Rebels and rumors as Sudan separation looms
World
April 5, 2011
Rebels and rumors as Sudan separation looms
Juba -- The south Sudanese say they know things are bad when people stop blaming violence on former civil war…
Algeria doctors, militias, students push on with demos
World
April 4, 2011
Algeria doctors, militias, students push on with demos
Algiers -- Auxiliary police, specialist doctors and university students pushed on with strikes and demonstrations in Algeria on Monday to…
Battle rages in Libya as another Qadhafi man quits
World
April 4, 2011
Battle rages in Libya as another Qadhafi man quits
Near Brega, Libya -- The United States agreed to extend air strikes in Libya into Monday as the oil town…
US demands Gbagbo step down ‘immediately’
World
April 3, 2011
US demands Gbagbo step down ‘immediately’
Washington -- The United States early Sunday called on Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo to step down immediately, saying he…
Ten die in Afghan Quran demo after UN killings
World
April 2, 2011
Ten die in Afghan Quran demo after UN killings
Kandahar -- Ten people died Saturday in new protests against a Qurran burning in the US, a day after seven…
Libyan rebels claim capture of oil town, fighting rages
World
April 2, 2011
Libyan rebels claim capture of oil town, fighting rages
Brega, Libya -- Fighting raged on the front line between rebel-held eastern Libya and the loyalist-held west on Saturday as…
IOM pleads for funds to help evacuate Libya migrants
World
April 1, 2011
IOM pleads for funds to help evacuate Libya migrants
Geneva -- The International Organization for Migration pleaded Friday for funds to keep repatriating foreign migrants fleeing war-torn Libya, saying…
Rebels battle for control of Libyan oil town
World
April 1, 2011
Rebels battle for control of Libyan oil town
Near Brega, Libya -- Libyan rebels failed to secure control of the oil town of Brega from Muammer Qadhafi's forces,…
Egypt to hold presidential election by November
Egypt
March 30, 2011
Egypt to hold presidential election by November
Egypt will hold a presidential election "within a month or two" of a parliamentary poll promised for September, the transitional…
Britain expels five Libyan diplomats
World
March 30, 2011
Britain expels five Libyan diplomats
London -- Britain is expelling the Libyan military attache and four other diplomats for intimidating opposition groups in London, Foreign…