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Within hours of announcing they were ready to talk peace, the Taliban took credit for killing four more Americans and the government of Afghanistan is backing out of agreements. Is the whole process doomed to failure?
Fukushima officials want to release 11,500 tons of radioactive water into the ocean
Protests continued on Monday amid news that the U.S. has shifted its policy
Suicide attack at religious celebration kill at least 30
Protests over the pastor's actions enter their third day
Refugees report that rebel forces are being ordered "to kill everyone and anyone"
Hundreds took to the streets of Taliban-stronghold Kandahar
Radiation found in seawater 25 miles away from plant
A heated debate surfaces after an Afghan protest over Koran burning turns deadly
The government refuses to withdraw from its "own cities"
The coalition may be multinational, but most of the military force is American
Security forces killed several people in a town outside Damascus
Take a look at this fantastic chart over on Civil Eats
It's mostly desert, but there are developments there to watch
Cartoonist Tom Toles notes the biggest bug is still flying around Libya
On helping Libya, the dangers of polygamy, and writing for free
The opposition is still calling for Qaddafi to step down
Qaddafi's regime appears to be collapsing as U.S. decides not to arm rebels
A top Libyan diplomat fled to Egypt following the foreign minister's arrival in London
An interactive map showcasing the news outlets photography since the quake
The winner of last November's election has surrounded the incumbent's stronghold
The workers, it turns out, aren't talking because they've been asked not to
A Catholic official claims Western air strikes have killed 40 in Tripoli
In 1988 Mahmoud Jibril wrote about the mercurial American attitude towards Libya
The Ugandan government doesn't seem to have their story straight
Moussa Koussa flees to Britain after abandoning Qaddafi's government
Reuters reports a presidential finding was issued weeks ago
The word? "Notwithstanding"
They're both impossible to get rid of
The prime ministers of India and Pakistan are watching today's semi-final match together
On the Syrian president, government shutdown, and preventing gun violence
Bashar al-Assad addressed the nation after the regime's deadly crackdown on protesters
TEPCO's own engineer found 10 percent chance of tsunami disaster in 2007 paper
Western officials hinted that they might on Tuesday
You won't believe what networks spend to cover disasters
Scientists figure there's about 2 billion, give or take
Castro compares NATO to fascists, laments the capitalist alliance of the U.S. and Europe
The Pentagon says that we've spent $550 million so far
The death toll includes three lawmakers and a Reuters journalist
Cartoonist Kevin Kallaugher questions which civilians deserve protection
Yang Hengjun hasn't been heard from since Sunday
Change in momentum comes as world leaders convene in London
Even company officials are apparently "vague" about whether they've seen their CEO
Thousands gathered in Damascus to support the regime amidst mounting protests
Going public can be an offense itself, apparently
Putting the Fukushima leak in perspective
A French fashion magazine promotes an "artistic video symbolizing nuclear panic"
Italy's prime minister called himself "the most accused man in the universe"
She was dragged away by government forces on Saturday, and may still be in custody
Pundits have plenty of idea of what the President should say
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