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Afghan peace bid stumbles on Kabul-Taliban protocol row

DOHA - A fresh effort to end Afghanistan's 12-year-old war looked in disarray on Thursday after a diplomatic spat about the Taliban's new Qatar office delayed preliminary discussions between the United States and the Islamist insurgents.

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Palestinian children tortured, used as shields by Israel: U.N.

GENEVA - A United Nations human rights body accused Israeli forces on Thursday of mistreating Palestinian children, including by torturing those in custody and using others as human shields.

United Nations, Israel 7:24am EDT

Somali Islamists threaten more carnage after attack on U.N. base

MOGADISHU - Somalia's Islamist al Shabaab rebel group threatened to keep attacking "disbelievers" without respite, a day after launching a deadly assault against the United Nations in the capital Mogadishu.

United Nations 6:39am EDT

India may have to wait to join sensitive nuclear export body

VIENNA - Some states still appear to be skeptical about letting nuclear-armed India into an influential body regulating sensitive atomic trade, diplomats said on Thursday, suggesting Indian membership may not be imminent.

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Pope blames speculation, corruption for 'scandalous' food crisis

ROME - Pope Francis said on Thursday that financial speculation and corruption were keeping millions of people in hunger and the financial crisis could not be used as an alibi for failing to help the poor.

Sweden jails Rwandan for life for role in 1994 genocide

STOCKHOLM - A Swedish court on Thursday sentenced a man of Rwandan origin to life imprisonment for his role in the 1994 genocide in the African county, the first such case in the Nordic state.

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