Politics

Probe torture of black Libyans, rights group says - 04/20/2012

"Another Tawarga man was tortured to death in a Misrata detention centre," it said, adding that he died in the custody of Misrata's security committee which was created by the city's elected local...

ICC says Kadhafi son to face justice, eventually - 04/19/2012

TRIPOLI, Dominique Soguel- Seif al-Islam will face justice whether he is tried in The Hague or in Libya, International Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said on Wednesday, insisting the...

Iraq's Sadr calls for Bahrain activist's release - 04/19/2012

BAGHDAD- Anti-US Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has called for the release of jailed Bahraini activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, who has been on hunger strike for more than two months. "I demand his...

Palestinians, Jewish settlers clash in Hebron - 04/18/2012

HEBRON, Palestinian Territories- A Palestinian man was seriously injured late Tuesday in the West Bank town of Hebron after some Jewish settlers beat him up at his home, a]Palestinian medical source...

UN says Western Sahara mission being 'undermined' - 04/18/2012

UNITED NATIONS- The United Nations stepped up complaints about Morocco's actions in Western Sahara as the UN Security Council sought Tuesday to find ways to end the deadlock over the territory's...

Bahraini hunger striker to refuse IV fluids, drink water - 04/18/2012

DUBAI- Jailed Bahraini Shiite activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, who is on a hunger strike, will refuse intravenous infusions from Wednesday and drink only water, his wife said. "Abdulhadi called and...

UN agrees to send observers to Syria - 04/15/2012

UN Resolution 2042 approved sending the first 30 unarmed military monitors to the conflict-wracked state as soon as possible and the first five or six of them are expected to arrive on Sunday,...

Tunisian leaders say scores must be settled with ex-regime - 04/15/2012

TUNIS- Tunisia opened Saturday a national conference calling for justice for the victims of the Ben Ali regime, with its leaders saying that scores must be settled for reconciliation to begin....

Egypt ex-spy chief, Islamists barred from presidential vote - 04/15/2012

CAIRO, Ines Bel Aiba- Egypt's election commission said on Saturday that ex-spy chief Omar Suleiman, Muslim Brotherhood candidate Khairat al-Shater and Salafist politician Hazem Abu Ismail are among...

UN vote on Syria mission faces Russia doubts - 04/14/2012

UNITED NATIONS- The UN Security Council set a vote Saturday on a Western-drafted resolution allowing a ceasefire observer mission in Syria even though Russia's support was in doubt. The United States...
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