#crackdown

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Clashes in Al-Qaida group kill four

Fierce clashes erupted Monday evening in the al-Qaida militants following an outbreak of disputes among them, leaving ...

Libya rebels, govt hold talks in Tunisia: source

Libyan rebels and representatives of Muammar Gaddafi`s government held negotiations late on Sunday in a hotel in ...

Media watchdog slams Vietnam blogger jailing

Watchdog Reporters Without Borders called on Vietnam to halt a "dangerous" trend in "Chinese-style" censorship after a ...

Berlusconi and Obama deplore crackdown as death toll keeps rising

United States president Barack Obama and Italy`s prime minister Silvio Berlusconi have condemned the violent crackdown ...

Syria denies military entrance, bombardment in northeastern province: official

An official military source on Sunday categorically denied as "baseless" media reports by satellite TV stations that ...

Kuwait has no plan to expel Syrian ambassador

The Gulf state of Kuwait, which has called for a halt to bloodshed in Syria, said on Sunday it has no plans to expel ...

China arrests 2,000 in food safety crackdown

China has arrested around 2,000 people and closed nearly 5,000 businesses in a major crackdown on illegal food ...

France, Britain, seek exit from Libya

With their Libya bombing campaign dragging on unresolved, France and Britain have been forced to accept ruler Moamer ...

UN to start airlifting food to Somalia

The UN World Food Programme was set on Tuesday to start airlifting food to Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya after an ...

Two Peru soldiers killed in clash with leftist rebels

Two soldiers were killed and two others wounded when army patrols clashed with remnants of the once-powerful Shining ...

Guinea president survives rocket attack

Guinea`s newly installed president survived a rocket attack on his residence that left a guard dead Tuesday and led to ...

Syria opposition group form council to counter Assad

A meeting of Syrian opposition figures in Istanbul ended late on Saturday with the election of a 25-member National ...

Syria envoy summoned over filming of US protests

Washington summoned the Syrian ambassador for talks this week after reports that embassy staff had filmed US protests ...

US slaps sanctions on Syrian security body

Washington said Wednesday it was setting sanctions on Syria`s Political Security Directorate for human rights abuses, ...

Dozens march for freedom in Saudi Arabia-youtube

Dozens of people wearing white shrouds have staged a peaceful march in the oil-producing region of eastern Saudi ...