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Grace Mugabe — Zimbabwe's first lady, speaking at a rally earlier this summer — had been scheduled to appear in court in South Africa.

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Zimbabwe's First Lady Accused Of Beating South African Model With Extension Cord

5:22pm August 15, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

Grace Mugabe, wife of longtime leader Robert Mugabe, allegedly assaulted a model who says she was at the same hotel as Mugabe's sons. But so far, Mugabe has not surrendered to South African police.

Residents pass a damaged building as they walk through floodwaters on the outskirts of Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, on Monday.

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PHOTOS: Frantic Rescue Efforts Underway After 'River Of Mud' In Sierra Leone

4:49pm August 15, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

Nearly 400 bodies have been recovered. The toll is likely to rise — the Red Cross says hundreds of people are still missing. A local morgue is struggling to cope with the sheer number of dead.

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70 Years Later, India And Pakistan Still Feel Impact Of Partition

4:40pm August 15, 2017

Seventy years after the partition of India and Pakistan, both countries are still shaped by the turmoil of that time. Most estimates say that more than a million people were killed during one of the largest mass migrations in history.

In South America, Pence Discusses Trade And Venezuela Crisis With U.S. Allies

4:40pm August 15, 2017

by Tamara Keith

Vice President Mike Pence is spending the week in South America, discussing trade and the crisis in Venezuela with U.S. allies, but he's also doing a fair amount of answering for the president.

Thieves made off with a refrigerated trailer packed with Nutella, Kinder Surprise eggs and other treats in Neustadt, Germany.

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Truck With 20 Tons Of Nutella And Chocolate Vanishes; Police Hunt For Semi's Sweets

4:34pm August 15, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The theft happened this weekend in Germany, according to officials who warn: "Anyone offered large quantities [of chocolate] via unconventional channels should report it to the police immediately."

107-year-old Mirza Naseem Changezi (left) sits with his son Khalid Changezi, 60, at their home in the Old City of New Delhi. Changezi is reputed to be the Old City's oldest resident and says there was never any question of leaving India for Pakistan. The

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For India's Oldest Citizens, Independence Day Spurs Memories Of A Painful Partition

3:37pm August 15, 2017

by Julie McCarthy

Seventy years later, memories of the 1947 Partition stir deep emotions and some soul-searching among the last generation of Indians to have witnessed it. Here are a few of their stories.

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Health workers from Doctors Without Borders give emergency treatment to a newborn baby in Sierra Leone in 2014.

Why U.S.-Trained Surgeons Often Aren't Ready For Humanitarian Work Abroad

2:46pm August 15, 2017

by Susan Brink

A study compares surgeries performed by Doctors Without Borders volunteers in the developing world with those taught to U.S. surgical residents — and finds "a dramatic mismatch."

In The Event Of A Nuclear Blast, Don't Condition Your Hair

1:54pm August 15, 2017

by Angus Chen

That advice came in guidelines issued to residents of Guam on how to prepare for a missile threat on the island. The reason is conditioner can trap radioactive particles in strands of hair.

As the date for North Korea's missile launch toward Guam approached, protesters held a peace rally in Hagatna, Guam. On Tuesday, North Korea's regime opted not to launch missiles toward the U.S. territory.

North Korea Says It Won't Fire Missiles At Guam After All

12:01pm August 15, 2017

by Bill Chappell

Instead of launching missiles into the water near Guam, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will "watch a little more the foolish and stupid conduct of the Yankees," state media report.

President Trump meets with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto at the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, in July. Trump is pushing to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement among their countries and Canada.

Trump's NAFTA Makeover Not So Extreme

8:21am August 15, 2017

by Chris Arnold

The Trump administration begins renegotiating NAFTA this month. Despite the rhetoric of the campaign and talk of tearing it up, the administration's actual plans appear less dramatic than expected.

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