#civil war

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Foreign mine clearance worker dies in Libya

A foreigner helping clear mines left over from Libya`s civil war was killed on Saturday when some unexploded ordnance ...

Cuba denies entry to Taiwan mayor

Cuba denied entry to a Taiwanese mayor and acting chief of its main opposition party earlier this week, her party said ...

Abkhazia leader survives assassination attempt

The leader of the Moscow-backed breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia survived an assassination attempt on Wednesday ...

UN chief marks one-year anniversary of revolution in Libya

Marking the one-year anniversary of the revolution in Libya, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday that Libyans ...

Yemen sole presidential candidate starts campaign

Vice President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi, Yemen`s acting head of state since veteran leader Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed to ...

Yemen to kick off one-man presidential campaign

Yemen`s one-candidate presidential election campaign, as part of a UN-backed power transfer deal to ease the 33-year ...

East Timor`s Ramos-Horta to seek second term

East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta will seek another term in March polls, his office said Tuesday, as the young ...

Mogadishu fighting kills at least 9 Somalis

Somali militants firing vehicle-mounted anti-aircraft guns clashed with African Union forces for a second night in ...

Libya would fall into civil war if NTC resigns: leader

Libya would fall into a "civil war" if the National Transitional Council resigns, the chief of the nation`s ruling ...

Syria to let monitors stay, Obama ups pressure

Syria is ready to let Arab monitors extend their mission beyond this week, an Arab League source said, but U.S. ...

Iran supplying weapons to Syria crackdown

The United States believes Iran is supplying munitions to aid Syria`s bloody protest crackdown in an initiative ...

Rebellion, violence in world`s newest nation South Sudan

Six months after the world`s youngest country euphorically declared its independence, South Sudan is riven by ...

Six dead in Sudan chopper crash

All six crewmen aboard a Sudanese military helicopter were killed when it crash-landed and burned in North Kordofan ...

Iraq crisis stirs protests in Sunni strongholds

Several thousand Iraqis in Sunni Muslim strongholds protested on Friday against Shi`ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, ...

Fighter jets kill 10 in south Somali air raid

Fighter jets pounded rebel-held southern Somalia killing at least 10 people and wounding several others, the majority ...