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Libya says NATO raids killed 718 civilians - 06/01/2011

TRIPOLI, Imed Lamloum- Libya Tuesday accused NATO of killing 718 civilians and wounding 4,067 in 10 weeks of air strikes, as African efforts for a truce stalled and Italy said Moamer Kadhafi's regime...

Activists insist on new Gaza flotilla despite Rafah opening - 05/30/2011

ISTANBUL, Nicolas Cheviron- A new international flotilla is determined to challenge Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip despite Egypt's decision to re-open its border with the Palestinian enclave,...

Zuma, Kadhafi meet as defections mount - 05/30/2011

TRIPOLI, Imed Lamloum- South African President Jacob Zuma met Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi for truce talks on Monday as NATO said the strongman's "reign of terror" was nearing its end and top...

UN blasts 'shocking' Syria crackdown as toll rises - 05/30/2011

DAMASCUS- The United Nations on Monday condemned the "shocking" brutality of President Bashar al-Assad's regime, as activists said at least 15 people were killed in the latest crackdown on...

Russian leaders in tennis shorts in mystery posters - 05/30/2011

MOSCOW- The government ordered the removal on Monday of mysterious posters put up around central Moscow showing Russia's ruling tandem posing in matching tennis shorts. Several posters with the...

Kuwait emir leaves British hospital: state media - 05/30/2011

KUWAIT CITY- The emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, left a British hospital on Monday after undergoing routine medical tests which were "successful," an official statement said. The...

We will 'ultimately end' AIDS: US researcher - 05/30/2011

WASHINGTON, Jean-Louis Santini- Thirty years after the AIDS epidemic surfaced, hope of conquering the deadly epidemic has never been greater, according to a longtime US leader in the AIDS fight,...

Syria activists protest as boy 'killed in custody' - 05/29/2011

NICOSIA- Pro-democracy activists in Syria called for fresh protests on Saturday after the alleged torture and killing of a 13-year-old boy by security forces in the flashpoint region of Daraa. The...

'DJ Kadhafi' creator takes on Israel's 'Bibi' - 05/29/2011

JERUSALEM- The DJ who remixed a rambling speech by Libya's Moamer Kadhafi with club beats that went viral on YouTube has taken on a new regional leader -- Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu, better known as...

Allies vow to finish Libya job, Russia joins fray - 05/27/2011

DEAUVILLE, Charles Onians- The US and France are committed to finishing the job in Libya, President Barack Obama said on Friday at a G8 summit that saw Russia finally join explicit calls for Moamer...
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