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Four years after the worst political crisis since it gained independence in 1963, pre-election tensions are mounting in Kenya. Writer Gray Phombeah believes the country is set for...
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By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani CAIRO - The election of the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Morsi to the presidency this summer was followed by a flurry of conjecture that...
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The proliferation of militant jihadi groups across the Arab world is posing a new threat to the region's stability, presenting fresh challenges to emerging democracies and...

American seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong crosses the finish line during 15th stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 207.5 kilometers (129 miles) with start in Pontarlier, France and finish in Verbier, Switzerland, Sunday July 19, 2009. Armstrong now ranks second overall, 1 minute and 37 seconds behind new overall leader Alberto Contador.
The International Cycling Union said it received a donation from Lance Armstrong, pictured, but strongly denied it was linked to a cover up The International Cycling Union (UCI) has been criticised for accepting a cash donation from disgraced Tour de...
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton smiles as she walks from her airplane upon her arrival in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011.
October 16, 2012 -- Updated 0311 GMT (1111 HKT) Lima, Peru (CNN) -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday tried to douse a political firestorm over the deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya, saying she's responsible for the...
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File - Sailors assigned to Navy Expeditionary Guard Battalion escort a detainee at Guantanamo Bay Detention Centre.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others accused over the 9/11 attacks have appeared at a US military tribunal for the first time in five months. The week-long pre-trial hearing at Guantanamo Bay will largely focus on issues of secrecy. Khalid Sheikh...
photo: US Navy / MCS2 Elisha Dawkins
Das Logo von Google markiert einen Sitz des Internetunternehmens in Bruessel, Belgien (Foto vom 23.03.10).
Print this page Tweet View the discussion thread. Ross Levinsohn Leaves Yahoo After Marissa Mayer CEO Hire Jul 30, 2012 Yahoo Names Google Executive Marissa Mayer CEO Jul 17, 2012 Yahoo Names Ken Goldman New CFO Sep 25, 2012...
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U.N. envoy on Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, left, walks with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012.
A peace envoy for the United Nations and Arab League asked Iran yesterday to help broker a ceasefire in the Syrian conflict during the Muslim holiday of Eid ul-Adha. Lakhdar Brahimi made the...
photo: AP / Hadi Mizban
In this April 17, 2009 file photo, a sign at the Citigroup Center is seen in New York
NEW YORK: US stocks climbed on Monday, rebounding from last week's losses after Citigroup's earnings and retail sales sharply exceeded expectations. Citigroup Inc shares shot up 5.5 per cent to $36.66 and gave the biggest lift to the S&P; 500 a fter...
photo: AP / Mark Lennihan
In this May 14, 2009 file photo, reviewed by the U.S. military, Guantanamo detainees pray before dawn near a fence of razor-wire, inside Camp 4 detention facility at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other defendants charged in the 9/11 terror attacks were back before a military judge in Guantanamo today, and the proceedings bore little resemblance to their last, chaotic appearance in the courtroom on May 5....
photo: AP / Brennan Linsley
updated 23 Dec 2011; published 03 Dec 2011
11:59
Algeria, Democracy and the Left
Reuters 16 Oct 2012, ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria is a young country ruled by old men. A generation of leaders who won their spurs during Algeria's 1954-62 independence war against France remains in power, having defeated a violent challenge by armed Islamists in the 1990s and, at least for now, seen off the rebellious spirit that toppled Arab autocrats in Tunisia,...

updated 15 Oct 2012; published 15 Oct 2012
0:58
NY Prof: 'Election at Stake' for Obama in Debate
Al Jazeera 16 Oct 2012, Even as Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan continue to blast President Obama and Secretary Clinton's foreign policy successes, al-Qaeda leader Zawahiri issued another statement urging Muslims to protest the anti-Islamic film and to "continue their opposition to American crusader Zionist aggression against Islam and Muslims", according to Reuters. On the eve...

updated 16 Oct 2012; published 16 Oct 2012
4:00
Karadzic trial begins at Hague
The Guardian 16 Oct 2012, Former Bosnian Serb leader has been on trial since 2009 for orchestrating genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity Radovan Karadzic is to open his defence at the international criminal tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Photograph: Jeremy Lampen/AFP/Getty...

updated 16 Oct 2012; published 16 Oct 2012
2:06
AlgosysFx Forex News Desk: Portugal announces tough 2013 budget to reduce debt
BBC News 16 Oct 2012, Demonstrators started a fire outside the Portuguese parliament on Monday night as anti-austerity protests continued in Lisbon. The draft budget for 2013 is one of the...

updated 15 Oct 2012; published 15 Oct 2012
1:06
Israel MPs gather to clear way for snap election
Al Jazeera 16 Oct 2012, Israel's Parliament has set a January 22 date for a national election and opinion polls predict an easy win for Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in balloting expected to focus on his tough policies on Iran's nuclear programme and economics. Members of the Knesset approved the measure by a vote of 100 to nil late on Tuesday after a more than...

updated 16 Oct 2012; published 16 Oct 2012
2:39
Extremism Export: US admits arms sent to Syria find jihadists
Khaleej Times 15 Oct 2012, UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi called Monday for a ceasefire in Syria during the upcoming four-day Muslim holiday of Eid Al Adha, as the revolt entered its 20th month with a death toll of more than 33,000. Brahimi made his call as he shuttled between Syria’s neighbours, which have been bitterly divided by the conflict along the confessional lines that...

updated 29 Jul 2012; published 03 Oct 2011
2:11
Muslim rebels in the Philippines hope for peace
Jakarta Post 15 Oct 2012, Government peace negotiator Marvic Leonen, right, and Moro Islamic Liberation Front chief negotiator Mohagher Iqbal, left, shake hands as they exchange signed peace documents following formal signing ceremony Monday Oct. 15, 2012 at Malacanang Palace in Manila, Philippines. Witnessing the signing are Malaysian peace broker Dato Tengko Abdul Ghafar,...

updated 16 Oct 2012; published 15 Oct 2012
0:37
Malala Yousafzai: Pakistani girl shot by Taliban being flown to UK for treatment
Richmond Times Dispatch 15 Oct 2012, ISLAMABAD — Pakistan airlifted a 14-year-old activist who was shot and seriously wounded by the Taliban to the United Kingdom for treatment today, a move that will give her access to the specialized medical care she needs to recover and also protect her from follow-up attacks threatened by the militants. The attack on Malala Yousufzai as...

updated 15 Oct 2012; published 15 Oct 2012
3:23
Ex Chief Former Military Chiefs Face Lobbying Ban
The Daily Telegraph 15 Oct 2012, The fact that some of Britain’s leading ex-servicemen were prepared to lobby the Ministry of Defence on behalf of foreign arms companies is just the latest example of the cosy but compromising revolving door between Whitehall and the private sector, says Andrew Gilligan. By Andrew Gilligan...

updated 15 Oct 2012; published 17 Aug 2012
15:00
South Africa's Lonmin Marikana mine clashes killed 34 and at least 78 people were injured!
WorldNews.com 15 Oct 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Holding in his arms his bruised and beaten and lifeless daughter, one wouldn't even know that South Africa, and this South African Lonmin Marikana platinum miner, had a Constitution that recognized "the injustices of our past." Neither would one perceive that South Africa's constitutional preamble's...

updated 15 Oct 2012; published 15 Oct 2012
2:09
Norodom Sihanouk- Cambodia's former king dies
The New York Times 15 Oct 2012, Norodom Sihanouk, the charismatic Cambodian leader whose remarkable skills of political adaptation personified for the world the tiny, troubled kingdom where he was a towering figure through six decades, died early Monday in Beijing. He was 89. Enlarge This Image Stephen Shaver/Agence France-Presse Norodom Sihanouk was crowned king in 1941 and held...

updated 15 Oct 2012; published 09 Oct 2012
3:11
Red Bull Stratos - Freefall from the Edge of Space - Felix Baumgartner Jumps At 128k feet!
Detroit Free Press 14 Oct 2012, Update: Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner has landed on Earth after a jump from the stratosphere in what could be the world's first supersonic skydive. Baumgartner landed in eastern New Mexico desert minutes after jumping from 28,000 feet, or 24 miles. He lifted his arms in victory shortly after landing. Previous story: ROSWELL, N.M. — Sky...

updated 15 Oct 2012; published 10 Oct 2012
23:40
CrossTalk: Syria's Dogs of War
Yahoo Daily News 14 Oct 2012, AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — An international human rights group said Sunday it has obtained new evidence that Syrian troops are using cluster bombs — widely banned munitions that pose a grave risk to civilians because they burst into bomblets over large areas and often linger on the ground, detonating only when touched. Steve Goose of U.S.-based Human...

updated 12 Oct 2012; published 08 Aug 2011
4:07
Kandahar, Afghanistan Military Police
Denver Post 14 Oct 2012, FORT POLK, la. — Shortly after dark, the paratroopers jumped out of C-130s into a Caspian Sea country teeming with mayhem, political unrest and insurgents. Their first mission was to prevent a U.S. consulate from being overrun. Then they were to repel an invasion by a hostile neighboring nation that was after the oil wealth of...