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End near for Kadhafi, rebels chief says - 08/20/2011

BENGHAZI - Herve Bar - Libyan rebel chief Mustafa Abdel Jalil said on Saturday "the end is very near" for Moamer Kadhafi and that it will be "catastrophic," as insurgents pushing on the capital...

Israel 'regrets' deaths of Egyptian policemen: Barak - 08/20/2011

JERUSALEM - Defence Minister Ehud Barak on Saturday said Israel "regrets" the deaths of Egyptian policemen killed on the border during an Israeli pursuit of militants who killed eight Israelis....

Israel planes kill four in Gaza strikes after Negev attacks - 08/19/2011

RAFAH - Adel Zaanoun- Israeli planes killed four Palestinians and wounded another three in Gaza on Friday in retaliation for suspected Islamist militants killing eight Israelis near the Egyptian...

US calls suicide mosque attack in Pakistan 'deplorable' - 08/19/2011

WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton strongly condemned Friday's attack on a Pakistan mosque that killed 48 people and wounded more than 100 during Ramadan prayers. "The slaughter of...

Internet takes 'distance-learning' into Amazon - 08/19/2011

TUMBIRA - The Internet is letting a school sprout in the Amazon where teachers tend not to linger because of harsh living conditions and a scarcity of students. Teachers in Manaus, the capital of the...

Syrian opposition 'more cohesive,' US says - 08/19/2011

WASHINGTON - The Syrian opposition is becoming "more cohesive" and "more broadly representative" of the country as a whole, a US official said Friday. Mark Toner, the State Department's deputy...

Seven dead in coordinated attacks on southern Israel - 08/18/2011

TZIHOR JUNCTION, Steve Weizman- Seven Israelis were killed in a string of coordinated attacks in southern Israel Thursday, and hours later the military hit back with angry air raids on Gaza militants...

At least two dead, Syria forces make sweeping arrests - 08/17/2011

DAMASCUS- Military operations in Syria killed at least two civilians on Wednesday in an unrelenting crackdown on dissent as a pro-democracy protest movement entered its sixth month, activists said....

Key points in Special Tribunal for Lebanon indictment - 08/17/2011

THE HAGUE- The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) on Wednesday unsealed the full indictment against four Hezbollah members wanted in the assassination case of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq...

Locarno festival honours Swiss great Bruno Ganz - 08/15/2011

LOCARNO- Bruno Ganz, considered one of Switzerland's greatest actors, was to be honoured by the Locarno festival Thursday before the screening of his latest film. In French director Patricia...
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