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10 Dead In 3rd Israeli Strike On UN School As Israel Renews Shelling

Meanwhile, truce negotiations in Cairo, without Israeli participation, aren’t likely to produce a breakthrough,

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A United Nations aid agency car lies destroyed by shrapnel from an Israeli strike in the Jebaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, July 29, 2014.

GAZA/JERUSALEM — An Israeli air strike killed at least 10 people and wounded about 30 others on Sunday in a UN-run school in the southern Gaza Strip, witnesses and medics said, as dozens died in renewed Israeli shelling of the enclave. The Israeli military declined immediate comment on the attack, the second to hit a school in less than a

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Too Many Humanitarian Crises, Not Enough Global Resources

The White House rejected a confidential proposal to accelerate work getting rid of nuclear security dangers, choosing to spend more money on weapons, instead.

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WASHINGTON — Humanitarian crises in the world today — Syria, Iraq, Central African Republic, South Sudan and now Gaza — all demand immediate and massive humanitarian response. The crises are not only large-scale, affecting millions, but the conflicts also are complex, each with unique political realities and on-the-ground difficulties. They

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Mexico’s cartel-fighting vigilantes get closer to the Texas border

Armed residents are taking on the feared Zetas cartel in Tamaulipas state. One desperate town’s mayor applauds them.

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HIDALGO, Mexico — The gunmen nabbed watermelon farmer Jesus Manuel Guerrero as he drove from his ranch to buy supplies and held him for five painful days in the trunk of a car. When family members finally paid a $120,000 ransom and they released him, he was urinating blood. He’s just one of hundreds of victims of a wave of kidnapping that’s

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As Egypt Targets Muslim Brotherhood, Saudi Arabia Follows Suit

The Saudi government now considers the Brotherhood a terrorist organization, a sharp break with past policy.

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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — The Saudi government’s March designation of the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist group caused many Saudis to wonder if they now risk being seen as criminals because of their longstanding sympathies with the organization. The Ministry of Interior decree put the Brotherhood— the oldest political Islamist organization in the

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Colombia’s Prospering Economy Casts A Shadow Over Thousands Of Political Prisoners

As business booms, at least 4,000 political prisoners remain jailed, often for social activism.

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BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia, once a byword for crime, violence and instability, is opening its doors to foreign investment, tourism and an influx of international attention. Recently re-elected president Juan Manuel Santos’ has a strong record of growing Colombia’s economy by engaging with new trading partners and signing agreements. Last month,

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Public-Private Partnerships: A ‘Win-Win’ For Global Health?

Forged partnerships between the public and private sectors are gaining prominence, raising questions about their transparency and precise impact in the world.

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WASHINGTON — When USAID administrator Rajiv Shah announced more than $600 million in new partnerships with private organizations last month, including giant multinationals Coca-Cola and Johnson & Johnson, the news was heralded in Washington as another stride in the agency’s path to ending preventable child and maternal mortality. Shah's June

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Tunisian Prime Minister Says Drug Law ‘No Longer In Tune With The Times’

This summer, the government plans to revamp the law, which some say has been used to support police brutality, as prisons reach over 150 percent capacity.

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TUNIS, Tunisia — In late 2011, Hesham a 24-year-old Tunisian cab driver, was sitting in a café with friends in Ariana, a working class neighborhood in northern Tunis. A fight broke out over something petty — the details of which Hesham said he can’t even remember — and the police came to break up the brawl. They hauled all the young men to police

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