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Before Trump, there was Jesse Ventura _ and a big victory 01 Mar 2016 - 04:42 pm

FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2007, file photo, potential Reform Party presidential candidate Donald Trump, left, speaks at a news conference in...

Nigerian governor's kidnapped sister rescued: police 01 Mar 2016 - 04:25 pm

Seriake Dickson Lagos: Nigerian security forces have rescued the sister of the governor of the oil-rich southern state of Bayelsa, two months after...

From April 1 you can't carry lithium-ion batteries in checked-baggage 01 Mar 2016 - 04:16 pm

(File photo / Reuters) MONTREAL: Spare lithium-ion batteries will no longer be allowed in checked baggage on airlines as of April 1, the...

Freedom for sale: Corruption rampant in Russian prisons 01 Mar 2016 - 04:09 pm

Investigations into corruption in Russia's prison service have uncovered rampant violations involving officials. AFP /Maxim Marmur Moscow: A better cell, a hospital stay...

Three Ukrainian soldiers killed in separatist east: Kiev 01 Mar 2016 - 04:02 pm

File photo of gunmen from the Vostok Battalion, a pro-Russia militia, standing guard at a checkpoint in Pisky, some 15 km from Donetsk,...

U.S. stages 27 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq, Syria :Statement 01 Mar 2016 - 03:55 pm

WASHINGTON: The U.S.-led coalition conducted 27 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Monday in its latest round of daily attacks,...

Bin Laden documents outline inheritance wishes, division of funds 01 Mar 2016 - 03:21 pm

Osama bin Laden is shown watching himself on television in this video frame grab released by the U.S. Pentagon May 7, 2011. REUTERS/...

Over 131,000 migrants reached Europe by sea in 2016: UN 01 Mar 2016 - 02:45 pm

Migrants arrive in Mytilene, on the Greek island of Lesbos, after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey, on February 28, 2016. AFP /...

Basque militant separatist released from Spanish jail 01 Mar 2016 - 02:16 pm

Basque pro independence leader Arnaldo Otegi gestures as he leaves Logrono prison in northern Spain March 1, 2016. REUTERS/ VINCENT WEST BY VINCENT...

Mexico says 11 pregnant women infected with Zika 01 Mar 2016 - 02:15 pm

A state health worker walks towards a house to fumigate it as part of preventive measures against the Zika virus and other mosquito-borne...

More than $1bn was transferred into Malaysia PM's accounts-WSJ 01 Mar 2016 - 01:31 pm

Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak arrives for a news conference at a mosque outside Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia, in this July 5, 2015 file photo....

Malian jihadist to face charges of razing Timbuktu shrines 01 Mar 2016 - 01:00 pm

The rubble left from an ancient mausoleum destroyed by Islamist militants, is seen in Timbuktu, Mali, July 25, 2013. A former trainee teacher...

UK to send troops to Tunisia to help stop IS crossing Libyan border 01 Mar 2016 - 11:07 am

Britain's Secretary of State for Defence, Michael Fallon, leaves Number 10 Downing Street after attending a cabinet meeting in London, Britain February 23,...

Evidence of coral bleaching on Barrier Reef as sea warms 01 Mar 2016 - 10:50 am

This undated handout photo received on March 1, 2016, shows coral bleaching at Lizard Island off the Australian state of Queensland. AFP/WWF AUSTRALIA ...

State Department releases last batch of Clinton emails 01 Mar 2016 - 08:39 am

Washington: The US State Department on Monday made public the final batch of emails taken from a private server which former secretary of...

Refugees look to job fair for first step in German integration 01 Mar 2016 - 08:33 am

Two men from Iran talk to a staff member at the booth of the German Federal Labour Office at the job fair for...

Migrants try to storm Greece-Macedonia border fence 01 Mar 2016 - 08:29 am

Refugees break into the Greek-Macedonian borders during their protest demanding the opening of the borders near the village of Idomeni on February 29,...