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Births push global population past 7 billion mark

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 05:12 PM PDT


LAGOS, Nigeria -- One South African mother, just 19, named her newborn "Enough" and shrugged off a nurse who questioned whether she was old enough to know how many children she wanted.
In Nigeria, newborn twins have to share a bassinet in a crowde ...

Syria warns world powers to stay away

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 05:17 PM PDT

BEIRUT -- With world powers fresh from their victory over Moammar Gadhafi in Libya, Syrian President Bashar Assad is warning them that the Middle East will go up in flames if there is any foreign intervention in his country.The authoritarian leader i ...

U.S. withholding funding for UN agency after Palestine joins

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 05:17 PM PDT


PARIS -- Palestine won its greatest international endorsement yet on Monday, full membership in UNESCO, but the move will cost the agency one-fifth of its funding and some fear will send Mideast peace efforts off a cliff.
In an unusually dramatic ...

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