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2013/06/18 22:05

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Fears of violence as Egypt nears June 30 protests

CAIRO — CAIRO (AP) - Massive nationwide protests that Egypt's opposition plans for June 30 are taking on a dangerous edge. Opponents of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi are convinced that this is...

2013/06/18 22:05

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2013/06/18 21:59

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Clashes erupt in Egypt over Islamist governors

CAIRO (AP) - Clashes erupted between supporters and opponents of Egypt's president and his Muslim Brotherhood Tuesday over his appointment of new Islamist governors, some in areas where opponents are...

2013/06/18 21:50

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Nigeria Islamists kill nine students in school at...

Nigeria Islamists kill nine students in school attack - medic MAIDUGURI (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist militants opened fire on a school in Nigeria's north-eastern city of Maiduguri on Tuesday,...

2013/06/18 21:42

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Syria and the G8: lost in translation

Shortly after the Boston bombings Barack Obama got a message of support and sympathy from Vladimir Putin. The curiosity of it was that the Russian original was phrased in almost exactly the same words...

2013/06/18 21:31

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Clashes erupt in Egypt over Islamist governors

CAIRO � Clashes erupted between supporters and opponents of Egypt�s president and his Muslim Brotherhood Tuesday over his appointment of new Islamist governors, some in areas where opponents are...

2013/06/18 21:29

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Mali Officials, Tuareg Rebels Sign Accord

Mali's government has signed a deal with Tuareg rebels that will allow the army to return to a key rebel-held city ahead of next month's elections. The deal was signed Tuesday in Burkina Faso's...

2013/06/18 21:26

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Toward a US-Iranian Detente

With Iran’s election of Hassan Rohani as the new president, the West is confronted with the PR dilemma of not having Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to kick around anymore. But there is a route to a more...

2013/06/18 21:19

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Promises, promises: G-8 summit ends in many pledg...

ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland - Group of Eight summit participants are powerful people: the leaders of the U.S., Russia, Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Canada and Japan, plus top officials from the...

2013/06/18 21:19

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Karzai hails 'historic' Nato handover to Afghan t...

The handover formally takes place today and clears the way for Western troops to leave after 12 bloody years. But just miles from Mr Karzai's speech three civilians were killed in a bomb attack on...

2013/06/18 20:57

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Groundwork for arming Syrian rebels began before ...

AMMAN, Jordan — The U.S. military began laying the groundwork to arm and support Syrian rebels more than a week ago, using a military exercise currently being held in Jordan as a cover for bringing in...

2013/06/18 20:43

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Vladimir Putin may allow Assad to go if power vac...

Putin blocked any reference in the subsequent communique to the removal of Assad, but British officials believe the talks have opened the way for a peace settlement if more can be done to organise the...

2013/06/18 20:29

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AQIM Reportedly Confirms Commander's Death in Mali

The militant group al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb is reported to have confirmed the death of one of its top commanders. The Mauritanian news agency ANI says it received a statement from the militant...

2013/06/18 20:09

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Nigeria Is Caught Between Military Abuses and Isl...

Nevertheless, witnesses are now reporting massive civilian casualties as people are caught between Boko Haram and the Nigerian military. On May 31, Al Jazeera reported unverified accounts that far...

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2013/06/18 20:04

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NSA, lawmakers defend surveillance that thwarted ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the National Security Agency on Tuesday said U.S. surveillance programs had helped disrupt more than 50 possible attacks since September 11, 2001, as sympathetic...

2013/06/18 19:52

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US to talk with Taliban 'within days'

United States envoys will meet with Taliban representatives within days, senior officials say, after the Afghan militants opened an office in Qatar to oversee peace negotiations. US-led NATO forces...

2013/06/18 19:52

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Pakistan funeral bomber kills 27

A suicide bombing at a funeral in Pakistan has killed at least 27 people including a provincial lawmaker, police say, the deadliest attack to hit the country in more than three months. The attack on...

2013/06/18 19:49

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Fears of violence as Egypt nears June 30 protests

FILE - In this Friday, May 17, 2013 file photo, An Egyptian activist covers her face with an applications for "Tamarod", Arabic for "rebel", a campaign calling for the ouster of Egyptian President...

2013/06/18 19:20

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'Standing man' inspires silent protests in Turkey

Images of Gunduz standing quietly in the large, open square, the cradle of three weeks of often violent unrest, have struck a chord with sympathisers more used to witnessing stone-throwing youths...

2013/06/18 18:28

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Devalued Pound Hurts Egyptians While Morsi Govern...

CAIRO -- These days, foreign currency is hard to find in the Egyptian capital. Egypt’s currency woes are increasingly affecting a wider spectrum of its society. And everyone is feeling the heat, not...

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