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Pope urges "diplomacy, dialogue", not arms in Libya

Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday urged "diplomacy and dialogue" instead of arms in Libya and prayed that "human dignity may ...

US, China to hold human rights talks

China and the United States will hold human rights talks in Beijing next week, the State Department announced Friday, ...

Assad must do more on reform: US

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must "do more, or allow others to do more" if he is going to satisfy the reform ...

Italian police seize Pope John Paul II knock-offs

Police in Rome seized thousands of pope John Paul II knock-off watches and novelty devices on Wednesday in a crackdown ...

Gulf intellectuals say UAE activist arrested

Another Emirati rights activist has been arrested, bringing to four the number jailed in the oil-rich Gulf state in ...

Berlin rally condemns crackdown

A political gathering in Berlin on Friday strongly condemned the Bahraini regime for its lethal crackdown against the ...

Iran helping Syria crack down on protests

The United States accused Iran Thursday of helping Syria in its efforts to crack down on pro-democracy ...

Britain warns against travel to Syria

Britain warned Tuesday against all but essential travel to Syria after a bloody weekend crackdown on anti-regime ...

Taiwan urges China to release dissident Ai Weiwei

Taiwan on Wednesday called on Beijing immediately to release artist and activist Ai Weiwei, arrested before a ...

17 dead in Yemen, Saleh slips out of US favour

Yemeni security forces shot dead at least 17 protesters on Monday as Gulf states offered their mediation and ...

Protester killed, scores hurt as Yemen`s Saleh defiant

Yemeni police killed one anti-government demonstrator and wounded scores more on Sunday, as embattled President Ali ...

Yemen seethes as death toll climbs to 52

Yemenis seethed with anger as medics raised the death toll from a sniper attack on protesters to 52 and thousands ...

Bahrain forces launch crackdown on protesters

Bahraini forces, backed by helicopters, fired tear gas in a crackdown on protesters on Wednesday, clearing ...

Two hurt in car bomb blast in Northeast Mexico

A car bomb blast outside a police station and a children`s playground in a northeastern Mexican city injured one woman ...

Military intervention in Bahrain unacceptable: Iran

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