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Egypt's presidential race is haunted by the past
Egypt's presidential campaign has been full of startling moments. At one point, ousted President Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister rode into a rally ...
96 Yemeni soldiers killed in suicide bombing
A Yemeni soldier detonated a bomb hidden in his military uniform during a rehearsal for a military parade, killing 96 fellow soldiers and wounding at ...
Former Sri Lanka army chief freed from prison
Sri Lanka's former army chief, who was imprisoned after losing an election to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, was released from prison Monday to ...
Secular or Islamist? Egypt chooses a president
Sixty years after their country came under military dictatorship, Egyptians are for the first time freely electing their president. The voting that ...
Sri Lanka set to release jailed ex-army chief
Sri Lanka's president has ordered authorities to free the country's jailed former army chief, a man credited with ending the country's long civil war ...
Myanmar: New deal to end fighting with Shan rebels
A Myanmar negotiator says ethnic Shan rebels have agreed in a second round of talks to end fighting with army troops in the country's east, the latest ...
Tight security, gnats for the press corps
Freedom of the press is a bit different at the G-8 summit. At Camp David, a highly secure compound in the woods ringed by layers of security fences, ...
Morocco, opposition group clash over UN envoy
A top Moroccan official says the U.N. envoy to the disputed Western Sahara has failed in his mission, calling Friday for the U.N. secretary general ...
Yemeni army pushing into al-Qaida stronghold
Government troops battling al-Qaida fighters in southern Yemen have made inroads into the militants' strongholds, but the offensive on a strategic ...
Obama requesting help to pay for Afghan army
Mapping the way out of an unpopular war, the United States and NATO are trying to build an Afghan army that can defend the country after 130,000 ...
War crimes charges against Mladic
The indictment against Ratko Mladic — who went on trial Wednesday at the U.N. war crimes tribunal in the Hague, Netherlands — holds the former Bosnian ...
Iraqi VP's ex-guards say they had orders to kill
Former bodyguards for Iraq's fugitive vice president have testified that they were ordered to kill security officials and plant roadside bombs as a ...
US helps Yemen in offensive on al-Qaida in south
Yemeni warplanes and troops backed by heavy artillery have waged a four-front assault against the strongholds of al-Qaida militants in the south, with ...
Sudans: Trench marks new border as rains approach
A trench dug across a red dirt road marks part of the shifting border this week between Sudan and South Sudan, old enemies whose forces have clashed ...
UK airport delays blamed on wind, short staffing
Blame the government. Blame airline schedules. Blame the wind. Witnesses at a British parliamentary committee hearing on Tuesday offered a variety of ...
US commander of Afghan war may shift to Europe
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Marine Gen. John Allen, is likely to leave to become the chief allied commander in Europe early next year as ...
Official: Uganda may pardon Joseph Kony associate
Uganda may give amnesty to a top Joseph Kony associate arrested last week, a government official said, in an arrangement that would disappoint ...
Yemeni raids kill 16 al-Qaida militants in south
Yemeni government forces pounded al-Qaida targets on Monday, killing at least 16 militants in the troubled south where the army is trying to uproot ...
AP Exclusive: Secret case against Pakistan officer
From his prison cell, a senior Pakistani officer accused of plotting with a shadowy Islamist organization to take over the military released his ...
Official: Top Joseph Kony commander captured
Ugandan forces captured a senior commander of Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army after a brief fight with rebels near the Congo-Central African ...
US commander holds talks with Pakistani army chief
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan held talks with Pakistan's army chief Saturday aimed at improving border coordination, almost six months after ...
Suicide attacks in Syria add wild card element
The latest suicide bombings in the Syrian capital showed an increasing ruthlessness: The attackers struck during rush hour, setting off one blast to ...
Attacker in Afghan uniform kills US soldier
A man wearing an Afghan army uniform shot dead a U.S. soldier in the east of the country, one of two NATO troops killed on Friday, military officials ...
Haitian who alleges abuse testifies in Uruguay
A 19-year-old Haitian man who has accused six former U.N. peacekeepers from Uruguay of sexually abusing him in the poor Caribbean country presented ...