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British soldier hacked to death in suspected Islamist attack

LONDON - A British soldier was hacked to death by two men shouting Islamic slogans in a south London street, in what Prime Minister David Cameron said appeared to be a terrorist attack. | Video

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M23 rebels announce ceasefire for UN chief's Congo visit

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo - Rebels in eastern Congo announced a ceasefire on Thursday in fighting with government troops hours before a visit to the conflict-plagued zone by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim.

Roadside bomb kills 13 in southwest Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - A roadside bomb killed 11 security personnel and two civilians on Thursday in southwestern Pakistan where separatist rebels have for decades been battling to control the region's natural gas and other resources.

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Two suicide bombers strike in northern Niger towns

NIAMEY - Two suicide bombers struck on Thursday at a military barracks and a plant run by French nuclear group Areva in northern Niger, military and company sources said.

Africa, Mali 4:29am EDT

Five killed, 50 wounded in Lebanon's Tripoli

TRIPOLI, Lebanon - Five people were killed and more than 50 wounded in overnight clashes in Tripoli between Lebanese gunmen backing rival factions in Syria's civil war, doctors and security sources said on Thursday.

Libya, Syria 4:03am EDT

Analysis: Crackdown on radical Islamists tests Tunisia's stability

TUNIS - For the first time since the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011, relations between mainstream Islamists in government and radical Salafist Muslim activists have reached breaking point, sparking deadly clashes in two Tunisian cities.

Tunisia, Mali 1:15am EDT