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In this image from Syrian state television President Bashar Assad makes a speech in front of his cabinet in Damasus, Syria Saturday April 16 2011 Syria's Assad says govt to lift emergency law
BEIRUT - Syria's president says he expects the government to lift the country's decades-old emergency laws next week. Lifting the state of emergency has been a key demand during a wave of protests... (photo: AP / Syrian TV via APTN) Houston Chronicle
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A Libyan rebel soldier provides security as nearly 1,200 migrant workers who were evacuated from Misrata by boat, many suffering from dehydration and needing medical attention, line up to disembark after they arrived at the port in Benghazi, Libya, Friday, April 15, 2011. Moammar Gadhafi's troops launched a powerful assault with tanks and rockets Friday on Misrata, the last major rebel city in western Libya, sending residents fleeing to increasingly crowded safe areas of the city that are still out of the Libyan leader's reach, witnesses said. Libya conflict: Gaddafi 'cluster bombing Misrata'
Pro-government forces in Libya have been accused by a human rights campaign group of using cluster bombs, which are banned by more than 100 countries. Human Rights Watch said one of its... (photo: AP / Ben Curtis) BBC News
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Syrian pro-government protesters carry pictures of Syrian President Bashar Assad as they shout slogans after Friday prayers outside the Omayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, Friday, April 15, 2011. Syria protests swell as tens of thousands turn out
Demonstrations are reported across the country, including in Damascus a day after concessions from Assad. 'People are not afraid anymore," says a human rights lawyer.... (photo: AP / Muzaffar Salman) The Los Angeles Times
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Libyan rebel fighters riding armed pickup trucks join rebels gather by the western gate of Ajdabiya, Libya, Friday, April 15, 2011. NATO foreign ministers meeting in Berlin sought to overcome deep differences over the military campaign in Libya on Friday, amid calls for the alliance to show a united front. Nato mission in disarray as criticisms mount
The International mission in Libya appeared to be running out of momentum yesterday as Barack Obama admitted the situation on the ground had reached a military "stalemate" and France conceded a new UN... (photo: AP / Nasser Nasser) The Independent
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Teachers shouts slogans as they burn boxes during a protest in La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday April 13, 2011. The protest was called by the Bolivian Workers Central (COB) to demand a higher increase in minimum wage in response to the government's March 2 announcement of a 10% increase. A 10% increase would bring the minimum wage up to 815 Bolivianos ($116) per month. Bolivia protests challenge Evo Morales
Protesters in Bolivia have blocked main roads and clashed with police, on the ninth day of nationwide demonstrations against the government. Police used tear gas to clear the main road south of La... (photo: AP / Juan Karita) BBC News
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Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika speaks at the Supreme Court in Algiers, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008. Algeria's president, 72, who led his oil-rich and gas-rich North African nation out of a bloody Islamic insurgency, started clearing the way Wednesday to give himself a third term in office, announcing plans to abolish limits that would have prevented his re-election. Algeria president to launch major political reforms
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika said on Friday he will launch legislative reforms and amend the constitution, a move aimed at heading off a wave of pro-democracy uprisings... (photo: AP) Hartford Courant
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Argentine Hebe De Bonafini, president of Argentina's group "Mothers of Plaza de Mayo" stands next to billboard of Allende in front of La Moneda Presidential palace in Santiago, Chile, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2003, during a demonstration to mark the 30th anniversary of the military coup led by former dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet who toppled leftist President Salvador Allende in September 1973. The billboard reads: "The future is with the people. Allende lives on in the herat of Chile. " Judge orders Allende exhumed
A JUDGE has ordered the remains of former president Salvador Allende exhumed for an investigation into whether he was murdered in a 1973 coup. Until now, Allende's death had been ruled a suicide,... (photo: AP / Santiago Llanquin) The Daily Telegraph Australia
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