After a string of assassinations specifically targeting media workers in Somalia, the United Nations human rights agency expressed concern and urges government to bring killers to justice
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Hurricane Sandy leaves 7.3 million homes, businesses with no power
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An Imam, his brother and father were all shot dead by unidentified attackers in Russia
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Fifty homes in a New York neighborhood destroyed by a mass blaze after superstorm Sandy, leaving more than 25 people to be rescued by firefighters
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Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, founder of a Pakistan-based Islamist group under $10 million US bounty offers humanitarian aid to US in wake of hurricane Sandy
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In the aftermath of super-storm Sandy, two US nuclear plants have shut down; plant operators stress there is no danger to the public
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Bahraini prince Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad al-Khalifa will make a trip to the Gaza Strip Thursday to open two UNRWA schools
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Ukraine faces global backlash over elections won by ruling party that several western observers have called a 'step backwards' for democracy
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Following Sudan's denial of Iranian involvement in factory explosion Monday, military affirms strong ties with Iran after visit of two Iranian naval ships to Port Sudan
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Court fines blogger and activist Sofiane Chourabi for drunkenness and indecency, which he argues aimed at 'intimidating opponents' of Tunisia's Islamist government
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Libya's new Prime Minister Zeidan presents cabinet names to the national assembly for approval, hoping to form coalition and succeed where predecessor failed
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All flights were cancelled in one of the busiest regional airports in Japan after the discovery of a huge unexploded World War II bomb
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Millions in eastern US awake to flooded homes, uprooted trees and widespread power outages caused by super-storm Sandy; NYC subway swamped, streets of financial district submerged
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After clashes between Shia-led demonstrators and security forces of Sunni-ruled Gulf state, Bahrain bans all protests and gatherings
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Chinese police arrest over 50 out of the thousands that blocked a planned chemical plant last week in protest, driven by fears of pollution
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US President Obama announces that a 'major disaster' has been triggered by hurricane Sandy, freeing up federal aid for those who lost homes or businesses
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Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson refutes claims that Iran is supplying 'terrorists' and asks Iraq not to yield to US pressure to stop and search Iranian Syria-bound aircraft
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Violent army-rebel clashes broke south of the Syrian capital near a major Palestinian refugee camp, with pro-regime Palestinian fighters joining in, reports Syrian rights group
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Clashes between police and miners ensue after several workers defy ultimatum to return to work
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