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Estimates show that over 5 years, some 250,000 people have settled in unregulated sprawl called Canaan, already considered country's fourth-largest urban district
Private space company stands ready to launch Dragon cargo ship with much-needed load of supplies to ISS on heels of failed supply run by Russia
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced newest members Friday
Muhammadu Buhari's move seen as a first step in cleaning up the sector in Africa's biggest crude producer
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon travels to San Francisco to commemorate signing of the organization's charter
Kalayaan island mayor says he flew near Chinese-controlled Subi Reef and saw construction in full swing, with many dredgers and huge crane visible on emerging man-made island
Graffiti reflects racial tension that permeates post-Ferguson America, more than a week after a white man was accused of shooting, killing 9 black congregants at Charleston, South Carolina, church
Thai police said the event could impact national security or relations between Thailand and Vietnam
Students had been camping at construction site adjacent to embassy grounds after university was closed April 30
Iran, Cuba among serial human-rights abusers listed in annual report on government mistreatment of its citizens
Justices rule 6-3 that subsidies 8.7 million people currently receive to make insurance affordable do not depend on where they live
Condition of daughter of late singer Whitney Houston has worsened, says her aunt Pat Houston in statement
Ambassador Jane Hartley issues statement after President Obama reassures France that US will abide by a commitment he made in 2013 not to spy on French leader
Committee to Protect Journalists says reporters face unprecedented threats in President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's Egypt, with highest number behind bars since it began keeping records in 1990
In February, China announced a one-year ban on ivory imports; spokeswoman described the step as an 'experimental approach' to gauge its effectiveness in countering illegal trade
At 44, Bobby Jindal is youngest Republican contender in already crowded field of 13 and first Indian American to seek a major party’s nomination
Norvel Goff, temporary head of 'Mother Emanuel,' has to be comforter, teacher, man of God, leader of church whose heart is heavy with tragic loss of senior pastor, 8 members
Authorities say prison employee charged with helping murderers escape smuggled tools to them by hiding items in frozen hamburger meat
Here, Japan's navy leaders made plans for the fiercest battles, including those of Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima and Okinawa from late 1944 to the war's end in August 1945
Congress will recess next week, with no prospect of action on before then, allowing it to go out of business at the end of the month
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