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NATO destroys Gaddafi compound guard towers
NATO aircraft destroyed guard towers at Muammar Gaddafi's compound in Tripoli, a NATO official said on...
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High hopes as Nigeria's Jonathan sworn in
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan begins his first full term at the helm of Africa's most populous...
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North and south Sudan to start Abyei talks
Northern and southern Sudanese representatives will meet on Saturday to try to defuse tensions over the...
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Rare daytime NATO air strike rocks Tripoli
A NATO air strike shook the Libyan capital Tripoli in a rare daytime attack on Saturday. A Reuters...
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Yemen on brink of civil war as fighting worsens
Yemeni tribesmen said they wrested a military compound from elite troops loyal to President Ali Abdullah...
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Mugabe must rule till he dies - Zim army commander
A top army commander in Zimbabwe has told a local paper that elections must be held in 2011 and that...
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Serb court says Mladic fit for genocide trial
Ratko Mladic is fit enough to face genocide charges in The Hague, a Belgrade court ruled on Friday, after...
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Officer jailed for using Mugabe’s toilet
A police detective in Zimbabwe is due to appear in court for using a toilet reserved for President Robert...
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Air France jet crashed nose-up after 4 minute ordeal
Pilots wrestled with the controls of an Air France airliner for more than four minutes before it plunged...
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South Sudan says 80,000 flee after north takes Abyei
About 80,000 people have fled since the north Sudanese army seized the disputed Abyei region almost a week...
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Clinton in Pakistan says more to be done against militants
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday that both the United States and Pakistan needed to...
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Civil war looms in Yemen, Saleh urged to quit
Yemen teetered on the verge of civil war on Friday as President Ali Abdullah Saleh defied calls from...
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Airbus faces partial A350 delay - report
Airbus reiterated the first delivery date for its A350 passenger jet on Thursday but one of its airline...
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Clinton in Pakistan, presses for more to quash
The United States said on Friday that Pakistan has failed to grasp just how much more it must do to quash...
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Britain has higher rate of self-made rich than U.S.
Britain's billionaires are more likely than their U.S. counterparts to have made their own money rather...
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Top war crimes suspect Mladic arrested in Serbia
Bosnian Serb wartime general Ratko Mladic was arrested in Serbia Thursday after years on the run from...
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Hundreds still missing in tornado-hit Missouri city
More than 200 people remain missing following the powerful tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri this week,...
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Syrian forces fire on Deraa protesters - witnesses
Syrian security forces fired live rounds on Thursday at hundreds of protesters marching in a night...
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NATO launches fresh attacks on Libyan capital
NATO launched a fourth night of airstrikes on Tripoli Thursday, leaving smoke rising from Libyan leader...
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Report on Gaddafi's finances leaked
A leaked report reveals that the great and good of the financial world hold funds owned by Libyan leader...
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Gaddafi forces bombard Libyan city of Misrata
Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi bombarded the rebel-held city of Misrata with mortars on...