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US takes gay rights global, despite unsure welcome

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — President Barack Obama has taken the U.S. gay rights revolution global, using American embassies across the world to promote a...

Nigeria girl among thousands of divorced children

KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) — By the time she ran away, Maimuna bore the scars of a short but brutal marriage. Her face swelled so much...

Prominent female activist killed in Libya

CAIRO (AP) — One of Libya's most prominent female activists was assassinated in the restive eastern city of Benghazi when gunmen stormed her house,...

60 females, 31 boys abducted in northeast Nigeria

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Extremists have abducted 60 more girls and women and 31 boys in weekend attacks on villages in northeast Nigeria, witnesses...

Actors, athletes speak up for girls' education

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dozens of actors and athletes are joining a U.S. government effort to support girls' education worldwide. Jennifer Garner, Susan Sarandon, Alicia...

Brazil faces issues around racism despite image

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Former Brazilian national midfielder Arouca, playing for Pele's old club Santos, was doing a sideline TV interview a few...

Not just jungle: opera in Brazil's Amazon Cup city

MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — Inside the Teatro Amazonas, the familiar chords of a signature aria from Bizet's "Carmen" resound among elaborate woodwork and Murano...

Fidel's former limos reborn as Havana taxicabs

HAVANA (AP) — In a former life they were the "comandante's" cars: A fleet of black, boxy, Soviet-made limousines that for years were at...

Libya suspect an shadowy figure among militias

CAIRO (AP) — A strange silence has met the U.S. capture of a Libyan militant accused in the 2012 attack that killed the American...

Black identity and racism collide in Brazil at World Cup

Before teams representing their countries from around the world arrived in Brazil, the country’s president, Dilma Rousseff, took the opportunity to label 2014 the...

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