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Joseph Kony: self-proclaimed prophet with blood on his hands - 04/03/2013

KAMPALA- Joseph Kony, the elusive leader of one of Africa's most brutal rebel groups, Lord's Resistance Army, has waged a more than two-decade long insurgency sowing terror across four countries....

Kerry plans new Middle East trip - 04/03/2013

WASHINGTON, Jo Biddle- Secretary of State John Kerry is plunging back into the Middle East with his third trip in a month, foraging for signs that Israel and the Palestinians are ready to make tough...

Munching sheep replace lawn mowers in Paris - 04/03/2013

PARIS- Four little black sheep on Wednesday left the countryside and began their new careers in the city: working as eco-friendly lawn mowers in a largely working-class district in northeastern...

Fierce battles in Damascus districts: NGO - 04/03/2013

BEIRUT- Fighting between rebels and loyalist forces raged in two Damascus neighbourhoods on Tuesday while shelling of a village near the Syrian capital left four members of a family dead, a watchdog...

New chief starts job of repairing BBC's reputation - 04/03/2013

The British Broadcasting Corporation was subsequently damaged by a botched television report wrongly indicating that a lawmaker was a paedophile, sparking a shake-up in the BBC's top posts. Engulfed...

Syrian Alawites kidnapped in north Lebanon: official - 04/02/2013

TRIPOLI, Lebanon- Unknown attackers kidnapped nine members of Syria's Alawite community on Monday after they crossed into Lebanon by bus, a security official said. The assailants seized the group...

Algeria sees 'hope of progress' in WSahara - 04/02/2013

ALGIERS- Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci met UN envoy Christopher Ross on Monday and spoke of the "hope of progress" on the decades-old Western Sahara conflict during his latest visit to the...

Residents flee fierce Aleppo clashes: watchdog - 04/01/2013

BEIRUT- Fierce fighting between Syrian rebels and regime forces has sparked an exodus of residents from the Sheikh Maqsud district of the northern city of Aleppo, a watchdog group said on Sunday....

Algeria sanctions imam union to stem Salafist influence - 04/01/2013

ALGIERS, Abdelhafid Daamache- Algerian authorities have given the all-clear for a union of imams to protect the country's traditionally moderate form of Islam from the teachings of hardline Salafists...

Mandela's health improving: S.Africa presidency - 04/01/2013

JOHANNESBURG, Susan Njanji- Nelson Mandela's health is improving and he will continue to receive treatment for a recurrence of pneumonia, the South African presidency said Sunday, as the...
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