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First shot fired in Libya destroyed vehicle - France

The first shot in a U.N.-mandated intervention in Libya was fired by a French aircraft and destroyed a military ...

Canada deploys jets to Libya despite ceasefire

Canada announced Friday it was deploying CF-18 fighter jets to help enforce a no-fly zone over Libya and said the ...

Libya denies attacks after ceasefire announced

Libyan authorities denied their military kept up attacks on Friday despite having announced a ceasefire, after rebels ...

Libya tv says Kadhafi forces control Misrata

Libyan television said on Thursday that forces loyal to leader Moamer Kadhafi had wrested control of Misrata, one of ...

Military intervention in Bahrain unacceptable: Iran

Military intervention in Bahrain by Gulf states is unacceptable it will only complicate the already volatile situation ...

Russia objects foreign military intervention in Libya

Foreign military intervention in Libya is inadmissible in any form, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a ...

Hundreds in clashes in Cairo`s Tahrir square

Attackers armed with knives and machetes on Wednesday waded into hundreds of pro-democracy activists in Cairo`s Tahrir ...

Egypt arrests 47 officers for destroying documents

Egypt has ordered the arrest of 47 state security officers accused of burning documents, in a bid to placate ...

Taiwan to cut 9,200 troops as China ties warm

Taiwan plans to slash the number of its troops by 9,200 this year amid warming ties with China, but the cut will be ...

Egypt to Hold Reform Referendum on March 19

Egypt will hold a referendum on reforms to its constitution on March 19, the government said on its Facebook page on ...

Tunisia`s pm accuses toppled Ben Ali of `high treason`

Tunisia`s new Prime Minister Beji Caid Essebsi on Friday accused toppled president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali of "high ...

Britain axes 11.000 armed forces jobs: Government

Britain said Tuesday it would axe around 11,000 armed forces jobs as part of defence cuts brought in to help reduce ...

Hamas urges Egypt to free detained Palestinians

Islamic Hamas movement on Tuesday called upon Egypt to release Palestinians who have been held prisoners in Egypt. ...

Arab League chief Mussa to run for Egypt president

Arab League chief Amr Mussa said on Sunday he plans to run for president in his native Egypt after a popular uprising ...

N. Korea threatens to shoot directly at S.Korean border facilities

North Korea on Sunday threatened to fire aimed shots at South Korean facilities involved in "psychological warfare" in ...