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JOHANNESBURG – As Swaziland marks its 47th anniversary of independence from Britain on Sunday, a rights group says the country is ruled by a repressive government. Amnesty International says the country, Africa’s last absolute monarchy, uses colonial-era laws to silence critics and detain political opponents. However, a journalist recently detained …

KATHMANDU, Nepal – Police in Nepal say they’re searching a river where the body of a 27-year-old teacher from Austin, Texas, was thrown after she was hammered to death. Police official Hari Bahadur Pal said Tuesday that police were searching the Seti River for the body of Dahlia Yehia, who …

WASHINGTON – A Pentagon official says the U.S. is sending extra troops and support equipment to improve protection for U.S. peacekeepers in the northern Sinai Peninsula, in the aftermath of a roadside bomb attack last week that wounded four U.S. soldiers. The official said about 75 additional troops are being …