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US military denies decision to quit Iraq after 2011

The Pentagon denied reports Saturday that the US military has given up on plans to keep several thousand troops in ...

Arab foreign ministers to discuss Syria on Sunday

Arab foreign ministers will meet in Cairo on Sunday to discuss Syrian President Bashar al-Assad`s crackdown on ...

Gaza prepares to receive prisoners as `heroes`

Palestinian groups are planning celebrations to mark Israel`s imminent release of hundreds of prisoner "heroes" in ...

20 inmates killed in mexico jail brawl near us border - (d)

Twenty inmates died and 12 others were wounded during a fight Saturday at a northeastern Mexico prison near the US ...

35 hurt as Jordan anti-graft rally attacked: witnesses

Unknown attackers hurled stones and fired shots to disperse participants at an anti-corruption conference in northern ...

Awlaqi son among militants killed in Yemen strikes

A son of US-born Al-Qaeda cleric Anwar Al-Awlaqi was among seven suspected jihadist militants killed in a trio of ...

Fighting erupts in Tripoli, three killed: NTC

Armed supporters of ousted Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi have clashed with new government fighters in Tripoli, leaving ...

Al-Qaeda donates food, money to Somalis

Islamist extremist group Al-Qaeda has donated food, money and clothes to Somalia in an apparent publicity push that ...

Storms leave 38 dead in central America, Mexico

Two storm systems left at least 38 people dead and forced tens of thousands from their homes after heavy rains ...

Yemen protesters urge UN to put Saleh on trial

Demonstrators on Friday called for the United Nations to intervene to put Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on trial ...

Obama sends 100 troops to fight rebels in central Africa

US President Barack Obama said Friday he is sending 100 combat troops to central Africa to help and advise forces ...

Aid agency MSF pulls foreign staff from Kenyan camp

Aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres said Friday it has pulled all its foreign staff from Kenya`s Dadaab refugee camp ...

Attacker kills French policewoman with samurai sword

A man armed with a Japanese samurai sword killed a policewoman and wounded two other people Friday during an attack on ...

Spain requests extradition of ETA suspect from Cuba

Spain said Friday it will request the extradition from Cuba of an alleged member of the Basque separatist group ETA ...

Suicide attack kills three police in Afghanistan

A suicide attack in southern Afghanistan killed three police officers and wounded four others on Friday, local police ...