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nepal-armyPreparations have begun in Nepal to start the management of Maoist soldiers and their weapons, government officials said on Wednesday.

Hundreds of Chadians have been killed in attacks by roving groups of Arab gunmen in dozens of villages in the past 10 days, according to aid workers and human rights officials in areas along Chad’s troubled border with Sudan.

Sweden, Britain and Denmark are doing the most to protect against climate change, but their efforts are not nearly enough, according to a report released Monday by environmental groups.

The United States — the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases — ranked at 53, with only China, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia doing worse.

Several dozen employees of a government research institute were kidnapped here today in a methodical daylight raid that prompted the minister of higher education to berate Parliament and shut the nation’s universities until security improves.