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The Congolese call it the road through hell. From Uvira in the north to Baraka, 60 miles south, it winds through some of the most dangerous and miserable territory in a country torn apart by Africa's bloodiest war in decades.

Mars pioneers set out on 105-day mission

The former interim prime minister of Iraq, who has declined to join the new transitional government but has not given up on political life, believes he is his country’s best hope for the future.

Survivors recall 1991 Najaf uprising

Police chief's threat to storm shrine

Saddam Hussain would be grumbling in his prison cell if he knew.