Politics

Kate will avoid Diana's sadness: author Morton - 04/26/2011

LONDON, Guy Jackson- Kate Middleton will avoid the problems experienced by Princess Diana when she marries into a royal family that has changed greatly in 30 years, leading royal author Andrew Morton...

Tanks storm Syrian flashpoint town, 25 dead: activists - 04/26/2011

DAMASCUS- Syrian troops backed by tanks rolled into the flashpoint town of Daraa Monday, killing at least 25 people, witnesses said, as Damascus was accused of choosing the military option to crush...

Kuwait gives $180 million to Libyan rebels - 04/25/2011

KUWAIT CITY- Kuwait on Sunday gave 50 million dinars ($180 million) to the Libyan opposition Transitional National Council (TNC), its chief Mustafa Abdel Jalil said. "This amount will help us pay...

Syria rounds up opponents after 120 dead - 04/25/2011

DAMASCUS- Security forces shot dead four people and made arrests across Syria on Sunday, as funerals were held for protesters and mourners killed in a bloody crackdown which activists said cost 120...

Syrians bury their dead in new bloody rallies - 04/23/2011

DAMASCUS- At least 13 mourners were shot dead on Saturday as Syrians swarmed the streets to bury scores of demonstrators killed in massive protests and two MPs resigned in frustration at the...

Yemen ruling party accepts Gulf plan to end crisis - 04/23/2011

SANAA, Hammoud Mounassar- The ruling General People's Congress in Yemen has accepted a Gulf plan under which President Ali Abdullah Saleh would quit, a party official told AFP on Saturday, as...

Syria president scraps decades-old emergency rule - 04/22/2011

DAMASCUS- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday signed a decree to lift almost five decades of draconian emergency rule, on the eve of more of the protests which have rocked his regime....

US to deploy drones against Kadhafi in Libya: Gates - 04/22/2011

WASHINGTON- The US military will use armed drones over Libya, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday, calling them a "modest contribution" to international coalition efforts there. Gates...

Clinton condemns 'ongoing violence' by Syria - 04/21/2011

WASHINGTON- US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday strongly condemned "ongoing violence" by the Syrian government against demonstrators, saying Damascus needed to launch a "serious...

One month on, NATO admits limits to air war in Libya - 04/19/2011

BRUSSELS, Laurent Thomet- NATO acknowledged Tuesday the limits of air power to stop Moamer Kadhafi's forces attacking the Libyan city of Misrata as France voiced more frustration over the...
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