"Ecuador's government appeared teetering on the verge of collapse Thursday, as national police took to the streets of Quito, the capital, and physically attacked the president over what police said …
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"European and American officials said Wednesday that they had detected a variety of credible threats from terrorist groups in Pakistan and northern Africa targeting European capitals, but said they …
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"While nations debate what to do about long-term problems such as climate change and dwindling water supplies, two words send immediate shivers down the spines of government officials across the …
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"At least 56 bodies have been pulled out of the mangled wreckage where two trains crashed in eastern India early Friday in an incident linked to Maoist rebels. About 115 people were injured when 13 …
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A 7.4 quake off the South Pacific island of Vanuatu prompted a tsunami warning for Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands and New Caledonia (Reuters) …
"North Korea reacted to a South Korean anti-submarine exercise early Thursday by saying it would meet 'confrontation with confrontation' and war with 'all-out war,' according to North Korean state-run …
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"A bombing outside a planned performance by a dance company from the restive Russian republic of Chechnya left six people dead and more than 40 wounded on Wednesday, state media reported. The bomb …
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"The UN Security Council voted Tuesday to withdraw a UN force from Chad and the neighboring Central African Republic (CAR) despite concern about the protection of civilians in the region. The …
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"Twenty-seven people have been killed and 31 wounded in an assault on a suspected drug lord's compound in the Jamaican capital of Kingston, police said Tuesday. Security forces have been fighting …
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