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Libya rebels repel Kadhafi attack on Gualish

Libyan rebels on Sunday repelled forces loyal to Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi who tried to recapture the desert hamlet ...

China raises death toll to 18 in Xinjiang violence

China on Wednesday raised the death toll to 18 from a clash at a police station in the restive far western region of ...

Morocco, Polisario to resume Western Sahara talks

Negotiations between Morocco and the Western Sahara rebel group, the Polisario Front, will resume next week in New ...

Mexican soldiers find record marijuana plantation

Mexican soldiers discovered the biggest marijuana plantation ever found in the country in a remote desert surrounded ...

Two strong blasts rock Tripoli: AFP

Two strong explosions rocked the Libyan capital Tripoli overnight, an AFP journalist said Saturday, amid a rebel push ...

Iraq attacks kill civilian, seven police

A drive-by shooting and other attacks in Iraq on Sunday killed a civilian and seven policemen, police and interior ...

Pakistan tells US to leave `drone` attack base

Pakistan told the United States to leave a remote desert air base reportedly used as a hub for covert CIA drone ...

French military confirms arms drops to Libyan rebels

The French military confirmed on Wednesday that earlier this month it had air dropped arms shipments to Libyan rebels ...

Divided UN Atom Body Sends Syria to Security Council

The U.N. nuclear watchdog board reported Syria to the Security Council on Thursday for covert atomic work, a U.S.-led ...

First NATO strikes in Libya with attack copters: official

NATO announced Saturday it had for the first time used attack helicopters in Libya, striking military vehicles, ...

Missing South African photographer killed in Libya: family

Anton Hammerl, a South African photographer who had been missing in Libya, was shot dead six weeks ago by leader ...

Sahel armies on alert as Libya crisis threatens region

Army chiefs from Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Algeria are on alert as the crisis in nearby Libya deteriorates, placing ...

Mauritanian police use teargas to break up protest

Security forces using teargas and batons dispersed several hundred anti-government protesters in the Mauritanian ...

Yemen protests kill 3 as opposition haggles

Yemeni security forces shot dead three more protesters against President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Monday while opposition ...

Coalition attacks on Libya disturb Indonesian Muslims

Although thousands of kilometers of land and sea separate Indonesia from Libya, Muammar Qadaffi is well-known in ...