Politics

Kadhafi could stay in Libya: Hague - 07/26/2011

LONDON- British Foreign Secretary William Hague on Monday demanded that Moamer Kadhafi step down but said the Libyan leader may be allowed to remain in the North African country. Speaking ahead of...

Mubarak, former interior minister to be tried together - 07/26/2011

CAIRO- A Cairo court on Monday decided to merge the trials of former president Hosni Mubarak and ex-interior minister Habib al-Adly, both accused of killing protesters during an uprising that toppled...

Syria tightens screws on Homs, Assad sacks governor - 07/25/2011

DAMASCUS- The Syrian army consolidated its grip on the hotbed city of Homs on Sunday, activists said, as embattled President Bashar al-Assad sacked the governor of a flashpoint province 48 hours...

Focus on Islamists let other extremists go under radar - 07/25/2011

STOCKHOLM, Rita Devlin Marier- Security services in Norway and elsewhere in the region had recently shifted their focus to Islamist extremism, letting other forms of terror slip under the radar,...

NATO warplanes hit Libyan capital 'command centre' - 07/23/2011

TRIPOLI, Imed Lamloum- NATO-led warplanes struck the Libyan capital early on Saturday, with the alliance saying they hit a military command centre and Moamer Kadhafi's regime saying that civilians...

Eight killed as Syria quells massive protests - 07/23/2011

DAMASCUS- Syrian security forces killed at least eight civilians on Friday as more than 1.2 million people protested against President Bashar al-Assad's rule, activists said. France and Britain...

Egypt protesters back in Tahrir to push for change - 07/23/2011

CAIRO, Samer al-Atrush- Hundreds of Egyptian protesters gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday to push for reforms, as Islamists held a separate demonstration calling for stability....

Kadhafi rules out talks with foes - 07/22/2011

TRIPOLI- Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi Thursday ruled out talks with his foes to end a five-month rebellion against his rule and said the battle had already been decided in his favour. "The battle...

UN chief denounces 'escalating violence' in Syria - 07/21/2011

DAMASCUS- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon denounced on Wednesday the "escalating violence" in Syria, and called on authorities there to "immediately" stop the bloody repression. His remarks came...

Libya rebels press pre-Ramadan offensive - 07/21/2011

BENGHAZI, Andrew Beatty- Libya's rebels ramped up a pre-Ramadan offensive on Wednesday, pushing Moamer Kadhafi's troops into retreat in the east and preparing a fresh attack from the south of...
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