Jan 30
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  • Kenyan police say officers not given shoot to kill orders amid violent clashes
  • Government says 650 dead after disputed vote; opposition says 1,000 dead
  • U.S. diplomat says violence in western Kenya is “clear ethnic cleansing”
  • Ex-U.N. chief Kofi Annan holds talks with Kenyan president, opposition leader

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Jan 30

BEIJING, China (CNN) — China’s worst winter in more than half a century showed no signs of abating Wednesday as forecasters told citizens to brace for three more days of snow and sleet.

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Stranded passengers wait to get into the railway station at Wuhan in central China’s Hubei province.

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Jan 12

Snow in Baghdad

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A WINTER WONDER: An Iraqi and his youngster enjoy the light snow that dusted Baghdad, the capital’s first in memory.

For the first time anyone can remember, flakes fall on the capital. Iraqis express joy — even optimism — at the sight. Continue reading »

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Jan 06

TBILISI, Georgia - President Mikhail Saakashvili headed for victory in Saturday’s election, according to an exit poll in this former Soviet republic where he is fighting accusations of authoritarian tendencies four years after coming to power as a hero of democracy.

Georgia's presidential candidate Mikhail Saakashvili speaks during his meeting with foreign journalists at his campaign headquarters in Tbilisi, Georgia, Friday, Jan. 4, 2008. The U.S.-educated incumbent, 40, is fighting not only to remain in office but to prove to his critics that he is still the democratic leader once so beloved in his homeland and admired in the West.(AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
AP Photo: Georgia’s presidential candidate Mikhail Saakashvili speaks during his meeting with foreign journalists at his campaign…

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Jan 05

MALIBU, California (CNN) — Severe storms that have brought heavy rain, snow and high winds to California, Nevada, Utah and Colorado claimed their first victim and triggered a levee break Saturday.

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