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CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaeda's new leader has lauded protesters in Syria for seeking to topple the regime of President Bashar…

KHARTOUM, Sudan - Air strikes in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region killed one civilian and prompted villagers to flee their homes,…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The United Nations airlifted emergency food for starving children into the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday as…

RAMALLAH, West Bank - President Mahmoud Abbas urged Palestinians Wednesday to step up peaceful protests against Israel, urging "popular resistance"…

BEIRUT, Lebanon - A human rights group says Syrian security forces have killed eight people in an attack on a…

KHARTOUM, Sudan - An international peacekeeping presence is urgently needed in Sudan's embattled state of South Kordofan to document the…

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - The Taliban say they sent the suicide bomber who killed the mayor of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan.…

TRIPOLI, Libya - Libya will not begin talks on ending a conflict with rebels before NATO air strikes stop, and…

BEIRUT, Lebanon - A roadside bomb blew up a UN vehicle near the southern Lebanese port city of Sidon on…

LONDON -- The popular upheaval in Syria is growing bolder and the cracks in the establishment are getting deeper --…