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UN: About 34,000 people flee South Sudan tribal clashes

06 Apr 2011
Juba -- About 34,000 southern Sudanese have fled their homes after tribal clashes over land, water and cattle in recent weeks, a UN humanitarian official said, adding to southern troubles before independence in July. The oil-rich south...
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Gulf Arabs to try to draw Yemen opposition to talks

Yemenis protest against the regime of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, Sanaa, March 9, 2011, the morning after a Yemeni protester died of gunshot wounds after being hit when police opened fire overnight on anti-regime demonstrators in Sanaa.
06 Apr 2011
Sanaa -- Gulf Arab ambassadors were to meet Yemen opposition figures on Wednesday to urge them to join mediation talks as protesters around the country again demanded an end to President Ali Abdullah Saleh's 32-year rule. The Gulf...
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Libya rebels slam NATO over besieged city's plight

A Libyan rebel fighter run for cover as shells explode nearby during a battle with forces loyal to leader Moamer Kadhafi, just few kilometers outside the oil town of Ras Lanuf, March 9, 2011.
06 Apr 2011
Benghazi -- Libyan rebels hit out at the NATO-led air mission, saying that it was failing in its UN mandate to protect civilians in the besieged third city of Misrata. The accusation came Tuesday as the rebels sustained their first...
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Al-Qaeda bolstering presence in Libya, Algeria says

An image grab taken from Libya's state television, March 23, 2011, shows Libyan leader Muammer Gaddafi addressing crowds at his former Bab al-Aziziya residence, in the capital Tripoli, late on March 22, 2011. Gaddafi defiantly claimed in the TV comments aired on the fourth day of UN-backed military strikes on Libya that his country is "ready for battle," while Western leaders planned their next steps.
05 Apr 2011
Algiers -- Algeria is concerned by a noticeably increased Al-Qaeda presence in neighboring Libya and worried militant groups could lay their hands on weapons circulating in the country, a senior official said on Tuesday. Abdelkader...
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Plane bombs car near Port Sudan, two dead

Sudan's Vice-President and leader of SPLM Kiir chats with Sudanese President al-Bashir after swearing-in ceremony in Khartoum.
05 Apr 2011
Khartoum -- An unidentified plane bombed a car near the airport in Sudan's main port city of Port Sudan on Tuesday, killing two people, a state government official told Reuters. The aircraft flew in from the Red Sea but it was not...
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Yemen accepts call for talks, opposition silent

Yemenis portesters shows their Yemeni flag colored hands reading in Arabic "Leave," during an anti-government demonstration, Sanaa, March 27, 2011 as embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh said today he does not want to cling on to power and warned that only dialogue can save the country he has ruled for three decades from sliding into civil war.
05 Apr 2011
Sanaa -- Yemen accepted an invitation by Gulf Arab states on Tuesday to talks on its weeks-old political crisis as pressure mounted on President Ali Abdullah Saleh to accept a power transition that would end his 32-year rule. The Gulf...
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Libya says open to reforms, but Qadhafi must stay

Libyan President Muammar Qadhafi was elected head of the African Union one year ago.
05 Apr 2011
Tripoli -- The Libyan government said Tuesday it was ready to negotiate reforms, but refused any talk of Muammar Qadhafi stepping down saying he was a unifying figure after ruling the nation for four decades. "What kind of political...
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Rebels and rumors as Sudan separation looms

05 Apr 2011
Juba -- The south Sudanese say they know things are bad when people stop blaming violence on former civil war enemies in the north and start accusing each other. And that is exactly what has been happening in recent weeks, souring the mood...
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Gunman kills Israeli actor in West Bank

Four Israelis shot dead after an armed attack launched by The Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades.
04 Apr 2011
Jenin, West Bank -- A masked gunman shot dead on Monday a well-known Israeli actor and director who worked in the occupied West Bank town of Jenin, a Palestinian security source said. Juliano Mer Khamis, 52, was killed in his car in Jenin...
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Iran presses rival Saudi Arabia over Gulf's unrest

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks during a Trilateral regional summit including Afghanistan and Tajikistan in Tehran on August 05, 2010.
04 Apr 2011
Tehran -- Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on regional rival Saudi Arabia to pull its troops out of Bahrain, where they are helping a Sunni monarchy put down a Shia-led protest movement demanding equal rights and a political...
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