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Running out of time: East Africa faces new locust threat
By Omar Mohammed and Dawit Endeshaw NAIROBI/ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Countries in East Africa are racing against time to prevent new swarms of locusts wreaking...
Arctic ‘doomsday’ food vault welcomes millionth seed variety
By Gwladys Fouche OSLO - A vault in the Arctic built to preserve seeds for rice, wheat and other food staples contains one million varieties...
Egypt’s Mubarak, ousted by popular revolt in 2011, dies aged 91
By Nadine Awadalla and Omar Fahmy CAIRO (Reuters) - Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who ruled for 30 years until he was ousted in a...
In night of violence, Greeks try to block access to migrant camp building sites
ATHENS (Reuters) - Police in riot gear threw teargas and fired water cannon at Greek islanders as they tried to prevent access to construction...
Jailed Wikileaks founder Assange’s health improving: spokesman
By Andrew MacAskill and Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) - Jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is no longer being kept in solitary confinement and his health...
Syrian forces consolidate control of Aleppo, air strikes under way
BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - The Syrian army said on Monday it had taken full control of dozens of towns in Aleppo's northwestern countryside and it...
Kim Jong Un poses on purebred horses North Korea imported from Russia
MOSCOW/SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea, whose leader Kim Jong Un was filmed riding through the snow on a white stallion last year, has spent...
