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Yemen solution sought by Gulf foreign ministers
SANAA, Yemen — Tens of thousands of protesters seeking the ouster of Yemen's president marched in the capital on Sunday, as the region's foreign ministers reviewed troubled efforts to negotiate the terms of his resignation.
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SANAA, Yemen — Tens of thousands of protesters seeking the ouster of Yemen's president marched in the capital on Sunday, as the region's foreign ministers reviewed troubled efforts to negotiate the terms of his resignation.Gunfire erupts as army seals Syrian city
BEIRUT — Gunfire erupted across a key port city in northeastern Syria on Sunday after the army sealed the area off, deploying tanks and cutting communications. Human rights activists said there were fatalities.
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BEIRUT — Gunfire erupted across a key port city in northeastern Syria on Sunday after the army sealed the area off, deploying tanks and cutting communications. Human rights activists said there were fatalities.Libyan rebels say strikes help them hold town
AJDABIYA, Libya — Libyan rebels said NATO airstrikes on Sunday helped them drive Moammar Gadhafi's forces out of a hard-fought eastern city that is the gateway to the opposition's stronghold.
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AJDABIYA, Libya — Libyan rebels said NATO airstrikes on Sunday helped them drive Moammar Gadhafi's forces out of a hard-fought eastern city that is the gateway to the opposition's stronghold.Mubarak denies abuse of power
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, in his first speech since his resignation two months ago, denies that he abused his authority to amass wealth and property.
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Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, in his first speech since his resignation two months ago, denies that he abused his authority to amass wealth and property.4 protesters killed in Syria
A witness says Syrian security forces have killed four protesters and wounded dozens in a coastal city.
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A witness says Syrian security forces have killed four protesters and wounded dozens in a coastal city.UN renews attacks on Gbagbo's weapons
United Nations and French helicopters on Sunday fired rockets on the house of Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo in the country's commercial capital, Abidjan, residents and the UN said.
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United Nations and French helicopters on Sunday fired rockets on the house of Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo in the country's commercial capital, Abidjan, residents and the UN said.
NATO destroys 25 Libyan regime tanksMisc World | 206672 hits | 11:58 AM on Sunday | posted by Hyack
NATO destroyed 25 tanks belonging to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's forces on Sunday, as heavy fighting in Libya raged for a second day around a key frontline city.Ivory Coast report: Ouattara forces commit abuses
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Lone gunman shoots six dead in Dutch shopping mall
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New York set to be big loser as sea levels rise
New York is a major loser and Reykjavik a winner from new forecasts of sea level rise in different regions.
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New York is a major loser and Reykjavik a winner from new forecasts of sea level rise in different regions.NATO admits it struck Libyan rebels, but blames them
BENGHAZI, Libya — NATO admitted Friday that it had mistakenly struck Libyan rebel tanks in a deadly "friendly fire" incident that underscored communication problems between the alliance and the ill-equipped Libyan opposition battling to topple Moammar Gad
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BENGHAZI, Libya — NATO admitted Friday that it had mistakenly struck Libyan rebel tanks in a deadly "friendly fire" incident that underscored communication problems between the alliance and the ill-equipped Libyan opposition battling to topple Moammar GadSyrian protests leave at least 20 dead
A mass protest calling for sweeping changes in Syria's authoritarian regime turned bloody Friday, with the government and protesters both claiming to have sustained heavy casualties in a restive southern city as the country's three-week uprising entered a
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A mass protest calling for sweeping changes in Syria's authoritarian regime turned bloody Friday, with the government and protesters both claiming to have sustained heavy casualties in a restive southern city as the country's three-week uprising entered a Japanese tsunami debris to reach West Coast in 2014Misc World | 206853 hits | 4:18 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
A giant mass of floating debris swept out into the ocean by the Japanese tsunami could reach the West Coast in three years, researchers at the University of Hawaii are predicting.Gaza violence: Hamas declares ceasefire with Israel
Islamist group Hamas says it has brokered a deal for Gaza's militant groups to stop firing on Israel, after another day of violent exchanges.
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Islamist group Hamas says it has brokered a deal for Gaza's militant groups to stop firing on Israel, after another day of violent exchanges. Radiation drifting from Japanese plant detected in N.B.Misc World | 206984 hits | 10:07 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
POINT LEPREAU, N.B. — Low levels of radioactivity drifting from Japan have been detected on the monitoring systems of New Brunswick's Point Lepreau nuclear power plant.12 children killed in Brazil school shooting
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — A gunman roamed the halls of an elementary school in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday and killed 12 children, lining them up against a wall and shooting them in the head at point-blank range as he shouted, "I'm going to kill you all!"
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — A gunman roamed the halls of an elementary school in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday and killed 12 children, lining them up against a wall and shooting them in the head at point-blank range as he shouted, "I'm going to kill you all!"Mexico shaken by 6.5-magnitude quake
A magnitude-6.5 earthquake shook a wide swath of southern and central Mexico on Thursday, prompting people to flee into the streets in the country's capital.
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A magnitude-6.5 earthquake shook a wide swath of southern and central Mexico on Thursday, prompting people to flee into the streets in the country's capital. NATO strike hits Libyan rebelsMisc World | 206718 hits | 4:41 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
Rebel fighters in Libya claim NATO airstrikes hit their forces on the front lines and touched off a retreat from the outskirts of the oil port of Brega.Japan hit by 7.4-magnitude quake
Japan was rattled by a strong aftershock and tsunami warning Thursday night nearly a month after a devastating earthquake and tsunami flattened the northeastern coast.
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Japan was rattled by a strong aftershock and tsunami warning Thursday night nearly a month after a devastating earthquake and tsunami flattened the northeastern coast.Wildfires burn across several central U.S. states
Authorities in several U.S. states are fighting countless wildfires after a drought across much of the region has made the entire area a tinderbox.
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Authorities in several U.S. states are fighting countless wildfires after a drought across much of the region has made the entire area a tinderbox. Canada adds personnel to NATO missionMisc World | 206978 hits | 11:40 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
OTTAWA - Canada has boosted the number of personnel involved in the NATO-led mission in Libya by nearly 200, the military said Wednesday.Gadhafi asks Obama to call off NATO military campaign
Embattled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi reached out to the U.S. on Wednesday, sending a letter to President Barack Obama asking him to halt the NATO military campaign in his country.
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Embattled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi reached out to the U.S. on Wednesday, sending a letter to President Barack Obama asking him to halt the NATO military campaign in his country.Libyan rebel leader slams NATO inaction
A rebel military leader lashed out at NATO Tuesday, saying the alliance was falling short in its mission to protect Libyan civilians while embattled leader Moammar Gadhafi's forces position heavy weapons in populated areas, preventing some airstrikes.
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A rebel military leader lashed out at NATO Tuesday, saying the alliance was falling short in its mission to protect Libyan civilians while embattled leader Moammar Gadhafi's forces position heavy weapons in populated areas, preventing some airstrikes.Space station spared by space junk
The three astronauts aboard the International Space Station no longer have to worry about the threat of space junk colliding with the space station.
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The three astronauts aboard the International Space Station no longer have to worry about the threat of space junk colliding with the space station.Yemen president's tribe in deadly clash
A gun battle between tribesmen loyal to Yemen's president and those supporting a military commander siding with the opposition left three dead in the suburbs of Sanaa Tuesday, tribal elders and military officials said.
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A gun battle between tribesmen loyal to Yemen's president and those supporting a military commander siding with the opposition left three dead in the suburbs of Sanaa Tuesday, tribal elders and military officials said.Ivory Coast's Gbagbo negotiating: reports
Ivory Coast's strongman leader Laurent Gbagbo holed up in a bunker inside the presidential residence Tuesday, defiantly maintaining he won the election four months ago even as troops backing the internationally recognized winner encircled the home.
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Ivory Coast's strongman leader Laurent Gbagbo holed up in a bunker inside the presidential residence Tuesday, defiantly maintaining he won the election four months ago even as troops backing the internationally recognized winner encircled the home. Gold price reaches new highMisc World | 206707 hits | 3:19 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
Gold prices rose to a record Tuesday as investors looked for safe havens amid worries about risks ranging from political turmoil in Libya and the nuclear crisis in Japan to the threat of sovereign debt default in Europe.Gadhafi forces using civilians to avoid airstrikes
Libyan government forces unleashed a withering bombardment against rebels outside a key oil town Tuesday, as Gadhafi's regime showed signs of changing tactics to fend of airstrikes from NATO jets.
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Libyan government forces unleashed a withering bombardment against rebels outside a key oil town Tuesday, as Gadhafi's regime showed signs of changing tactics to fend of airstrikes from NATO jets.Protests against women's policy cripple Bangladesh
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Police clashed with demonstrators and arrested dozens in Bangladesh as a hard-line group enforced a paralyzing general strike Monday protesting a new policy giving women equal inheritance rights.
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DHAKA, Bangladesh — Police clashed with demonstrators and arrested dozens in Bangladesh as a hard-line group enforced a paralyzing general strike Monday protesting a new policy giving women equal inheritance rights.Ouattara forces begin final Ivory Coast offensive
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Forces backing internationally recognized president Alassane Ouattara entered Ivory Coast's largest city Monday in a final offensive to try and take the country's economic capital more than four months after the election.
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Forces backing internationally recognized president Alassane Ouattara entered Ivory Coast's largest city Monday in a final offensive to try and take the country's economic capital more than four months after the election.Libyan rebels retake much of key oil town
BREGA, Libya — Libyan rebels on Monday took back much of a strategic oil town that has repeatedly changed hands in weeks of battles with Moammar Gadhafi's forces along the nation's northern coast.
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BREGA, Libya — Libyan rebels on Monday took back much of a strategic oil town that has repeatedly changed hands in weeks of battles with Moammar Gadhafi's forces along the nation's northern coast.Woman who claimed rape by Libyan troops freed
TRIPOLI, Libya — A Libyan woman who burst into a Tripoli hotel to tell foreign journalists that she was gang raped by Moammar Gadhafi's troops was quoted by news media Monday as saying she is not in custody.
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TRIPOLI, Libya — A Libyan woman who burst into a Tripoli hotel to tell foreign journalists that she was gang raped by Moammar Gadhafi's troops was quoted by news media Monday as saying she is not in custody.Japan says it may take months to end radiation leaks
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Japan confirms first 2 Fukushima deaths
The Japanese utility company that oeprates the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant is releasing details on two workers it says were killed when the wave swept ashore more than three weeks ago.
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The Japanese utility company that oeprates the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant is releasing details on two workers it says were killed when the wave swept ashore more than three weeks ago.Afghans protest against Qur'an burning for third day
Protests against the burning of a Qur'an in Florida that have already seen 20 deaths in Afghanistan have entered their third day.
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Protests against the burning of a Qur'an in Florida that have already seen 20 deaths in Afghanistan have entered their third day. Canada pours money, effort into Afghan irrigation projectMisc World | 207074 hits | 10:39 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
ARGHANDAB DISTRICT, Afghanistan — The Arghandab River is barely a trickle as Claude Desilets scrambles down the bank to inspect recent repairs on the Dahla Dam water network — arguably the most important infrastructure project in southern Afghanistan.Red Cross: 800 killed in Ivory Coast town
Sensing an imminent victory, the government recognized by the international community as the rightful ruler of blood-soaked Ivory Coast said Saturday the other side has committed atrocities, is losing its top generals to defections and is looking for "can
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Sensing an imminent victory, the government recognized by the international community as the rightful ruler of blood-soaked Ivory Coast said Saturday the other side has committed atrocities, is losing its top generals to defections and is looking for "canDeath toll in Afghan Qur'an burning riots hits 20
Violent protests over the burning of a Qur'an by a Florida preacher rocked Afghanistan for a second day. At least 20 people have been killed in the violence, including seven people affiliated with United Nations.
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Violent protests over the burning of a Qur'an by a Florida preacher rocked Afghanistan for a second day. At least 20 people have been killed in the violence, including seven people affiliated with United Nations.Ivory Coast strongman talking tough as rebels close in
Even as rebel forces closed in on his palace and defeat seemed inevitable, embattled Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo was still talking tough on Saturday -- calling on everyone from the police to forest rangers to come to his defence.
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Even as rebel forces closed in on his palace and defeat seemed inevitable, embattled Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo was still talking tough on Saturday -- calling on everyone from the police to forest rangers to come to his defence. Canadians protected amid Qur'an protests: CannonMisc World | 206905 hits | 4:04 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon gave assurances Saturday that Canadian civilians working in Afghanistan are well protected amid a wave of protests, touched off by the burning of Islam's holy book at a Florida church.Libya air raid 'killed civilians'
Seven civilians died and 25 were hurt in a coalition air strike on a pro-Gaddafi convoy in eastern Libya, a doctor there has told the BBC.
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Seven civilians died and 25 were hurt in a coalition air strike on a pro-Gaddafi convoy in eastern Libya, a doctor there has told the BBC.Jordanian police move to separate rival protests
AMMAN, Jordan — Jordanian police on Friday separated hundreds of government supporters and pro-reform activists holding rival rallies outside the municipal offices in the capital of Amman.
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AMMAN, Jordan — Jordanian police on Friday separated hundreds of government supporters and pro-reform activists holding rival rallies outside the municipal offices in the capital of Amman.More disciplined Libyan opposition force emerging
BENGHAZI, Libya — Something new has appeared at the Libyan front: a semblance of order among rebel forces.
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BENGHAZI, Libya — Something new has appeared at the Libyan front: a semblance of order among rebel forces.Ivory Coast standoff may be near end
Laurent Gbagbo's 10-year grip on the Ivory Coast seemed to be in its final hours Friday after fighters encircled both his residence and the presidential palace and battled to unseat the man who has refused to recognize his defeat in last year's election.
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Laurent Gbagbo's 10-year grip on the Ivory Coast seemed to be in its final hours Friday after fighters encircled both his residence and the presidential palace and battled to unseat the man who has refused to recognize his defeat in last year's election.Fighting rages near Ivory Coast presidential residence
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Heavy fighting raged Friday near Ivory Coast's presidential palace and mansion and the state TV broadcaster as armed forces loyal to the elected leader tried to install him to power and oust the country's strongman.
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Heavy fighting raged Friday near Ivory Coast's presidential palace and mansion and the state TV broadcaster as armed forces loyal to the elected leader tried to install him to power and oust the country's strongman.Yemenis hold largest protest yet against leader
SANAA, Yemen — Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis packed a square in the capital and marched in villages and cities across the nation on Friday in what appeared to be the largest demonstrations in more than a month of demands the country's longtime ruler Al
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SANAA, Yemen — Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis packed a square in the capital and marched in villages and cities across the nation on Friday in what appeared to be the largest demonstrations in more than a month of demands the country's longtime ruler AlStrong earthquake strikes Greek island of Crete
ATHENS — A strong earthquake struck the southern Greek island of Crete Friday, rattling buildings as far away as Egypt and Turkey. Local police said they had no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
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ATHENS — A strong earthquake struck the southern Greek island of Crete Friday, rattling buildings as far away as Egypt and Turkey. Local police said they had no immediate reports of damage or injuries.Libyan opposition sets conditions for cease-fire
BENGHAZI, Libya — Libya's rebels will agree to a cease-fire if Moammar Gadhafi pulls his military forces out of cities and allows peaceful protests against his regime, an opposition leader said Friday as rebels showed signs that their front-line organizat
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BENGHAZI, Libya — Libya's rebels will agree to a cease-fire if Moammar Gadhafi pulls his military forces out of cities and allows peaceful protests against his regime, an opposition leader said Friday as rebels showed signs that their front-line organizatSyrian 'Day of Martyrs' protests draw thousands
Thousands of Syrians shouting "We want freedom!" took to the streets around the country Friday, defying security agents who tried to beat them back with gunfire, tear gas and batons, witnesses and activists said.
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Thousands of Syrians shouting "We want freedom!" took to the streets around the country Friday, defying security agents who tried to beat them back with gunfire, tear gas and batons, witnesses and activists said.Pro-Gadhafi forces changing tactics: Bouchard
The Canadian commander of the NATO mission in Libya says forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi are clashing with rebel fighters in a "chess game" involving innocent civilians.
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The Canadian commander of the NATO mission in Libya says forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi are clashing with rebel fighters in a "chess game" involving innocent civilians.Back to Canada News
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