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Frightened Somalis stacked household goods on carts pulled by donkeys and fled the heaviest fighting the capital has seen in almost a year Friday, after hundreds of heavily armed insurgents moved into an area this week previously controlled by government soldiers. Somalia - Africa - Capital - World Food Programme ...

So far, Americans have pledged $100,000 in donations via cell phone for victims of Chile's earthquake compared to more than $43 million raised that way for victims of Haiti's Jan. 12 quake.

Calling on Chileans to dry their tears and get to work to rebuild the nation, Sebastian Pinera is already setting an example.

A union representing Dutch nurses will launch a national campaign Friday against demands for sexual services by patients who claim it should be part of their standard care. Dutch language - Nurse - Organization - Prostitution - Health

Protesters clash with police as more than 20,000 people march through central Athens during a nationwide general strike against the government's new austerity measures. Greece - General strike - Working Class - History - General Strike 1926

The top U.N. human rights official has slammed Italy for its policy of returning migrants at sea and for its treatment of Gypsies and other minorities at home. Human rights - Italy - Human Rights and Liberties - Ethnicity - Romani

The largest aftershock since Chile's devastating earthquake rocks the South American country minutes before the inauguration of President Sebastian Pinera.

A Swedish artist who angered Muslims by drawing the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog said Wednesday he has no regrets and believes the suspects in an alleged plot to kill him were not professionals.

Catholic authorities in Germany announced two major abuse investigations Wednesday.

Witnesses say soldiers in a Nigerian town at the center of a spate of religious killings opened fire on a crowd of youths that had surrounded a cattle truck driving after curfew. Nigeria - Africa - Fraud - Advance Fee Fraud - Jos