Guerrillas killed 7 soldiers in ambush last week, Myanmar military says
Latest round of peace talks between guerrilla groups and semi-civilian govt that took over in 2011 ended without agreement on Sept. 27
Nigeria's economic pain may not decide election
Nigeria is suffering from plummeting currency, steep budget cuts and corruption scandals; yet all this is unlikely to decide a tight race for presidency
Philippines calls one-month ceasefire with Maoists for Xmas, Pope
Conflict has killed more than 40,000 people and stunted growth in resource-rich rural areas
UN, aid groups overstretched by crisis in Congo's mining heartland
"Suddenly, we turn to a zone where there is a major crisis in the process of developing but where there are not enough humanitarian actors" - UN
INTERVIEW-Shock treatment: what's missing from Sierra Leone's Ebola response
People yet to be shocked out of behaviour helping disease to spread, still keeping infected loved ones close and touching dead bodies
India to boost women taxi drivers, spurred by Uber rape claim
Taxis driven by women seen as a way to rein in sex crimes
FACTBOX-What was agreed and what wasn't agreed in Lima climate talks
CLIMATECHANGE-LIMA/ (FACTBOX):FACTBOX-What was agreed and what wasn't agreed in Lima climate talks
Paris climate summit faces tougher job after modest Lima deal
Texts agreed in Lima will oblige governments to provide only vague plans for limiting greenhouse gas emissions
Washington undecided on U.N. resolution for Palestinian state
Israel hopes US will veto any moves at UN to set a time frame for its withdrawal from territory Palestinians seek for a state
Hamas holds Gaza military parade, vows Israel's destruction
Hamas' biggest show of force since end of Gaza war this summer