Ceremonies this week marked the 60th anniversary of India and Pakistan's independence from British colonial rule, including an exchange of gifts between border guards, fireworks and speeches.

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While numerous plans were proposed over recent months to break the violence gripping Iraq's capital, the fact that most of the fighting is occurring in Arab regions has elevated Arab issues, making Kurds in the North feel increasingly marginalized.

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The Democratic Republic of Congo is preparing for its first free elections since independence in 1960. On Sunday, 33 candidates will be vying for the presidency and another 9,000 for the 500-seat parliament.

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An excerpt from Frontline World reports on the troubled nation of Zimbabwe.

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The William Inge Theater Festival started on Monday in the small town of Independence, Kansas. The festival has honored America's great playwrights for the past twenty-five years.

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Indonesian officials and rebels from the Free Aceh Movement, or GAM, signed a truce Monday ending nearly three decades of fighting over the province of Aceh's independence.

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