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Showdown looms as Venezuela opposition to confront border troops over aid February 23, 2019
Venezuela's opposition and activists prepared on Saturday to confront troops stationed along the country's borders to block their plan to bring in food and medicine that authorities are calling a veiled U.S.-backed invasion.
North Korea's Kim sets off by train to Vietnam for summit with Trump - report February 23, 2019
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un set off by train for Vietnam on Saturday, for his second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump next week, Russia's TASS news agency reported.
Nigerian presidential rivals cast ballots in delayed election February 23, 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari and his main challenger, businessman Atiku Abubakar, cast their ballots in Nigeria's presidential election on Saturday as voting began after a week's delay in Africa's biggest economic power.
African nun scolds bishops on abuse: 'This storm will not pass' February 23, 2019
An African nun told Catholic bishops on Saturday to acknowledge the church's hypocrisy in its handling of the sexual abuse crisis, and a cardinal admitted case files had been destroyed.