"North Korea has arrested a U.S. citizen for committing an unspecified crime against the country, state media said Friday. Pae Jun Ho entered North Korea on November 3 as a tourist, the official KCNA …
Obama Unveils Online Information Sharing Strategy To Fight Cyberterrorism
"On Wednesday the President issued a 16-page game plan aimed at strengthening the process and protection of online sharing to fight cyber attacks. It's called the the National Strategy for Information …
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How Jordan’s King Has Hung On
"Protests in the Jordanian capital Amman reached a boiling point last month when thousands of demonstrators called for King Abdullah’s ouster, prompting American experts to predict the regime was …
U.N. Drops Out Of Polio Vaccinations In Pakistan Following Shootings
"The U.N. has halted its participation in a Pakistani-run polio vaccination program following attacks on health care workers. Lack of U.N. support is a big setback, but the government said it would …
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Four officials kidnapped for ransom in interior Manipur
"Four officials, including a section officer of the Manipur electricity department, have been kidnapped by suspected Kuki militants for a ransom of Rs 5 lakh in Chandel district bordering …
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Dozens of Kenyans killed in dawn raid
" Rival tribesmen armed with arrows and machetes clashed at dawn Friday, leaving 32 dead in renewed violence in southeastern Kenya, the Red Cross said. At least 30 more were injured in the clashes …
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UAE shuts down office of U.S. research institute RAND
"The United Arab Emirates has shut down the Abu Dhabi office of the RAND Corporation, the American policy research institute, in the latest of several closures of foreign research institutions and …
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Uganda: Security Council Urges Implementation of UN Strategy Against Lord’s Resistance Army
"The Security Council today strongly condemned the ongoing attacks and atrocities carried out by the armed group known as the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and urged that the United Nations regional …
Worries grow in east Congo with fighter buildup
"Aid workers warned Wednesday that armed groups are setting up new front lines in and around the city of Goma in eastern Congo, where the U.N. said it now has documented at least 126 rape cases last …
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More violence in Kenya as Somali tensions rise
"More than a dozen people have been shot, one woman has died and hundreds of shops were burned to the ground in this eastern Kenyan town amid rising Somali-Kenyan tensions, officials said …
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