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Colombian rebels vow to end kidnappings
AFP, Published on 27/02/2012
» Colombia's FARC rebels pledged Sunday to stop kidnapping for ransom and to release all 10 remaining "prisoners of war," marking a historic shift in Latin America's last major insurgency.
S. Korea activists float socks over to N. Korea
AFP, Published on 28/01/2012
» South Korean activists on Saturday released huge gas-filled balloons filled with socks over the border into impoverished North Korea despite threats from Pyongyang.
War, neglect leave 500,000 Afghans homeless: Amnesty
AFP, Published on 23/02/2012
» Half a million Afghans displaced by war have been left homeless and struggling to survive because of government and international neglect, Amnesty International said Thursday.
Pressure mounts on Assad as help finally reaches Homs
AFP, Published on 24/02/2012
» Western and Arab nations ratcheted up pressure on Syria's Bashar al-Assad Friday as the Red Cross announced it had finally been able to enter a besieged Homs district to evacuate casualties.
China says ready to help solve EU debt crisis
AFP, Published on 14/02/2012
» China's Premier Wen Jiabao said Tuesday his country was ready to increase its participation in efforts to resolve Europe's debt crisis, after holding talks with EU leaders in Beijing.
'No evidence' of mass killings in South Sudan
AFP, Published on 08/01/2012
» The UN's top official in South Sudan on Saturday said "no evidence" had been found of reported mass killings, but warned that 60,000 people were in urgent need of aid.
Pressure mounts on Assad as help finally reaches Homs
AFP, Published on 25/02/2012
» Western and Arab nations ratcheted up pressure on Syria's Bashar al-Assad Friday as the Red Cross said it had finally gained access to a besieged area of the city of Homs to begin evacuating casualties.
Red Cross makes new rescue bid in Syria's Homs
AFP, Published on 25/02/2012
» The Red Cross made a new attempt on Saturday to bring out people trapped in the besieged Syrian city Homs, two of them wounded Western journalists, after a first successful rescue of civilians.
West has 'hegemonistic ambitions' in Syria: Chinese media
AFP, Published on 25/02/2012
» Chinese state media on Saturday accused the US and Europe of "harbouring hegemonistic ambitions" in Syria, after Western and Arab nations ratcheted up pressure on Bashar al-Assad at a meeting in Tunisia.
Millions of flood victims still at risk in Pakistan
AFP, Published on 16/02/2012
» A feeble international response to Pakistan's second major flooding crisis in two years has left millions of people at serious risk of malnutrition and disease, aid groups warned Thursday.