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Philippines Begins Difficult Recovery Process - Much needed aid arrives in the Philippines; Morocco makes a stand for African migrants; plus more global news – Nikola LashleyInternational aid agencies have arrived on the ground in the Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan. Long awaited food and medication is slowly trickling through into the worst hit areas.Central government officials have begun the difficult task of burying the dead, which are now in the thousands.  Although the storm was forecast, many residential areas were simply overwhelmed by the storm surge.(Photo: Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

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A Group Calling Itself East Libya’s New Government Seizes Lucrative Oil Fields - The self-declared leaders of East Libya’s newly formed government have announced their plans to sell crude oil. Mounting a clear challenge to prime minister Ali Zeidan, the group of militias, tribesmen and civil servants seized a number of key oil fields and ports.Zeidan’s central government said the hostile take over has caused a 60 percent disruption to oil production, which is likely to impact Libya’s economy.(Photo: MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/Getty Images)

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Uncertain Future for Peace in the Congo - Analysts are warning, less than two weeks after M23 rebels surrendered to the Ugandan government, that the Congolese peace process looks to be in jeopardy.The Democratic Forces of the Liberation of Rwanda, or the FDLR, are a group led by Hutu rebels and pose the biggest threat to peace in the African nation.(Photo: ISAAC KASAMANI/AFP/Getty Images)

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Liberia's Marijuana Trade Tarnishes Government - A top official in Liberia has been arrested by police for alleged drug smuggling. Perry Polo is the security official assigned to drive the vehicle that leads the presidential motorcade.Polo's arrest follows extended efforts by Liberia's Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), which in recent months has stepped up efforts to stamp out the illegal cultivation and harvesting of marijuana. (Photo: Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

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Scotland Yard Launches Public Appeal for Missing UK Terror Suspect - The U.K.’s top security agencies are today facing mounting criticism over the disappearance of a suspected terrorist.Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed, a Somali-born British national thought to have links to the militant group al-Shabab, gave security officials the slip when he entered a mosque in Acton, West London, and escaped wearing a burka that covered his face.(Photo: Mohamed Sheikh Nor, File/AP Photo)

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Mass Poisoning at South African Orphanage - An employee at an orphanage in South Africa was arrested on suspicion of poisoning 20 children in her care.Managers at the Malerato Centre for Hope in Mamlodi township on the outskirts of Pretoria were alerted when the children complained of feeling unwell.(Photo: Eric L. Wheater/Getty Images)

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Failures in Jamaica’s Anti-Doping Regime Raises Questions - Jamaica is facing tough questions as the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) calls into question the rigorousness of Jamaica’s testing practices.The island’s anti-doping commission revealed that in the run up to the London Olympic Games in 2012, only one athlete out-of-competition was tested. Six high profile Jamaican athletes have so far tested positive this year.(Photo: Bob Strong /Landov)

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Trafficked Migrants Tell of Rape and Torture - Harrowing details are now emerging about the rape and brutality suffered by the hundreds of Eritrean and Somali migrants who boarded the ill-fated fishing boat that sank off the coast Lampedusa, Italy, more than four weeks ago.According to reports, human trafficking gangs operating in the region move thousands of vulnerable Africans across the Sahara to Libya every year. (Photo/Luca Bruno/AP Photo)

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Suriname Leader’s Son Accused of Links to Hezbollah - Dino Bouterse, the son of Suriname’s troubled leader, was arrested this week by U.S. law enforcement officials who believe the 41-year-old is linked to the Islamic militant group Hezbollah.If found guilty, the president’s son faces up to 40 years in jail.  (Photo: Ranu Abhelakh/REUTERS)

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Morocco Unveils Bold Plans for Illegal Immigrants - In spite of international criticism, King Monhammed VI of Morocco has unveiled details to grant citizenship to the country’s 40,000 illegal immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa.The new migration policy is designed to eradicate the high payments demanded by unscrupulous traffickers.(Photo: Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images)