Armed protestors fight back against security forces in Kiev and other cities
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Sri Lanka Considers A South Africa-Style Truth And Reconciliation Commission
Body would address country’s decades-long civil war
Intel Chief: Syria Becoming Hotbed for Terrorists
Lt. Gen. James Clapper says region has replaced Pakistani tribal lands as breeding ground for terrorists
Car Bomb Explodes in Lebanese City Near Syrian Border
Officials say there are casualties
Watchdog: Syrian Chemical Weapons Disposal Will Miss Deadline
Bad weather, shifting front lines and a hazardous overland journey are all contributing factors
American Troops Sent to South Sudan
President Obama sent 45 military personnel there to protect U.S. embassy as tensions mount
How the World’s Newest Country Is Destroying Itself
Ethnically charged violence has already left hundreds dead and threatens to plunge the new country into chaos
Tragedy by Numbers: The Lasting Impact of War on Syria’s Children
UNHCR paints a bleak picture for the 1.1 million youngest victims of the Syrian civil war
Group Says Syria Death Toll at 115,000
More than 41,000 civilians have been killed in the two-and-a-half year civil war
How Syria’s Rebels Aren’t Winning the War: The Anatomy of a Battle
The short message screeched over a walkie-talkie, prompting the half a dozen rebels in the room who had been lounging on flat mattresses and drinking tea to jump to their feet, grab their guns and run out of the door. It was …
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A record number of civil war victims are found in Syria, Denmark tries to lean its citizens off generous government benefits and a Chinese official has called for the country’s 100 million religious believers to abandon their …
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March is the deadliest month so far in Syria’s two-year conflict, Sudan orders the release of political prisoners, and Greece’s far-right Golden Dawn party is planning to expand abroad
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An ex-dictator of Guatemala is on trial on genocide charges, the Vietnamese government might give cash to families who have daughters and China’s Xi Jinping says he is willing to promote dialogue between North and South Korea