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Peru confirms 25 years jail for Fujimori »
The Peruvian Supreme Court has unanimously confirmed a 25-year prison sentence on the country’s former president Alberto Fujimori.
French bakery offers future to Afghan minority children »
On the wall of Le Pelican cafe in Kabul’s dusty suburbs are photographs showing a baker’s dozen of Afghan children beaming over a tray of pastries fresh out of the huge industrial oven behind them.
Crises greet Obama’s Washington return »
US President Barack Obama will return to Washington on Monday, with resurgent fears of airborne terrorism and Iran’s nuclear defiance darkening his agenda.
Death toll from Brazil mudslides rises to 76 »
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – At least 76 people have died in flooding and mudslides in Brazil’s three largest states over the past four days, O Estado de S. Paulo newspaper reported on Sunday.
Obama aide says al Qaeda may plan Yemen attack »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has indications al Qaeda is planning an attack against a target in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, a senior aide to President Barack Obama said on Sunday.
Iran ‘standing in its own way’ on nuclear deal: US »
The White House today said Iran was “standing in its own way” by imposing an ultimatum on world powers to accept its version of a deal to defuse the building nuclear showdown.
Rio hotel horror, as landslides kill 63 »
Rescuers pulled more bodies from an avalanche of thick mud and rock that buried a luxury Brazilian hotel filled with New Year’s revelers, as the death toll from heavy rains in the south of the country rose to 63.
US, Britain widen anti-terror front in Yemen »
The United States and Britain stepped up the fight against an emerging “terrorist threat” in Yemen, as President Barack Obama for the first time blamed Al-Qaeda for attacking a US airliner.
Yemen president to work with U.S. to boost security »
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen’s president met a top U.S. general on Saturday to discuss boosting military cooperation, after President Barack Obama tied al Qaeda’s regional arm to the Christmas Day attempt to blow up a U.S. passenger jet.
Suicide bomber kills 93 at Pakistan volleyball game »
Death toll from devastating suicide car bombing in northwest Pakistan rises to 93.