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Oscar Winner Lupita Nyong'o Named People's Most Beautiful Woman

Actress Lupita Nyong'o arrives at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles, California April 13, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Danny Moloshok

23/04/2014

NEW YORK (Reuters) - It's been a big year for Lupita Nyong'o. After winning an Oscar and a lucrative advertising deal the actress was named on Wednesday as the world's most beautiful woman for 2014 by People magazine.

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At Least 63 Killed As Speeding Congo Train Derails: Government Official

23/04/2014

KINSHASA (Reuters) - At least 63 people were killed and 80 were seriously injured in Democratic Republic of Congo's Katanga province when a train speeding too fast round a bend derailed, a provincial minister said on Wednesday.

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Russia, China Block Central African Republic Blacklist At U.N.

Former Central African Republic president Francois Bozize speaks during a news conference at the presidential palace in Bangui

Central African Republic president Francois Bozize speaks during a news conference at the presidential palace in Bangui January 8, 2013. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Luc Gnago

By Louis Charbonneau and Michelle Nichols

23/04/2014

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia and China have blocked a proposal by the United States and France to impose U.N. sanctions on Central African Republic's former President Francois Bozize and two other people linked to the conflict there, diplomats told Reuters on Wednesday.

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U.S. Western Sahara Draft Urges Respecting Human Rights, No U.N. Monitors

By Louis Charbonneau

23/04/2014

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.S.-drafted resolution that would renew the U.N. peacekeeping mission in disputed Western Sahara urges all sides to respect human rights but does not ask the United Nations to monitor abuses, according to a text obtained by Reuters on Wednesday.

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At Least Four Killed By Car Bomb In Kenyan Capital: Government

By Humphrey Malalo

23/04/2014

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Four people killed when a car bomb exploded outside a police station in a poor neighborhood of the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Wednesday, the Interior Ministry said.

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Ukraine's Leaders Say Have U.S. Backing To Take On 'Aggressors'

A pro-Russian armed man stands guard near the mayor's office in Slaviansk, April 23, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

By Pavel Polityuk and Alastair Macdonald

23/04/2014

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's government relaunched a security operation to crack down on pro-Russian armed groups after an Easter pause on Wednesday and said it had the backing of the United States.

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Australia Vows To Keep Searching To Solve Missing Malaysian Plane Mystery

Crew aboard the Australian Defence Vessel Ocean Shield move the U.S. Navy's Bluefin-21 autonomous underwater vehicle into position for deployment in the southern Indian Ocean to look for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, April 14, 2014. REUTERS/U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Peter D. Blair

By Byron Kaye

23/04/2014

PERTH, Australia (Reuters) - Australia and Malaysia vowed on Wednesday to keep searching for a missing Malaysian plane despite no sign of wreckage after almost seven weeks, and as bad weather again grounded aircraft and an undersea drone neared the end of its first full mission.

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China Says Probing Reports Chinese Chlorine Used In Syria Attack

A woman, affected by what activists say was a gas attack, breathes through an oxygen mask inside a field hospital in Kfar Zeita village in the central province of Hama April 12, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Stringer

23/04/2014

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry said on Wednesday that it was investigating reports that a chlorine canister bearing the name of the country's biggest arms maker was shown in footage believed to document a gas attack in Syria this month.

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Hole In Afghan Budget Stirs Unease As West Starts Packing Bags

An Afghan money changer sits behind stacks of Afghan currency at Kabul's largest money market, April 23, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

By Jeremy Laurence and Mirwais Harooni

23/04/2014

KABUL (Reuters) - A $375 million hole in the Afghan budget is threatening public projects and civil servants' salaries, officials say, putting the aid-dependent economy under stress just as Afghanistan awaits a new leader and foreign troops prepare to go home.

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Obama Reassures Japan, Other Allies On China As Asia Trip Begins

U.S. President Barack Obama prepares to board Air Force One to depart Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington to begin his seven-day four-nation Asian tour, April 22, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Larry Downing

By Linda Sieg and Elaine Lies

23/04/2014

TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama has said Washington welcomes China's rise but that engagement with Beijing would not come at the expense of its Asian allies - as Chinese state media greeted his arrival in the region with a broadside accusing the United States of wanting to "cage" the emerging superpower.

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