Bahrain forces raid top cleric's house: opposition
LONDON (Reuters) - Bahraini security forces raided the house of top Shi'ite cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim on Friday, the opposi...
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U.S. chides Russia over missiles as peace plans suffer
By Erika Solomon BEIRUT (Reuters) - The United States chided Russia for sending missiles to the Syrian government as plans for a pea...
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Nigeria bombs Islamists, U.S. sounds alarm
By Lanre Ola MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigerian warplanes struck militant camps in the northeast on Friday in a major push agai...
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Turkey detains prime suspect in car bombings
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish police have detained a man they believe to be one of the main perpetrators of car bombings that killed mo...
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Myanmar frees political prisoners before president goes to U.S.
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's government has freed 23 political prisoners, a senior interior ministry official said on Friday, the da...
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Gunmen attack police station beyond Nigeria emergency zone
By Augustine Madu KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - Gunmen stormed a police station and a bank in a town in Nigeria's northwest, beyond a re...
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Mine union threatens to bring South Africa to 'standstill'
By Xola Potelwa RUSTENBURG, South Africa (Reuters) - The leader of South Africa's biggest platinum mining union threatened on Friday...
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After tough week, Obama tries to change the subject to jobs
By Roberta Rampton and Mark Felsenthal BALTIMORE (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday sought to turn the spotlight from cont...
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Japan PM sets targets in latest growth strategy tranche
By Kaori Kaneko TOKYO (Reuters) - The latest tranche of Japan's growth strategy will aim to triple infrastructure exports and double...
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U.N. chief Ban says must not lose momentum on Syria conference
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday a proposed international conference on Syria should be h...
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