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MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somali Islamist rebels abandoned several key positions in Mogadishu overnight that were then taken over by government troops, witnesses and the African Union said on Saturday.
Pro-government AU troops have been battling al-...
Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi had a hand in cutting off internet and cell phone service during the revolution, said Hosni Mubarak, the former president's lawyer Mohamed Abdel Wahab alleged on Friday. The military responded by quickly...
KHARTOUM, Sudan - Sudan has blocked a shipment of southern oil after Juba refused to pay customs fees, the foreign ministry said on Friday, escalating a row between the two sides, with the south accusing Khartoum of sabotaging its economy.
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ABIDJAN, Nigeria - A British man and an Italian kidnapped in May in northern Nigeria have appeared for the first time since their capture in a video sent to AFP in which they say their abductors are from Al-Qaeda.
The roughly one-minute-long video...
BENGHAZI, Libya - Libyan rebels said on Tuesday they had punched through to the center of the western town of Zlitan, sparking fierce clashes with forces loyal to Muammer Qadhafi, as Russia said the conflict had reached a dead end.
"The rebels...
DAMASCUS, Syria - The UN Security Council was to hold a second day of talks on Syria Tuesday after President Bashar al-Assad's tanks shelled the protest hub of Hama on the opening day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
At least 24 civilians...
BENGHAZI, Libya - Libyan rebels rounded up at least 63 people in an ongoing bid to tighten security in the eastern city of Benghazi and rout armed groups loyal to Muammer Qadhafi, a spokesman told AFP.
"This morning we caught about 38 and...
DAMASCUS, Syria - At least 95 people were killed on Sunday when the military launched an attack on the flashpoint protest city of Hama in central Syria, a human rights activist said.
Ammar Qorabi, who heads the National Organization for Human...
RABAT, Morocco - Morocco's King Mohammed VI called Saturday for speedy elections and the reopening of his country's border with Algeria in his first throne speech since a referendum voted to curb some of his prerogatives.
In the 1 July...
SRINAGAR, India - Two Indian soldiers were killed Saturday in a fierce clash with rebels along the de facto border that splits Kashmir between India and Pakistan, the army said.
It was the second gunbattle between Kashmiri rebels and troops in...
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