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Niger leads pack making progress on child mortality: NGO Niger has made the most progress worldwide on reducing child mortality since 1990..
23 October 2013
Libya finds little to celebrate two years after 'liberation' Libya marked the second anniversary Wednesday of its "liberation" from loyalists of veteran dictator Moamer Kadhafi with no official celebrations as it struggles to heal the wounds of the conflict.
23 October 2013
©basil-alkhatib.com Syria film scoops top awards despite danger A Syrian film that has scooped a string of prestigious awards in recent months barely made it to screens because of the dangers the crew faced in the war-ravaged country.
23 October 2013
Rihanna. Photo courtesy of thewrap.com Rihanna ordered out of UAE mosque complex over photo shoot Pop star Rihanna was asked to leave Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque complex for posing for "inappropriate" pictures outside one of the world's largest Muslim places of worship.
22 October 2013
'Forget Hollywood': Germany trains Syria chemical team An explosion rips through a chemical weapons depot. Bleeding victims stumble out of the building and scream for help.
22 October 2013
©Reuters Turkey's first online Islamic sex shop opens An online Islamic sex shop selling condoms, massage oils and perfumes has been launched in Turkey, becoming the first of its kind in the predominantly Muslim country.
22 October 2013
Kanat Shagirov, Aleksandr Moroz, Yury Sazonov and Arslan Cakhimov. ©Vesti.kz Racing: Kazakhstan crews complete Morocco rally The 6th and last leg of the Rally OiLibya of Morocco was over on October 19.
21 October 2013
Syria peace talks in doubt over opposition rifts The UN-Arab League envoy for Syria says peace talks are in doubt unless a "credible opposition" takes part, overcoming rifts among its factions.
21 October 2013
Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. ©Rueters/Mian Khursheed Afghan peace on the table as Pakistan PM heads to US Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif departed Saturday for talks in the United States, with the Afghan peace process and the prickly issue of Washington's drone campaign likely to top the agenda.
19 October 2013
©Reuters/Mohamed Azakir Nine Lebanese pilgrims kidnapped in Syria freed Nine Lebanese Shiite pilgrims kidnapped by rebels in Syria last year have been released, with signs that two Turkish pilots whose abduction was linked to their capture may also be freed.
19 October 2013
Syria peace envoy begins tour as dozens die in Aleppo International envoy Lakhdar Brahimi begins a Middle East tour Saturday to pave the way for proposed peace talks on Syria, where dozens of people were killed in the latest fighting in Aleppo province.
19 October 2013
Syria says peace talks possible as rebels kill top officer Syria says peace talks could be possible next month amid international efforts to push for a conference in Geneva as a top military intelligence officer was killed in clashes with rebels.
18 October 2013
Ephiopian flag Kazakhstan to open embassies in Ethiopia and RSA Kazakhstan is planning to open its embassies in Ethiopia and the Republic of South Africa.
18 October 2013
I.Coast, Burkina Faso ink deal to fight child trafficking The first ladies of Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso on Thursday sealed an agreement to fight the growing child trafficking trade between the two west African nations.
18 October 2013
©Reuters/Paulo Whitaker New Global Slavery Index estimates 30 million affected An estimated 30 million people worldwide are living in modern-day slavery.
18 October 2013
Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry ©Marat Abilov Kazakhstan diplomats were fooled by an imposter in RSA: Foreign Minister It wasn't an actual robbery, just an incident involving a group of people impersonating government officials: Kazakhstan Minister Idrisov.
16 October 2013
MSF denounces 'unprecedented' violence in C. Africa Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on Wednesday denounced the "unprecedented" violence in the Central African Republic, urging all sides to respect civilian safety and calling for urgent international aid.
16 October 2013
Ex-finance minister Ghani bullish as Afghan election race begins He collected a meagre three percent of the vote last time, but Ashraf Ghani is not short of self-confidence, believing he will win elections in April and be a transformative president of Afghanistan.
16 October 2013
Religious edict allowing people to eat dogs and cats issued in Damascus As Muslims around the world mark the Eid al-Adha holiday, sharing festive meals, children trapped in besieged areas around the Syrian capital are going hungry.
16 October 2013
Bomb kills 12 as war-related deaths near 500,000 in Iraq A bomb ripped through a crowd of worshippers at a Sunni mosque in Iraq, killing 12 people as a study put the death toll in the war-torn country at nearly half a million since the US-led 2003 invasion.
16 October 2013

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