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File - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika leaves a voting booth before voting in the Parliamentary elections in Algiers, Thursday, May, 10, 2012. Algeria awaits change after 50 years under ruling party
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... (photo: AP / Sidali Djarboub) Reuters
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File - Luo supporters of the Orange Democratic Movement of opposition leader Raila Odinga, are detained by members of the General Service Unit paramilitary in the Kibera slums on the outskirts of Nairobi Saturday, Dec. 29, 2007, Kenya. Viewpoint: Can Kenya avoid election bloodshed?
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 more bloody clashes... (photo: AP / Khalil Senosi) BBC News
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In this photo released by the official website of the Iranian presidency office, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, left, talks with Iranian officials during the Nonaligned Movement, NAM, summit, in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. Syria stands between Egypt and Iran
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 the restoration of... (photo: AP / Presidency Office) Asia Times
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Mohammad al-Shalabi, better known as Abu Sayyaf, a Jordanian militant leader linked to al-Qaida, speaks to a crowd of about 200 calling for the release of prisoners outside the Prime Minister office in Amman, Jordan, Sept. 9 2012. Abu Sayyaf warned Sunday that his extremist group will launch "deadly attacks" in neighboring Syria. Jihadists' rise in Arab world threatens region's stability
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 undermining prospects for a... (photo: AP / Raad Adayleh) The Independent
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File - In this photo taken Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, embattled African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) leader Julius Malema, gives a black power salute, near Pretoria, South Africa, during his first public appearance since an appeals ruling to dismiss him from the ruling party was upheld. The ruling ANC upheld the ruling to expel Malema from his position as ANCYL leader. Malema: Zim is an inspiration to Africa
Harare - Expelled ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema has called on South African whites to surrender land and minerals resources because “when they came from Europe they did not carry any... (photo: AP / Denis Farrell) Independent online (SA)
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