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Up To 200,000 Somali Children Could Die From Malnutrition: U.N

A five-month-old malnourished child awaits medical tests at the paediatric ward of the Banadir hospital in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, December 17, 2012. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Ismail Taxta/Files

27/05/2014

GENEVA (Reuters) - Up to 200,000 children under the age of five could die from severe malnutrition in Somalia by the end of the year unless the United Nations receives emergency funds to stave off mass hunger, U.N. officials said on Tuesday.

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Eritreans Fleeing From Forced Labour Draft: U.N. Report

Migrants arrive at the Sicilian port of Augusta near Siracusa March 21, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Antonio Parrinello

By Tom Miles

GENEVA (Reuters) - Eritrea is running a forced labour programme that is spawning human rights violations and fuelling a refugee exodus, according to a report that will be debated next month at the U.N. Human Rights Council.

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U.S. Consultancy Wins Rare Foothold In Ethiopia's Retail Sector

A general view of the Friendship City Center shopping mall in Ethiopia's Capital Addis Ababa, May 26, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

By Binyam Tamene

27/05/2014

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - A U.S. management consultancy has won a short contract to run Ethiopia's just-launched state-owned cash-and-carry chain, officials said, the first such concession given to a foreign company by a country that tightly controls its retail industry.

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More Than 50 Rebels Killed In Biggest Ukraine Government Assault

A Ukrainian Mi-24 gunship manoeuvres over a residential area near Donetsk international airport, May 26, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis

By Sabina Zawadzki and Gabriela Baczynska

27/05/2014

DONETSK, Ukraine, May 27 (Reuters) - More than 50 pro-Russian rebels were killed in an unprecedented assault by Ukrainian government forces, which raged into a second day on Tuesday after a newly-elected president vowed to crush the revolt in the east once and for all.

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Britain's Cameron Looks To Rally Support At EU Summit

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron points during a visit to a construction site in central London, May 27, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Andrew Winning

By Luke Baker and Kylie MacLellan

27/05/2014

BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron will launch an assault against "business as usual" at a summit in Brussels on Tuesday, calling on fellow EU leaders to set simpler priorities that meet the concerns of frustrated voters.

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As India's New Government Gets To Work, A Promise To Investors

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi signs a paper as he takes charge of the prime minister's office (PMO) at South Block in New Delhi, May 27, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Press Information Bureau of India

By Manoj Kumar

27/05/2014

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's new finance minister committed himself to repairing public finances and restoring investor confidence as a new administration took charge on Tuesday promising better days for millions of discontented Indians.

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Pope Says Favors Celibacy For Priests But Door Open To Change

Pope Francis talks to reporters aboard the papal flight on his way back to the Vatican from Jerusalem, May 26, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Andrew Medichini

27/05/2014

ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Monday said he believed that Roman Catholic priests should be celibate but the rule was not an unchangeable dogma, and "the door is always open" to change.

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Thai Army Gets Down To Work On Economy, Stifles Dissent

Protesters against military rule face soldiers at the Victory monument in Bangkok, May 26, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

By Amy Sawitta Lefevre

27/05/2014

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's military rulers settled down to work at their Bangkok headquarters on Tuesday, firmly in charge with royal endorsement but facing small protests that the security forces have handled with restraint.

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Malaysia, UK Firm Release Satellite Data On Missing MH370 Flight

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's government and British satellite firm Inmarsat on Tuesday released the data used to determine the path of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, responding to mounting calls from passengers' relatives for greater transparency. The data from satellite communications with the plane, which runs to 47 pages in a report prepared by Inmarsat, features hourly "handshakes" - or network log-on confirmations - after the aircraft disappeared from civilian radar screens on March 8.

By Stuart Grudgings

27/05/2014

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's government and British satellite firm Inmarsat on Tuesday released the data used to determine the path of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, responding to mounting calls from passengers' relatives for greater transparency.

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Philippine Lawmakers Ask Court To Halt New U.S. Defense Pact

U.S. President Barack Obama walks out to speak to military troops at the Fort Bonifacio Gymnasium in Manila, April 29, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Larry Downing

27/05/2014

MANILA (Reuters) - A group of left-wing Philippine lawmakers on Tuesday petitioned the Supreme Court to immediately halt a new defense pact with the United States, saying it was barred by the constitution.

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