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Nigeria oil company rejects damning Amnesty report

Nigeria's state oil company rejected criticism from a leading human rights group Wednesday, calling an Amnesty International report "inaccurate."

Report expresses concern for clearing Iraqi landmines

Two U.N. agencies said Wednesday they are concerned that Iraq will not be able to meet its obligations under the global treaty to ban landmines.

Rockets fired from Gaza as fragile cease-fire ends

Palestinian militants fired more rockets into Israel on Friday as a tenuous six-month truce between Hamas and Israel expired.

Al Qaeda blamed for Somali bombing wave

A string of suicide bombings targeting government buildings and a United Nations compound in Somalia left at least 25 people dead Wednesday in attacks a U.S. official said bore hallmarks of the al Qaeda terror network.

Gunmen slay another aid agent in Somalia

Gunmen in Somalia have shot dead an agent for a World Food Program transport company, the U.N. agency said Tuesday.

'Al Qaeda statement' claims embassy attack

A Web posting purportedly from al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for Monday's blast outside the Danish embassy in Pakistan, which killed at least six people.

Al Qaeda linked to Danish embassy attack

Al Qaeda or one of its affiliates was probably behind an explosion outside the Danish embassy in Pakistan, Denmark's intelligence service said Tuesday.

All about: Rural communities

It is said that nowhere else on earth will the impacts of climate change be felt more acutely than in the developing world.

Leaders condemn bombs against peace

International leaders Tuesday rushed to condemn deadly twin bombings in the Algerian capital, which appeared to target government and United Nations buildings. Here is some of the reaction.

Time.com: Attack in Algiers: A Warning to Europe

Since forming an alliance with Osama bin Laden, Algeria's Islamist rebels have grown more sophisticated -- and lethal

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