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Representatives of rebels in South Sudan have met with the government officials seeking a way to end more than three weeks of fighting.

The two sides meeting in Addis Ababa on Tuesday agreed to a plan to seek a cease-fire and determining the status of 11 detainees being held by the government.

The start of the talks was delayed for days, but representatives for both the government and the rebels have expressed optimism for reaching a solution.

Turkish state media say Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reassigned nearly 350 police staff members , amid a widening corruption scandal.

The official Anadolu news agency said some top officials were among those removed from their posts, and said most of the reassignments were in the police force's counter-terrorism, anti-smuggling and organized crime divions.

The move comes as Prime Minister Erdogan tries to contain the fall-out of a high-level bribery and corruption investigation he says is a foreign-backed plot to bring down his government.

The investigation has ensnared dozens of former top politicians and businessmen and has prompted a cabinet reshuffle.

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The United States has reaffirmed its support for Iraq in its fight against al-Qaida-linked militants and says it will accelerate U.S. military sales and deliveres to the nation.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden spoke by telephone Monday with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

White House spokesman Jay Carney said the U.S. would send more surveillance drones and Hellfire missiles to Iraq this year but that Iraq must take the lead and handle the conflict itself.

Earlier Monday, Mr. Maliki urged residents and tribes in the besieged city of Fallujah to "expel" al-Qaida-linked militants in order to preempt a military offensive that officials said could be launched within days.

The U.N. political affairs chief said the humanitarian situation in the Central African Republic is deteriorating at an alarming rate following a wave of sectarian violence.

Jerry Feltman told the U.N. Security Council Monday that just under a million people are now sleeping outside or in temporary spaces.

He said that about half the country's population, about 2.2 million people, need assistance. He said the situation in the capital, Bangui, is particularly dire.

Refugees from the CAR have released two United Nations workers in Cameroon. The two were taken hostage to protest a lack of aid.
 
Moki Edwin Kindzeka has this report.

The UNHCR workers - identified as Mamady Fata Kourouma and his colleague Adama were taken hostage on January 4 in Bertoua - the provincial capital of Cameroon’s Eastern Region.
 
Eastern Region Governor Ivaha Diboua Samuel Dieudonne said they were released Monday after negotiations.  The UN workers were targeted due to frustration by C.A.R. refugees who accused them of not doing enough to provide for basic needs.

Moki Edwin Kindzeka YAOUNDE.

Anti-government protesters marched through Bangkok Tuesday, rallying support for a larger demonstration next week they hope will shut down the capital and force the prime minister to resign.

The protesters, led by ex-Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban, aim to paralyze the capital next Monday with mass demonstrations that will block main highways and prevent government offices from functioning.

Dozens of Burmese journalists have held a protest to demand the release of one of their colleagues who were sentenced to a three-month prison term.

The journalists and activists held signs saying "The Right to Information is the Life of Democracy" as they marched through downtown Rangoon on Tuesday.

Ma Khine had been was working on a story about corruption when she was arrested.

Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says her re-election is legitimate despite the vote being boycotted by the main opposition party.

Election officials said Monday that the ruling Awami League party won more than three quarters of the 300 elected parliamentary seats in Sunday's election.

The opposition boycotted the election, so Awami candidates ran unopposed in more than half of constituencies.