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Kuwait court hands down two years jail sentence for insulting emir

Kuwaiti lawmaker Musallam al-Barrak gestures while speaking to journalists at Parliament's media center in Kuwait City, November 20, 2011. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

22/02/2015

KUWAIT (Reuters) - A Kuwaiti appeals court on Sunday sentenced an opposition politician to two years in jail for insulting the country's ruler, local media reported.

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Bangladesh ferry capsizes after collision, at least 33 dead

By Serajul Quadir

22/02/2015

DHAKA (Reuters) - At least 33 people died in Bangladesh on Sunday when a passenger ferry capsized after colliding with a trawler on the river Padma with more than 100 people aboard, police said.

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Yemen's Hadi seeks to resume duties as president

A protester holds up a poster of Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi during an anti-Houthi demonstration in Sanaa, February 21, 2015. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

By Mohammed Mukhashaf

22/02/2015

ADEN(Reuters) - Yemen's president sought to resume his duties as head of state on Sunday, holding his first public engagement with state officials since he fled house arrest in Sanaa by the Houthi group that dominates the northern half of the country.

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Kerry and Iran's Zarif to try to narrow gaps in nuclear talks

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry reacts during a media briefing at the U.S. Embassy in London, February 21, 2015. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Neil Hall

By Lesley Wroughton

22/02/2015

GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif will try to narrow gaps in another round of nuclear talks in Geneva on Sunday as they press to meet a March 31 deadline for a political framework agreement.

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Turkish military enters Syria to evacuate soldiers, relocate tomb

Turkish tanks are pictured in the northern Syrian town of Kobani as they return from a military operation inside Syria, February 22, 2015. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Mursel Coban/Depo Photos

By Orhan Coskun

22/02/2015

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish forces swept into Syria overnight to rescue about 40 soldiers who had been surrounded for months by Islamic State militants while guarding the tomb of a revered Turkish figure.

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Embattled Libyan government loses grip as general expands power

A woman holds a portrait of former Libyan army officer Khalifa Haftar, during a rally supporting Haftar, in Benghazi, August 1, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori

By Ulf Laessing

22/02/2015

BAYDA, Libya (Reuters) - In a hotel lit by a generator in the eastern Libyan town of Bayda, Economy Minister Munir Ali Asr outlines optimistic plans to attract investment to a country ravaged by war and political chaos.

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Egypt refers 215 to court for forming a militant group: public prosecutor

Muslim Brotherhood supporters convicted of playing a role in the killings of 16 policemen in August 2013 during the upheaval that followed the army's ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Mursi, stand behind bars during their trial in Cairo, February 2, 2015. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

22/02/2015

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's public prosecutor said on Sunday he had referred 215 members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to trial on charges of forming a militant group, the latest move in a sustained crackdown by authorities on Islamists.

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Girl bomber kills 5, wounds dozens in northeast Nigeria

22/02/2015

BAUCHI, Nigeria (Reuters) - A young girl with explosives strapped to her killed five people and wounded dozens at a security checkpoint outside a market in the northeast Nigerian town of Potiskum on Sunday, witnesses said.

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Nigerian forces retake border town of Baga from Boko Haram

By Lanre Ola and Abdoulaye Massalaki

22/02/2015

BAUCHI, Nigeria/NIAMEY, Niger (Reuters) - Nigerian forces backed by air strikes seized the northeastern border town of Baga from Islamist group Boko Haram on Saturday, the military said, a significant victory in an offensive against an insurgency affecting four African states.

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Gunmen abduct 89 boys in war-torn South Sudan: U.N

22/02/2015

JUBA (Reuters) - Gunmen in war-ravaged South Sudan have abducted at least 89 boys, some as young as 13, from their school in oil-rich Upper Nile State, the United Nations said on Saturday.

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