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At palace, Egypt protesters, police clash
Protesters denouncing Egypt's Islamist president hurled stones and firebombs through the gates of his palace gates on Friday, clashing with security ...
Syrian rebels slam Assad inaction on Israeli raid
Syrian opposition leaders and rebels on Friday slammed President Bashar Assad for not responding to a rare Israeli airstrike near Damascus, calling ...
Iraq's Chaldeans elect patriarch to replace Delly
Pope Benedict XVI on Friday approved the election of Monsignor Louis Sako as patriarch of Iraq's Chaldean Catholic Church, the Vatican said. Sako, 64, ...
Vatican dismisses Iranian link to pope shooting
The Vatican is dismissing Mehmet Ali Agca's latest claim about who ordered him to assassinate Pope John Paul II. The Turkish gunman, who has changed ...
Iraq Sunnis protest; al-Qaida front calls to arms
Tens of thousands of Sunni protesters blocked a major highway in western Iraq on Friday, as an al-Qaida-affiliated group called on Sunnis to take up ...
Arabs, Tuaregs in Mali face hostility amid war
Bawba Mint Baba Ahmed's dress-making teacher singled her out in front of the class, telling her: "You look like a rebel." Others threatened to slit ...
Militants attack Pakistani army camp; 6 killed
Militants attacked an army camp in northwestern Pakistan with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades before dawn on Saturday, killing six ...
John Paul II's gunman says Iran behind '81 attempt
The Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul II has changed his story once again, saying in a new autobiography that Iran's late leader Ayatollah ...
Egypt's police regain Mubarak-era notoriety
With near impunity and the backing of the Islamist president, Egyptian police have been accused of firing wildly at protesters, beating them and ...
Egypt's political factions denounce violence
Representatives from across Egypt's political spectrum held a rare meeting Thursday to denounce violence, hours before a fresh call for a new wave of ...
New bells en route for Paris' Notre Dame cathedral
Nine enormous bronze bells have made their way on flatbed trucks from a Normandy foundry to what is hoped will be their home for centuries to come, ...
Activists try to save old Warsaw ghetto building
It was the place where Jewish women did their ritual bathing. It was a tuberculosis clinic. It survived the German onslaught and became a gathering ...
Week of unrest weakens Egypt's Islamist leader
Egypt's Islamist president has been significantly weakened by a week of violent protests across much of the country, with his popularity eroding, the ...
Morsi, in Germany, defends comments on Jews
Egypt's Islamist president turned aside repeated criticism of his past comments referring to Jews as "the descendants of apes and pigs" as he visited ...
Egypt liberals, Islamists add pressure on Morsi
A hardline Islamist party normally allied to Egypt's president joined the liberal opposition on Wednesday in calling for a national unity government ...
2 Israeli parties endorse Netanyahu for new term
Israel's two largest political parties endorsed Benjamin Netanyahu for prime minister Wednesday, all but guaranteeing him a third term at the ...
Pussy Riot cathedral video banned for 'extremism'
Footage of feminist rockers Pussy Riot's irreverent protest against President Vladimir Putin in Moscow's main cathedral last year has been banned in ...
Mexico breaks up alleged border sex-slavery cult
Mexican officials broke up a bizarre cult that allegedly ran a sex-slavery ring among its followers on the U.S. border, Mexican immigration ...
Iran Zoroastrians celebrate ancient feast of fire
Followers of Iran's minority Zoroastrian religion gathered after sunset to mark Sadeh — an ancient mid-winter feast dating to Iran's pre-Islamic past ...
Egypt army chief warns state could collapse
Residents of this Mediterranean coastal city burying their dead from Egypt's wave of political violence vented their fury at Egypt's Islamist ...
Who's who in Egypt's latest political crisis
Following are the main players in Egypt's latest political crisis, which began around the time of the second anniversary of the start of the uprising ...
Masked 'Black Bloc' a mystery in Egypt unrest
An unpredictable new element has entered Egypt's wave of political unrest: a mysterious group of masked young men called the Black Bloc who present ...
Hamas says next inter-Palestinian talks in Egypt
Reconciliation talks between Palestinian militant group Hamas and its rival Fatah are on track and will resume in Egypt on Feb. 9, Hamas' political ...
Bahrain opposition gives cautious nod for talks
Bahrain's main opposition groups say they are willing to open dialogue aimed at easing the Gulf nation's two-year political crisis, but they seek more ...