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Fiercest fighting in days hits Syrian border town
Monitor says Syrian fighters executed two Islamic State captives, one was a teenager
Lebanon blocks Syrian refugees from entering -United Nations
Syria's civil war
Fiercest fighting in days hits Syrian border town
Monitor says Syrian fighters executed two Islamic State captives, one was a teenager
Lebanon blocks Syrian refugees from entering -United Nations
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Rebels kill 23 people in east Congo village
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Lebanon blocks Syrian refugees from entering -United Nations
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Houthis, Sunni supporters clash in central Yemen
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Nigeria says reaches deal with Boko Haram to free abducted girls
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Aid worker abducted at gunpoint in South Sudan - UN agency
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At least 6 killed in northern Mali ahead of peace talks
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AT A GLANCE: KASHMIR: Worst clashes since 2003 ceasefire
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Islamic State training pilots to fly in three jets - Syria monitor
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Joining Islamic State is about 'sex and aggression,' not religion
By Arie KruglanskiExtremist ideology exploits "humans' primordial instincts for aggression and sex," writes Arie Kruglanski
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World Food Day 2014: 442 days left to achieve the MDGs
By Torben DueA world without hunger isn’t possible without India leading the way
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A food system fit for the future?
By Marc Van Ameringen, Executive Director, GAINPoverty, climate change, conflict and humanitarian crises add up to enormous challenges for an over-burdened food system
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I’ve rarely been so terrified
By Peter AppsReporter Peter Apps contrasts the Ebola crisis with the Marburg outbreak he covered in Angola
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Will the world ever be able to feed everyone?
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