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Security forces launch an assault to recapture a hotel and hostages seized in an attack by Islamic militants in Burkina Faso which left 20 dead. Julie Noce reports.

Security forces launch an assault to recapture a hotel and hostages seized in an attack by Islamic militants in Burkina Faso which left 20 dead. Julie Noce reports.

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Roberto Bautista Agut won the Auckland Classic for his third ATP title on Saturday after Jack Sock retired ill while trailing 6-1 1-0 in the final of the Australian Open warm-up tournament.

SEOUL (Reuters) - Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd held talks with General Electric Co about buying the U.S. company's appliances businesses but negotiations broke down on antitrust issues, South Korea's Yonhap News agency reported on Saturday.

With apologies to a few other pretty good teams, the Goose Creek girls basketball team continues to rate as the top team in the Lowcountry.

One year before its takes the field in Major League Soccer, Atlanta United FC announced a one-year affiliation agreement with the Charleston Battery.

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A music festival organizer helped make the Texas capital of Austin a little bit funkier this week by putting up a skillfully crafted sign that dubbed a downtown road David Bowie Street.

TORONTO, Jan 15 (Reuters) - One person was killed and a second person was in hospital after an explosion at Nexen Energy's Long Lake oil sands facility south of Fort McMurray, Alberta, the company said in a statement.

BAMAKO, Mali — An official in northern Mali says assailants have attacked soldiers escorting a humanitarian convoy, killing two and wounding two others.

(Reuters) - Apple Inc said it will soon start charging for iTunes Radio, its music-streaming service that competes with Pandora Media Inc.

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Al-Qaeda militants struck an upscale hotel and nearby cafe late Friday that are popular with Westerners in Burkina Faso's capital, taking an unknown number of hostages and forcing others to hide for their lives as gunfire and explosions rang out. Commandos used explosives to storm the building five hours later, accidentally setting fire to the hotel.

(Reuters) - Canadian singer Celine Dion, whose husband died earlier this week, is facing another family crisis with a brother on the verge of death, a Montreal newspaper reported on Friday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Friday it was concerned that the electoral environment in Uganda was deteriorating in the run-up to elections next month.

Democratic presidential hopefuls are working to connect with black voters ahead of the debate in South Carolina, home to the "First in the South" primary. Nathan Frandino reports.

Democratic presidential hopefuls are working to connect with black voters ahead of the debate in South Carolina, home to the "First in the South" primary. Nathan Frandino reports.

Democratic presidential hopefuls are working to connect with black voters ahead of the debate in South Carolina, home to the "First in the South" primary. Nathan Frandino reports.

Democratic presidential hopefuls are working to connect with black voters ahead of the debate in South Carolina, home to the "First in the South" primary. Nathan Frandino reports.

The tent city of homeless people under the on-ramps from Meeting Street to I-26 and Mount Pleasant illustrates a significant local problem.

Following the release of 10 U.S. sailors seized by Iranians on Tuesday, the White House claimed that new warm relations between Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian officials played an important role in resolving the situation.

Again, College of Charleston continues to show great grit and determination in the face of adversity.

MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish police arrested a former ally of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Friday in a money-laundering probe, potentially raising awkward questions for his ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - At least 20 people died and others were taken hostage when Islamist gunmen stormed a hotel in the capital city of Burkina Faso on Friday, a hospital director told Reuters, and al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) claimed responsibility for the attack.

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - At least 20 people died and others were taken hostage when Islamist gunmen stormed a hotel in the capital city of Burkina Faso on Friday, a hospital director told Reuters, and al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) claimed responsibility for the attack.

OUAGADOUGOU, Jan 16 (Reuters) - At least 20 people died and others were taken hostage when Islamist gunmen stormed a hotel in the capital city of Burkina Faso on Friday, a hospital director told Reuters, and al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) claimed responsibility for the attack.

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Supreme Court of Canada decided on Friday to allow doctor-assisted suicide across the country under certain circumstances, while giving the government more time to pass a law governing the practice.