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Uruguay Asks U.S. To Free Cubans In Return For Guantanamo Transfer

Uruguay's President Jose Mujica delivers a speech after a meeting with Chile's President-elect Michelle Bachelet (not pictured) in Santiago, March 10, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Cristobal Saavedra

21/03/2014

MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Uruguay has asked the United States to free Cuban prisoners as a gesture in return for the South American country agreeing to accept detainees from the much-criticized Guantanamo detention center, President Jose Mujica said on Friday.

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Taliban Gun Down Kabul Diners In Pre-Election Attack

A general view of the Serena Hotel in Kabul March 21, 2014, a day after it was attacked by gunmen. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

By Jessica Donati and Hamid Shalizi

21/03/2014

KABUL (Reuters) - A Taliban assault on the restaurant of a luxury hotel, considered one of the safest places in Kabul and frequented by foreigners and Afghan officials, has swelled a tide of violence sweeping Afghanistan two weeks before a presidential election.

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OSCE To Send Observers To Ukraine, Russia Says No Crimea Mandate

By Fredrik Dahl and Derek Brooks

21/03/2014

VIENNA (Reuters) - Russia joined the 56 other members of the OSCE on Friday in a hard-fought consensus decision to send a six-month monitoring mission of the pan-European rights and security group to help defuse the crisis in Ukraine.

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U.N. Rights Investigator Accuses Israel Of 'Ethnic Cleansing'

United Nations Special Rapporteur on occupied Palestine, Richard Falk addresses a news conference at the U.N. European headquarters in Geneva, March 21, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

By Stephanie Nebehay

21/03/2014

GENEVA (Reuters) - A U.N. human rights investigator accused Israel on Friday of "ethnic cleansing" in pushing Palestinians out of East Jerusalem and cast doubt that the Israeli government could accept a Palestinian state in the current climate.

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Gunmen Ram Explosives-Laden Tanker Into Iraq Police HQ, Killing 15

By Ghazwan Hassan

21/03/2014

TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) - Scores of gunmen took over a federal police headquarters in northern Iraq on Friday before ramming a tanker laden with explosives into the building, killing at least 15 people, a government official said.

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Italy Rescues More Than 4,000 Migrants, Operations Ongoing

Migrants arrive and are escorted by Italian policemen at the Sicilian port of Augusta near Siracusa, March 21, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Antonio Parrinello

21/03/2014

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's navy has rescued more than 4,000 migrants from overcrowded boats in the Mediterranean Sea south of Sicily in the past four days and several other rescue operations are still going on, officials said on Friday.

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Bomb Explodes On Runway Of Libya's Main Airport In Tripoli

Passengers look at a flight information monitor after the reopening of the airport in Tripoli, March 21, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny

By Hani Amera and Ulf Laessing

21/03/2014

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A bomb exploded on the runway of Libya's main airport on Friday, the transport minister said, highlighting the deteriorating security situation in the north African country almost three years after Muammar Gaddafi was ousted.

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Fire Destroys Main Market In Malian Capital Bamako

21/03/2014

BAMAKO (Reuters) - An overnight blaze at the main market in Mali's capital Bamako destroyed around 2,000 shops, causing millions of dollars in damage as fire crews struggled to access the site and hydrants malfunctioned, residents and fire officials said on Friday.

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State In Northeast Nigeria Shuts Schools After Islamist Killings

A vehicle, loaded with personal belongings, is seen travelling out of Bama, Borno State, February 20, 2014, after an attack by Boko Haram militants. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Stringer

By Lanre Ola

21/03/2014

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria's northeasterly Borno state has ordered all of its schools to shut to protect children after Islamists killed dozens of pupils in an attack last month, an official from the state Education Ministry and several parents said on Friday.

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Australia Says Suspected Debris May Have Sunk, No Sighting In Search For Jet

Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) AP-3C Orion crew members unload equipment after returning from a search for Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 over the Indian Ocean, at RAAF Base Pearce north of Perth, Australia, March 21, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Jason Reed

By Matt Siegel and A. Ananthalakshmi

21/03/2014

PERTH, Australia/KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - The international team hunting for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean has not turned up anything so far, and Australia's deputy prime minister said the suspected debris may have sunk.

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