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Tunisia president launches attack on ruling Islamists - 08/25/2012

TUNIS, Mounir Souissi- Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki on Friday attacked his Islamist allies in the ruling coalition, accusing them of seeking to monopolise power, in a letter read at the opening...

France says air exclusion zone in Syria possible - 08/24/2012

PARIS- France indicated Thursday that it would consider supporting a partial no-fly zone over Syria, turning the screws on President Bashar al-Assad's regime as fighting rages in Damascus and second...

Over 100 tanks seized from pro-Kadhafi militia: ministry - 08/24/2012

TRIPOLI, Imed Lamloum- More than 100 tanks were seized from a militia loyal to Libya's ousted leader Moamer Kadhafi as authorities hunted the perpetrators of a double car bombing, the interior...

Saudi columnist sparks furore with prostitution comments - 08/24/2012

RIYADH- A Saudi columnist has triggered a furore in the ultra-conservative kingdom after he wrote on micro-blogging website Twitter that some Saudi women were working as prostitutes in Dubai. Dubai,...

Syria forces unleash deadly assault on Damascus - 08/23/2012

DAMASCUS- Syrian forces backed by helicopter gunships and tanks launched a deadly assault on parts of Damascus Wednesday, activists said, as the regime battles to stamp out rebel resistance in the...

For US students, plane tickets, TVs are relics - 08/23/2012

WASHINGTON- US college freshmen this year "watch television everywhere but on a television" and have "never seen an airplane 'ticket,'" according to an annual list created to detail the generation...

Death of Saudi kidnap child's mother not suspicious: police - 08/22/2012

PARIS- A French woman who had a child with a Saudi prince and then wrote a book about the girl being kidnapped by her father has died after falling from her Paris flat. Police sources said Tuesday...

Assange supporters target British government websites - 08/22/2012

LONDON- The Anonymous cyber-hacking group claimed responsibility Tuesday for a series of attempted attacks on British government websites, in support of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Anonymous...

Obama warns Syria over chemical arms as fighting rages - 08/21/2012

WASHINGTON, Tangi Quemener- US President Barack Obama warned Syria on Monday that Washington will not tolerate any deployment of chemical weapons, as fighting raged from the north to the south of the...

Bomb hits car of Egyptian diplomat in Libya - 08/21/2012

BENGHAZI, Libya- A bomb exploded under the car of an Egyptian diplomat in Libya's second city Benghazi on Monday without causing any injuries, a security source in the city told AFP. "Unidentified...
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