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Kazakhstani peace battalion and NATO participate in Steppe Eagle exercise in Germany Kazakhstani peacekeeping battalion is taking part in the Steppe Eagle 2014 exercise in Germany.

09 October 2014 11:26

Buffett would 'bet money' on Clinton becoming president Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said Tuesday he would bet money on Hillary Clinton becoming the next president of the United States.

08 October 2014 14:32

US, German astronauts finish spacewalk to maintain ISS An American and a German astronaut spent just over six hours on a spacewalk outside the International Space Station for equipment repairs and maintenance.

08 October 2014 13:14

Twitter sues US to disclose more on secret data orders Twitter sued the US government, claiming its free speech rights are being violated by restrictions on its ability to disclose numbers of secret orders.

08 October 2014 13:02

IMF slashes Brazil growth forecast for 2014 The International Monetary Fund slashed its 2014 economic growth forecast for Brazil by a full percentage point, blaming weak investment and a consumer funk.

08 October 2014 10:44

Mexico pressed to solve 43 students' disappearance Mexico came under growing international pressure to solve the disappearance of 43 students who vanished after they were attacked by police linked to a drug gang.

08 October 2014 10:01

Brazil's Dilma Rousseff, from guerrilla to president Dilma Rousseff is a former leftist guerrilla once imprisoned and tortured by the country's military regime who is now fighting a different battle.

07 October 2014 14:50

White House rejects Panetta critique of Obama The White House rejected claims by ex-Pentagon chief Leon Panetta that President Barack Obama is too reticent to take on opponents.

07 October 2014 14:08

At least eight killed in 'Boko Haram attack' in Cameroon At least eight people were killed in Cameroon on Monday in a rocket attack blamed on the Islamist group Boko Haram in neighbouring Nigeria.

07 October 2014 14:01

Bezos to integrate WaPost app in new Kindle: report Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos plans to tie the newspaper to his Amazon empire with a built-in Kindle tablet news app to reach a wider audience.

07 October 2014 13:49

Obama: chances of US Ebola outbreak 'extraordinarily low' Barack Obama said the chances of a US Ebola outbreak were "extraordinarily low" but vowed to press world leaders to step up the global fight against the epidemic.

07 October 2014 12:19

Divided Haiti prepares national farewell to 'Baby Doc' Haiti is preparing an appropriate send-off for former dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier.

07 October 2014 11:42

Brazil elections most talked about in Facebook history Brazil's elections inspired 346 million comments, conversations and other exchanges on Facebook, going on record.

07 October 2014 10:43

Ben Affleck defends Muslims on US TV talk show Ben Affleck has delivered a spirited defense of Muslims worldwide on a TV talk show hosted by a fellow liberal with little time for the Islamic faith.

07 October 2014 10:39

Morales favored for reelection in Bolivia Bolivia's socialist President Evo Morales is expected to score a reelection sweep next so solid that he likely will win on the first ballot and avoid a run-off.

06 October 2014 15:23

Brazilians re-elect clown with 1 million votes Brazilians re-elected a clown named Tiririca (Grumpy) to Congress with one million votes, the second-highest number of any candidate.

06 October 2014 15:20

US doctor cleared of Ebola virus US health officials said that a doctor who returned to a hospital after being treated for the Ebola virus did not have a new case of the infectious disease.

06 October 2014 15:15

Rousseff set to face Neves in Brazil run-off Brazilian President is set to face Social Democrat Aecio Neves in a run-off election, leaving popular environmentalist Marina Silva out of the race.

06 October 2014 14:11

Cyber crime costing US billions: FBI chief China is waging an aggressive cyber-war against the United States which costs American business billions of dollars every year.

06 October 2014 14:07

Hewlett-Packard to split business: report HP is poised to become the latest technology firm to split into two entities by separating its computer and printer businesses from its corporate hardware.

06 October 2014 13:38

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