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At Least 131 Dead in Nigeria Bombings

Radical Islamist group Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for Friday's multiple bombings in northern city of Kano

Smoke rises from the police headquarters as people run for safety in Nigeria's northern city of Kano January 20, 2012

French Defense Minister Visits Afghanistan

Gerard Longuet arrives in Kabul for talks with Afghan President Karzai, a day after an Afghan solider shot and killed four French troops

French Defense Minister Gerard Longuet (R) stands in front of the four coffins of French soldiers to pays his respects during a ceremony at Kabul Airport in Kabul on January 21, 2012.

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Party Wins Sweeping Victory in Parliamentary Election

Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party takes 47 percent of seats in People's Assembly, other Islamist party claims 29 percent

Boys stand near campaign posters of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party outside a polling station during the second day of parliamentary elections, December 14, 2011.

Yemen Approves Immunity for Saleh

Parliament formally approves law giving president immunity from prosecution, in return for leaving office he has held since 1978

Members of Yemen's Parliament raise their hands to vote in favor of a law granting immunity to outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh over the killing of protesters, in Sana'a, January 21, 2012.

Vote Underway in South Carolina's Republican Primary

Recent polls suggest former Congressman Newt Gingrich is a surging challenger to former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney

Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney and Ron Paul, South Carolina Primary

Tradition Meets Modern-Day Politics in South Carolina

The winner of the state's Republican primary has always gone on to be the party's nominee

Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney; former House Speaker Newt Gingrich; and Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas take part in the South Carolina Republican presidential candidate debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C, January 16, 2012.

Afghanistan's Karzai Pushes Ahead With Peace Talks

But, Afghan president's most recent efforts were with radical Islamist group representatives of Hizb-i-Islami, not the Taliban

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, delivers a speech at the opening of the second year of the Afghanistan parliament in Kabul, Afghanistan, January 21, 2012.

Madagascar Closes Airspace to Ousted Exiled President

Marc Ravalomanana's spokesman says his plane was diverted to South Africa to prevent him from returning home

Former Madagascar leader Marc Ravalomanana and his wife Lalao (R) hold plane tickets after checking in at the O.R Tambo airport in Johannesburg, January 21, 2012.

Bird Flu Researchers Postpone Work Amid Bioterrorism Concern

Some concerned highly-infectious research version of virus could fall into hands of terrorists, trigger pandemic

Health workers slaughter chickens at a wholesale poultry market in Hong Kong, December 21, 2011.

NGOs Critical of Africa Nations Cup Host Equatorial Guinea

Non-governmental groups draw attention to poverty and less-than-open government

A member of Equatorial Guinea's police special forces stands in front of a banner of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo outside Estadio de Bata "Bata Stadium", which will host the opening match and ceremony for the African Nations Cup, in Bata Januar

Remembering Blues Legend Etta James

Award-winning singer, 73, died Friday in California from complications from leukemia

Etta James performs during the 2006 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Saturday, April 29, 2006.

Totem Pole Art Preserves Native American Culture

One Tsimshian tribesman has dedicated his life to keeping his native culture alive

Native American artist David Boxley, from the Tsimshian tribe in Alaska, works on one of the totem poles with his son that they have created, at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC, Jan. 2012.
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