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Ben Ali`s plane lands in Jeddah: Saudi source

The plane carrying toppled Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali landed early Saturday in the Saudi Red Sea city ...

Philippine government, insurgents meet in Oslo in peace bid

Representatives of the Philippine government and the country`s communist rebels gathered in Oslo Friday for informal ...

Taliban mine kills seven in Afghanistan: official

Seven people captured and then released by the Taliban were killed when their vehicle was hit by a landmine planted by ...

12 `Qaeda members` escape Iraq prison

A dozen suspected members of Al-Qaeda`s front group in Iraq escaped from a prison in the south of the country on ...

Mortars across Afghan border kill five in Pakistan: official

Five civilians were killed and six wounded when mortar shells fired from Afghanistan hit a border village in northwest ...

Tunisia declares national state of emergency

The Tunisian government said Friday it had declared a national state of emergency, banning public gatherings and ...

64 Pilgrims dead in Indian stampede: state minister

The toll from a deadly stampede at a pilgrimage site in southern Indian on Friday rose to 64, with 75 injured, the ...

14 dead, including two soldiers, in Mexico clash

Fourteen people died, including two soldiers, in a six-hour shootout between Mexican security forces and armed men in ...

Tunisia releases opposition Communist leader: party

Tunisian authorities Friday released opposition figure Hamma Hammami, the leader of the banned Tunisian Workers` ...

13 shot dead in Tunis unrest: medics

Security forces shot dead 13 people in the Tunisian capital and suburbs late Thursday, after President Zine El Abidine ...

Tunisian president quits after 23 years in power

Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali quit after 23 years in power and left the country on Friday, Prime Minister ...

Guyana recognizes Palestinian state

Guyana on Thursday became the latest Latin American country to recognize an independent Palestinian state, the Foreign ...

US warns travelers of violence in Tunisia

The United States warned Americans on Thursday about the risk of violence during semonstrations in Tunisia, advising ...

US meets with Israeli, Palestinian negotiators

US Middle East envoy George Mitchell met separately on Thursday with Israeli and Palestinian envoys as part of ...

NASA sets dates for Discovery, Endeavour launch

NASA on Thursday confirmed that the space shuttle Discovery will attempt its final launch to the International Space ...