanctioned looting."
Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 09:02
Both attacks have been claimed by the Furkan Brigades, a new militant jihadist group operating in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, though no significant damage was recorded in either incident.
Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 09:35
The last two times the Sudan government perpetrated horrific attacks against civilian populations in the disputed territory of Abyei, a Connecticut-sized political football contested by both Sudan and South Sudan, we visited with the survivors after the fact. The main town was burned, villages were razed, and over 120,000 residents were displaced after their homes were destroyed. In our trips there, we interviewed dozens of survivors, whose chilling accounts of targeted killings and destruction continue to haunt us.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 - 09:52
A United States military strike hit a vehicle carrying senior members of an al-Qaeda-linked militant group in Somalia on Monday, killing at least two people including the group's top explosives expert, a militant and a government intelligence official said.
Monday, October 21, 2013 - 09:11
Rebels in South Sudan killed at least 41 people and wounded scores in a gun attack in a remote part of the country's restive Jonglei state, a regional official said Sunday.
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 - 00:00
Thousands of protesters marched in Brazil on Tuesday, demanding free university education, respect for teachers' rights and better quality education for those in state-run schools.
Friday, October 11, 2013 - 08:48
In the end, the judgment was made that Egypt has as much to lose by severing its ties with the U.S., the staffer said. The concern that it would turn away was "not sufficient," the staffer said.