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Winter Olympics: Russia launches Sochi security clampdown

09 Jan 2014
Russia has launched one of the biggest security operations in Olympic history, a month before the start of the winter games in the Black Sea resort of Sochi. The authorities are deploying more than 30,000 police…

Welby dismisses critics' calls to stay out of politics and stick to talking about God

06 Jan 2014
The Archbishop of Canterbury shrugged off calls from critics to steer clear of politics and “just talk about God” insisting that the Church has increasingly become the “glue” holding society together. The Most Rev Justin Welby…

Progress on Northern Ireland 'must not be squandered'

06 Jan 2014
Amnesty International has warned that the opportunity to deal with the past in Northern Ireland must not be squandered following a lack of agreement at the end of multi-party negotiations, chaired by Dr Richard Haass. Northern…

Cameroon: Nigeria’s Boko Haram strikes again in Cameroon

06 Dec 2013
In November Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan called for Cameroon’s support in combating Boko Haram. The two countries share a 1600 km border, stretching from the Atlantic Ocean in the South to Lake Chad in the North.…