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Thieves fry Kenya's power grid to cook fast food

By X. N. Iraki

28/12/2014

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The morning scene is increasingly routine for Kenyans. When it's time to start the day, the power is already out. Somewhere nearby, the shell of a wrecked electrical transformer lies on its side underneath the pole where it had been fixed 20 feet off the ground.

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Egypt reduces sentences for 23 young activists for protesting: sources

28/12/2014

CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian appeals court reduced the jail terms on Sunday for 23 young activists convicted of violating a law banning protests without a permit, judicial sources said.

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Libya's official government conducts air strikes on Misrata

Black smoke billows out of a storage oil tank in the port of Es Sider in Ras Lanuf, December 25, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Stringer

28/12/2014

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Forces loyal to Libya's recognized government staged air strikes on targets in Misrata on Sunday in the first such attacks on the city allied to an armed group that seized the capital in the summer, officials and residents said.

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Libya asks Italy to help extinguish fire at biggest oil port

Smoke rises from an oil tank fire in Es Sider port December 26, 2014. A fire at an oil storage tank at Libya's Es Sider port has spread to two more tanks after a rocket hit the country's biggest terminal during clashes between forces allied to competing governments, officials said on Friday. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Stringer

By Ayman Al-Warfalli

27/12/2014

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Libya has called on Italy to send firefighters to prevent a fire spreading out of control at Es Sider, the country's biggest oil port, officials said on Saturday.

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Somali Islamist with $3 million U.S. bounty on head surrenders: government source

By Abdi Sheikh and Feisal Omar

27/12/2014

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A leader of Somali Islamist group al Shabaab, who has a $3 million U.S. bounty on his head, has surrendered, a Somali government source and local media said on Saturday.

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After turbulent 2014, next year may be no calmer

A fighter jet flies above as Ukrainian soldiers sit on an armoured personnel carrier in Kramatorsk, in eastern Ukraine, April 16, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Marko Djurica

By Peter Apps

27/12/2014

NEW YORK (Reuters) - From financial crisis in Russia to cyber warfare with North Korea, 2014 has generated new flashpoints right into its final days, setting 2015 up to be just as turbulent.

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North Korea blames U.S. for Internet outages, calls Obama a 'monkey'

A hand is silhouetted in front of a computer screen in this picture illustration taken in Berlin, May 21, 2013. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski

By Jack Kim

27/12/2014

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea called U.S. President Barack Obama a "monkey" and blamed Washington on Saturday for Internet outages that it has experienced during a confrontation with the United States over the hacking of the film studio Sony Pictures.

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Kiev, rebels exchange POWs; trains, buses to Crimea suspended

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko (C) shakes hands with a Ukrainian prisoner of war (POW) returning home after being exchanged for pro-Russian separatist prisoners, in Kiev, December 27, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Mikhail Palinchak

By Pavel Polityuk and Alessandra Prentice

27/12/2014

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's government and pro-Russian separatists on Friday exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war while Kiev said it would suspend all train and bus service to Crimea, effectively creating a transportation blockade to and from the region.

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China, Vietnam to address maritime disputes without using 'megaphone diplomacy:' Xinhua

Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung speaks during the opening ceremony of the 5th Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Summit at a hotel in Bangkok, December 20, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom

27/12/2014

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Senior Chinese and Vietnamese officials have agreed to settle their maritime disputes without resorting to "megaphone diplomacy", the official Xinhua news service said on Saturday.

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China to list legal places of worship, 'root out' illegal: Xinhua

By Pete Sweeney

27/12/2014

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China is to publish online details of legal religious venues, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday, apparently in an effort to identify unsanctioned groups as part of an effort to "root out illegal religious activities".

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