TRIPOLI- Libya said on Monday that it has retained two lawyers from a top British firm as part of its bid to convince the International Criminal Court to allow a local trial for Moamer Kadhafi's son...
DAMASCUS- Troops shot dead six civilians on Sunday in Homs despite the presence of UN military observers in the rebel province to pave the way for a 300-strong mission approved by the Security...
CAIRO, Samer al-Atrush- Leading presidential candidate Amr Mussa said on Sunday he had better credentials than his mostly Islamist main rivals, and warned against plunging Egypt into an "experiment"...
DUBAI- Jailed Bahraini Shiite activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, who is on hunger strike, is in "good" health, state news agency BNA reported on Sunday. A representative from Bahrain's public prosecution...
BEIRUT- Two young Lebanese men have been detained for daubing graffiti on Beirut walls in support of the uprising in neighbouring Syria, their lawyer and fellow activists said on Saturday. Fadi...
UNITED NATIONS- The United Nations voted Saturday to send 300 unarmed ceasefire observers to Syria, but the United States warned it may veto a new mandate for the force because its patience was...
CAIRO- Egypt's constitutional court refused on Saturday to rule on a parliamentary draft bill barring former regime figures from standing in next month's presidential election, judicial sources said....
CAIRO, Samer al-Atrush- Tens of thousands of people rallied in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday to protest against the ruling military and hold-overs from the regime of former president Hosni Mubarak....
MISRATA, Libya- International Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Friday that he wants to investigate rapes committed during the Libyan conflict last year in a way that respects local...
PARIS, Lachlan Carmichael and Charles Onians- A coalition of Western and Middle East powers warned on Thursday that they would seek tougher international action if Bashar al-Assad's Syrian regime...
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