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Zimbabwe Is Broke - Zimbabwe's Finance Minister Tendai Biti told reporters that the government had just $217 left in its coffers after paying public servants last week.  "The government finances are in paralysis state at the present moment. We are failing to meet our targets," Biti said.(Photo: REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo)

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U.S. May Give $32 Million to Train Mali Troops - The Obama administration has asked Congress for an additional $32 million to put toward efforts to train African troops fighting Islamic extremists in Mali.(Photo: AP Photo/Ghislain Mariette, EMA-ECPAD)

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Three Arrested for Brazil Club Fire - Brazilian police made three arrests and are seeking a fourth person in connection with a deadly fire that engulfed a nightclub in southern Brazil over the weekend, leaving more than 230 people dead and nearly 80 hospitalized from injuries.  (Photo: AP Photo/Agencia RBS)

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Liberia Trumpets Transparency With City Billboard - A U.S.-supported project in Monrovia, Liberia, aims to improve state transparency by broadcasting information about government spending on giant digital billboards. The Liberian government says the project is for passers-by who might not normally read newspapers or surf the Internet to learn about government spending. (Photo: AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)

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Democratic Republic of Congo Back Under Siege - Doctors Without Borders reported that thousands of people are without access to medical care and their lives at risk as a result of fighting between the army and a local militia in southeastern Congo in recent days. (Photo: AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

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Jamaican MP Calls for Legalization of Marijuana - Jamaican MP Raymond Pryce called for the House of Representatives to consider the decriminalization of marijuana, calling it a human rights issue. Pryce urged Parliament to consider new laws that would make it legal to possess small amounts of marijuana without criminal prosecution. (Photo: Raymond Pryce/Facebook)

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French Court Says Twitter Must Identify Racist, Anti-Semitic Users - Last week, the Grand Instance Court in Paris ordered Twitter to identify the authors of anti-Semitic tweets and to alert French authorities to "illegal content," on its French site "in a visible and easily-accessible [way].” The court ruled that if Twitter fails to comply, the company faces fines of $1,336 (€1,000) per day. (Photos from left: Courtesy of WikiCommons, Twitter)

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U.K. Judge Sets a Date for the Mark Duggan Jury Inquest - An inquest into the death of Mark Duggan, a man shot dead by police in August 2011, will take place in front of a jury in September 2013. Duggan's family and other local activists have criticized police over the slow pace of the investigation. (Photo: Courtesy of WikiCommons)

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Mozambique Floods Displace 70,000 - At least 36 people died and nearly 70,000 have been displaced because of flooding in Mozambique. U.N. officials worry that 100,000 could eventually be affected as floodwaters continue to rise in the coastal city of Xai-Xai.  (Photo: REUTERS/Thierry Delvigne-Jean/UNICEF/Handout)

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Somali Militants' Twitter Shut Down After Death Threat - Twitter suspended the account used by Somalia's al-Qaida-linked militant group al-Shabab after the insurgents used the micro-blogging site to post a hostage video and death threat. (Photo: AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor, File)

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Iran Sends Monkey to Space - Iran successfully launched a live monkey into space, the state news agency IRNA reported. The launch was said to coincide "with the days of" the Prophet Mohammad's birthday last week.  (Photo: REUTERS/Press TV via Reuters TV)

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Obama Struggles Over Decision to Intervene in Syria - In a series of interviews, President Obama said he is wrestling with the question of whether the U.S. should lead a military intervention in Syria's 22-month-old civil war.(Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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Egypt Declares Emergency in 3 Provinces - Egypt's president Mohamed Morsi called for a 30-day state of emergency and enacted a night curfew in the three provinces hit hardest by a recent wave of violence that has left more than 50 dead in three days.  (Photo: AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

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