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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – U.N. Security Council members are in Haiti for a three-day visit aimed in part at urging the government to hold long-delayed municipal and legislative elections. Council members arrived Friday and expect to meet with officials including President Michel Martelly during their stay. Martelly began ruling by decree …

PARIS – A 250-year-old book by the Enlightenment anti-establishment writer Voltaire is climbing best-seller lists in France weeks after the attacks by French-born Islamic extremists that left 20 people dead, including the gunmen. The “Treatise on Tolerance” is a cry against religious fanaticism and stemmed from Voltaire’s conviction that religious …

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – The African Union has joined regional and international organizations in threatening South Sudan’s warring factions with sanctions. The African Union’s Peace and Security Council said Saturday it will impose sanctions on all parties in South Sudan who continue to undermine the cessation of hostilities agreement. The …