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World Bank watchful as Fed signals tighter policy
The head of the World Bank is pledging to ensure that financing for developing countries doesn't suffer when central banks in rich nations wind down monetary stimulus programs and raise interest rates.
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South Sudan ministers face corruption probe
The president of South Sudan has suspended two of his ministers and ordered an investigation into corruption allegations against them.
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AP EXCLUSIVE: Taliban offer to free US soldier
The Afghan Taliban are ready to free a U.S. soldier held captive since 2009 in exchange for five of their senior operatives imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay as a conciliatory gesture, a senior spokesman for the group said Thursday.
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Norway opens Arctic border area to oil drilling
Norway's Parliament has opened up a new area on the fringe of the Arctic Ocean to offshore oil drilling despite protests from opponents who fear catastrophic oil spills in the remote and icy region.
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Uganda gives protection to students fleeing Rwanda
A Ugandan government official says 16 Rwandan students who fled to Uganda over alleged recruitment for Congolese rebels are being considered for refugee status despite Rwanda's protestation.
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Stampede over Beckham injures 7 in Shanghai
Fans eager to see soccer superstar David Beckham stormed a police cordon Thursday in a stampede at a Shanghai university that injured seven people including five security personnel.
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ICC to probe abuse allegations against ex-staffer
The International Criminal Court has ordered an independent inquiry into allegations that a former staff member in Congo sexually assaulted four people in the court's victims and witness protection program.
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Kerry calls Karzai after Afghans bow out of talks with Taliban, U.S.
Less than a day after the Taliban opened a new political office in Qatar, the prospects for peace talks that it represented for war-weary Afghanistan faltered.
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U.S. slow to deliver promised aid to Syrian rebels
While State Department officials are fond of saying they’re providing hundreds of millions of dollars in assistance to the Syrian opposition, only a fraction of the promised funds has arrived, and none has gone to the political body the U.S. looks to as an alternative to President Bashar ...
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MIDDLE EAST
Dubai sets sights on Quran-themed park
Dubai has added a new item to its top ambitions such as building the world's largest Ferris wheel and bidding for an Angry Birds theme park - a site honoring the Quran.




