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Risking life to learn: Malala shooting highlights challenges to girls’ education in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD – A teenage activist recently shot and critically wounded by the Taliban risked her life to attend school, but…
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Despite serious U.S. concerns about whether food aid programs to North Korea can be monitored adequately, the United Nations World…
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JOHANNESBURG – Before he killed his girlfriend, Oscar Pistorius broke barriers and the world embraced him for it. The double-amputee…
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Iraqi forces launch major operation to retake city
BAGHDAD – Iraqi soldiers backed by Sunni fighters launched a major operation Saturday to retake a section of the city…
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