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Magnitude 6.1 quake jolts eastern Japan, no tsunami warning
6.1 magnitude earthquake hits east of Tokyo, no initial reports of nuclear facility damages
Shabab rebels claim suicide attack at Somali presidency
Somalia's Al-Shabab "mujahideen" claim presidential compound bombing
Merkel will not play active role in French campaign
Merkel has publicly thrown her support behind fellow right-winger Sarkozy in his bid for re-election in the April-May two-round vote, but reports that she would actively campaign for him raised hackles
Ivory Coast's Ouattara names PM from allied party
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara names his former campaign leader Jeannot Ahoussou as prime minister
Top Rwandan rebel leader surrenders in Congo
Rwandan rebel leader Idrissa Muradadi turns himself in to UN mission in Congo, awaits extradition
Police repel Islamist attack in northern Nigeria, kill one
Nigerian police repel attack by suspected Boko Haram members in Bama, kill 1
Toll rises to six dead, 63 injured in Nairobi attack
Deadliest attack in Kenyan capital Nairobi since 98 kills 6
US serviceman detained in Afghanistan over civilian casualties
A US soldier is detained on Sunday in Afghanistan over what an official called a 'killing spree' against civilians
Pentagon chief seeks to defuse tensions on Afghan visit
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta flies into Afghanistan at a fraught moment in the war after a shooting rampage by a US soldier raises fears of an anti-American backlash  
  • Massacre makes Obama 'more determined' to leave Afghanistan
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  • US soldier kills 16 in Afghanistan rampage
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  • US serviceman detained in Afghanistan over civilian casualties
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    Afghan official: Video shows soldier surrendering
    An Afghan official says footage provided by US authorities shows the surrender of the soldier who killed 16 civilians, asks for more amidst claims there were more shooters

    US defence chief in Afghanistan as bombs kill 9
    Panetta arrives in Afghanistan on an unannounced visit on Wednesday, as the United States tried to contain fallout from a massacre of 16 Afghan civilians by an American soldier
    28 die in school trip coach crash in Switzerland
    Families, nation mourn as 22 children and six adult Belgians die in bus accident while returning from Swiss ski trip
    China passes controversial criminal law changes
    A new form of an arbitrary detention bill to be used by Chinese police authorities that has been passed, aims to legalise the detention of dissidents

    Belgium's Muslims in shock after deadly mosque arson
    Belgian Muslim group head says Sunni-Shiite strife not a cause after Shiite imam Abdullah Dadou dies due to a Mosque arson allegedly committed by a Salafist in Brussels

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