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UN official says Somalia transition is too slow
The U.N. representative to Somalia said he is "deeply concerned by the ongoing delays" in choosing all the 275 members of parliament who will select ...
Drop in high school test results causes UK angst
Britain's top teachers are unhappy with their students' grades, but it's the government they're blaming. Results for British high school test exams ...
Togo: Women plan sex strike against president
Women in the civil rights group "Let's Save Togo" said they will have a week long sex strike to demand the resignation of President Faure Gnassingbé.
Egypt reopens Gaza border crossing for passengers
An Egyptian security official says Egypt has reopened its passenger terminal with the Gaza Strip and resumed normal operations there after nearly ...
Kuwaiti firm: Carlyle Group acted without license
A Kuwaiti company suing the Carlyle Group over a $25 million investment that went bad is now accusing the private equity firm of marketing the deal ...
Hamas scales back hopes of open Egypt border
Business is down because of an Egyptian security clampdown, but smuggling tunnels under the Gaza-Egypt border keep operating under the supervision of ...
Refinery blast kills 39 in Venezuela, dozens hurt
A huge explosion rocked Venezuela's biggest oil refinery and unleashed a ferocious fire on Saturday, killing at least 39 people and injuring more than ...
Isaac drenches Haiti, Cuba, heads toward Florida
Tropical Storm Isaac pushed over Cuba on Saturday after sweeping across Haiti's southern peninsula, where it caused flooding and at least four deaths, ...
Powerful typhoon approaches Japan's Okinawa island
The strongest typhoon to approach Okinawa in several years was bearing down on the southern Japanese island on Sunday as officials warned residents ...
Refinery blast kills 26 in Venezuela, dozens hurt
A huge explosion rocked Venezuela's biggest oil refinery and unleashed a ferocious fire on Saturday, killing at least 26 people and injuring more than ...
Mexico probes why federal cops fired at US gov car
Mexican authorities are trying to sort out why a U.S. Embassy vehicle was ambushed by federal police on a rural back road in mountains south of the ...
Egypt PM says new constitution by late September
Egypt will have a new constitution drafted by the end of September and ready to be submitted to a nationwide referendum, the country's prime minister ...
Official: Egypt tells Israel tanks needed in Sinai
In the first direct contact with his Israeli counterpart since taking office, Egypt's new defense minister defended his country's increased military ...
Expanding control, Syrian rebels run prisons
An elementary school hallway in this north Syrian city is now a prison. Behind a padlocked gate sit 10 men, accused by the rebels who have taken over ...
Pakistan probes report US strike kills Haqqani son
Pakistan is investigating whether the son of the founder of the powerful Haqqani militant network, which has been blamed for high-profile attacks and ...
Syrian rebels release Lebanese hostage
Turkey on Saturday secured the release of one of 11 Shiite Lebanese hostages held for three months by Syrian rebels, a move that underlined Ankara's ...
Key Pakistani Taliban figure killed in Afghanistan
A NATO airstrike in eastern Afghanistan killed a senior commander of the Pakistani Taliban who had close ties with al-Qaida, dealing a blow to the ...
Gambia civic activists say 9 executed
Gambia has executed nine convicted criminals, the Civil Society Associations reported Saturday as Amnesty International warned that dozens more on ...
Ivory Coast: Ex-presidential spokesman arrested
An Ivory Coast prosecutor says a spokesman for former President Laurent Gbagbo has been arrested for crimes committed during the West African nation's ...
Mine shootings threaten SAfrica's president, party
South Africa's powerful trade unions are in turmoil following violence that killed 44 people at a platinum mine strike that has wide-ranging political ...
Iranian invitation splits Palestinians
The Palestinian foreign minister says President Mahmoud Abbas will not participate at the summit of non-aligned nations in Iran at the end of the ...
Iraqi officials: gunmen kill 3 in country's north
Iraqi authorities say gunmen have killed three people, including a local official, in the country's north. Police officials say that the first attack ...
Mass grave raises ghosts from the past
It was four gray skulls resting on a bed of jumbled bones that again triggered Chea Nouen's memories: breast-feeding her baby with her hands and feet ...
Miners say killing rabbit caused police shootings
Mineworkers tell a local newspaper that the killing of a rabbit against the advice of a traditional healer is the reason police shootings killed 34 ...
Irish worker shot dead in eastern Nigeria
Officials say an Irish worker in eastern Nigeria has been shot to death during an attempted armed robbery. Company officials and diplomats say Robert ...