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Yemen’s Saleh says opposition should end protests
April 3, 2011
Yemen’s Saleh says opposition should end protests
Sanaa -- Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh called on opponents demanding he step down to end weeks of street protests…
Ten die in Afghan Quran demo after UN killings
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…
Libya mission: US eases off, Qadhafi holds on
April 2, 2011
Libya mission: US eases off, Qadhafi holds on
Washington -- Two weeks after a dark-of-night barrage of mostly US missiles and bombs opened the international air assault on…
Special from Yemen: Rival tribes reconcile, say Saleh’s ouster path to unity
April 2, 2011
Special from Yemen: Rival tribes reconcile, say Saleh’s ouster path to unity
Sanaa -- Mareb Governorate’s Murad and Abeeda tribes once claimed a three-decade-long legacy of revenge killings. But today the erstwhile…
Fierce fighting spreads in Ivory Coast showdown
April 2, 2011
Fierce fighting spreads in Ivory Coast showdown
Abidjan -- Fierce fighting spread across Abidjan on Friday as troops loyal to Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo fended off attacks…
Libyan rebels claim capture of oil town, fighting rages
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…
Strong quake strikes Crete, Cairo feels shocks
April 1, 2011
Strong quake strikes Crete, Cairo feels shocks
Athens -- A strong earthquake struck the southern Greek island of Crete Friday, rattling buildings as far away as Egypt…
IOM pleads for funds to help evacuate Libya migrants
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…
Yemenis hold largest protest yet against leader
April 1, 2011
Yemenis hold largest protest yet against leader
Sanaa -- Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis packed a square in the capital and marched in villages and cities across…
Bahrain wages unrelenting crackdown on Shias
April 1, 2011
Bahrain wages unrelenting crackdown on Shias
Manama -- The official line: Bahrain is back to business as usual. Shia protesters are off the streets after a…