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Yellow fever death toll rises to 125 in Angola 27 Feb 2016 - 01:34 pm

file photo . REUTERS/Albert Gonzalez Farran Luanda: An ongoing yellow fever epidemic in Angola has killed 125 people out of 664 suspected cases...

Clinton hopes for show of force in South Carolina vote 27 Feb 2016 - 12:44 pm

Democratic Presidential candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during Solicitor David Pascoe's Annual Oyster Roast and Fish Fry at the Orangeburg...

Year after murder, Russian opposition pays respects to slain Kremlin critic 27 Feb 2016 - 11:33 am

Russian opposition supporters carry portraits of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov during a march in central Moscow shortly after he was gunned down. AFP/Yuri...

Irish exit poll shows no clear winners as government hammered 27 Feb 2016 - 11:30 am

Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny stands with his wife Fionnuala as he casts his vote in a polling station at St Anthony's School...

Japan's cat island finds purr-fect solution to food crisis 27 Feb 2016 - 11:28 am

Cats gathering on Aoshima island, also known as Cat Island, in Ehime prefecture. (AFP / Kazuyuki Ono) Tokyo: An army of cats ruling...

Crisis-hit French farmers heckle Hollande as he opens farm expo 27 Feb 2016 - 10:40 am

French President Francois Hollande (C) and President of France's National Federation of Agricultural Holders' Unions (FNSEA) Xavier Beulin (R) attend the opening of...

Irish ruling coalition to fall well short of majority: RTE exit poll 27 Feb 2016 - 10:16 am

Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny stands with 88-year-old Bridie McLoughlin in a polling station at St Anthony's School in Castlebar, Ireland February 26,...

US officials, touring missile defense site, voice concern about N. Korea 27 Feb 2016 - 09:56 am

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California at 11:01 pm on February...

Australia sends relief ship to Fiji in wake of Cyclone Winston 27 Feb 2016 - 09:39 am

A photo taken on 25 February, 2016, shows HMAS Canberra preparing to deploy on Operation Fiji Assist 2016 from the Port of Brisbane...

Yoko Ono hospitalized in New York with flu-like illness - spokesman 27 Feb 2016 - 09:08 am

Artist Yoko Ono (R) and Mexico City's mayor Miguel Angel Mancera gesture after she was honored as 'Illustrious Visitor' at Mexico City's town...

Two blasts, gunfire target hotel in Somalia's Mogadishu 27 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Somalis gather near the scene of a mortar attack on February 25, 2016 in Mogadishu, following a mortar attack near Somalia's presidential palace...

Trump wins endorsement from Republican Christie ahead of Super Tuesday 27 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (L) and rival candidate Donald Trump (R) laugh together during a commercial break in the midst of the...

Elvis Presley’s ‘Dr. Nick’ dies at age 88 26 Feb 2016 - 06:25 pm

George Nichopoulos. Credit: Standard Times By Bill Trott George Nichopoulos, known as “Dr. Nick” as he dispensed thousands of doses of prescription drugs...

Austerity-weary Ireland votes in uncertain election 26 Feb 2016 - 06:06 pm

Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny's Fine Gael may struggle to form a majority for a second term due to a potential collapse in...

Niger leader's poll lead narrows ahead of final results 26 Feb 2016 - 06:01 pm

Mahamadou Issoufou Niamey: Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou's lead in his quest for re-election narrowed Friday ahead of final results, threatening his hopes of...

Greece rejects Austrian minister's visit in ongoing migration row 26 Feb 2016 - 03:11 pm

Austrian ministerJohanna Mikl-Leitner. AFP Athens: Greece has refused a visit request by Austria's interior minister, officials said Friday, fuelling an ongoing row with...

UN envoy voices fears on North Korea-Russia extradition pact 26 Feb 2016 - 02:57 pm

Marzuki Darusman, the United Nation's Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in North Korea. AFP By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA: The U.N....

Trump under fierce attack by rivals at rancorous debate 26 Feb 2016 - 02:26 pm

Donald Trump Houston: White House hopefuls Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio unleashed a barrage of attacks against Donald Trump during Thursday's raucous Republican...