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Bomb Explodes in Aleppo One Day After Deadly Damascus Attacks

Government calls explosion, which activists say killed three people and injured about 25, work of 'terrorists'

A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows rescue teams inspecting the blast scene in Aleppo March 18, 2012.

Al-Qaida Says it Killed American Language Teacher in Yemen

A U.S. State Department official confirmed the killing of the US citizen in a statement sent to VOA, condemning it as a 'heinous crime'

A damaged vehicle purported to belong to an American teacher shot by gunmen is seen in Taiz, Yemen, Sunday, March 18, 2012.

Egyptians Mourn Coptic Pope Shenouda ‎III

Shenouda died on Saturday in Cairo at age 88 after suffering from what the official MENA news agency says was liver and lung disease.

Pope Shenouda III, the head of the Coptic church, talks to the media in Cairo, Egypt, 02 Jan 2011.

IMF Chief Urges More Global Reforms, Praises China's Business

Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, ends a two-day visit to China Sunday

Chevron Execs Barred From Leaving Brazil

Brazil considers criminal charges against Chevron in connection with 3,000-barrel oil spill in November off the coast of Rio de Janeiro

Handout picture released on November 21, 2011 by the Brazilian National Agency of Petroleum showing supply boats cleaning an oil spill around a Chevron platform operating in the Frade oil field in the Atlantic Ocean 120 km offshore Campos, northern state

Puerto Rico Republicans Vote in US Presidential Primary

Candidates seeking to challenge President Obama in November are vying for support of 20 delegates from US commonwealth

A man wears a shirt in support of Puerto Rican statehood before a campaign stop by Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney on Saturday, March 17, 2012, in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.

Former Rights Activist Elected German President

Joachim Gauck's appointment to the largely ceremonial position follows resignation of his predecessor over a corruption scandal

Joachim Gauck holds flowers after being elected president at Germany's Federal Assembly in Berlin, March 18, 2012.

Guinea Bissau Holds Presidential Poll

Frontrunners in the presidential election include former PM Carlos Gomes Jr. and former president Kumba Yala

People register to vote in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, March 18, 2012.

Convicted Nazi Death Camp Guard John Demjanjuk Dead at 91

Convicted in Germany last year of helping kill some 28,000 prisoners, Demjanjuk denied any role in Holocaust

In this May 12. 2011 file picture John Demjanjuk waits in a courtroom in Munich.
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