Obama, Karzai accelerate end of US combat role in Afghanistan
12 January Yahoo News
President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid
Karzai agreed on Friday to speed up the handover of combat
operations in Afghanistan to Afghan forces, raising the prospect of
an accelerated U.S. withdrawal from the country and underscoring
Obama's determination to wind down a long, unpopular war.
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Colombian government, rebels to resume peace talks
12 January AFP
Colombia's government and leftist FARC rebels
resume peace talks in Cuba on Monday after a three-week break, under
pressure to show results in the coming months to finally end their
half-century-old conflict. The longtime rivals launched the
negotiations in October, their fourth attempt in three decades to
close a battle that has left 600,000 people dead, 15,000 missing and
four million displaced since 1964.
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Man, 70 marries 15-year-old Saudi Arabia girl
12 January MyFox8.Com
A man, 70, married a 15-year-old girl in Saudi
Arabia, human rights workers confirmed . The 15 year old was sold to
her husband for $20,000, according to the report. CNN interviewed
the man, who said the girl’s parents sold her to him for the
equivalent of $20,000. The marriage came to light when the man
complained to a local official,
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