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Iran condemns US for taking group off terror list
Iran condemned on Saturday the Obama administration for taking an Iranian militant group formerly allied with Saddam Hussein off the U.S.
Yemeni government official escapes suicide attack
Yemeni security officials say a government official who once led a local militia against al-Qaida in the country's south has survived a suicide attack
Algeria at UN: Limit free speech, protect Islam
Algeria demanded new efforts Saturday to limit freedom of expression to prevent denigrating attacks on Islam, appealing to the United Nations to take ...
Egypt soldiers get suspended sentence over protest
Egypt's Defense Minister has ratified a court decision giving a suspended sentence to 21 soldiers found guilty of violating army protocol by joining ...
Bahrain opposition: Protester killed in clashes
Riot police in Bahrain fired tear gas and stun grenades Saturday in clashes with protesters, who broke away from a funeral procession for a ...
Egypt's president heads to Turkey to build on ties
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi travels to Turkey on Sunday to strengthen an emerging alliance between two moderate Islamist governments in a region ...
Evidence tossed at start of papal butler's trial
The pope's once-trusted butler went on trial Saturday for allegedly stealing papal documents and passing them off to a journalist in the worst ...
Iraqi officials say jailbreak assisted from inside
Iraqi officials said Saturday that a jailbreak where al-Qaida-linked militants escaped death row had help from inside, further tarnishing state ...
Venezuelan candidates mobilize backers before vote
By tradition, supporters of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez rouse voters before dawn on election day blaring bugle tunes from loudspeakers mounted ...
Vomiting virus hits thousands of German children
German health authorities say the number of children that have fallen ill with vomiting and diarrhea after eating food from school cafeterias and ...
Imprisoned Tymoshenko makes video appeal
Ukraine's jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko exhorted her country Saturday to "rise up" against President Viktor Yanukovych's party in next ...
Ivory Coast arrests former Gbagbo spokesman again
A lawyer says the spokesman of Ivory Coast's former president was arrested Friday, just days after being released on bail after an extradition hearing
Eastern Congo city suffers upsurge in violence
Six people were killed this week in shootouts linked to the Congolese army in Goma, eastern Congo, say local authorities. "There are a lot soldiers ...
Thousands of Poles protest pro-market reforms
Thousands of Poles blew horns, prayed and waved flags in downtown Warsaw on Saturday to show their anger over a new law that raises the retirement age ...
Eastern Congo city sees rise in violence
Authorities in Goma say five people were killed this week in shootouts linked to the increase in Congolese army troops here. Since the beginning of ...
Turkey's ruling party to hold major congress
Turkey's governing party is holding a major congress this weekend to pick new leaders and try to build on a decade-long record of electoral success, ...
China's lines around islands suggest more conflict
One of the hottest items in bookstores across China is a map for a place that is closed to visitors, home only to animals such as goats and crabs, and ...
After Kenyan attack, Somali militants abandon city
Al-Shabab rebels pulled out of a key port city in southern Somalia, the group said Saturday, a day after Kenyan troops invaded and marched toward the ...
Putin rolls back protege's modest liberal legacy
President Vladimir Putin is turning back the clock on his predecessor's reforms — literally. This week, Putin signaled his intent to reverse one of ...
Bomb kills 2 police near Afghan training academy
Afghan authorities say a roadside bomb has killed two policemen in Herat province of western Afghanistan, just hours before a ceremony to hand a ...
US officials explain Libya attack intelligence
U.S. intelligence officials sought to explain Friday why the Obama administration's understanding of the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in ...
Experts: Mayas prophesized, but not end of world
As the clock winds down to Dec. 21, experts on the Mayan calendar have been racing to convince people that the Mayas didn't predict an apocalypse for ...
AP Interview: Italy to assist Libya on security
Italy will expand its economic and social commitments in Libya even as the North African country continues to battle problems that range from ...
US aims to rally Syrian opposition with new aid
The Obama administration moved Friday to rally Syria's opposition with pledges of $45 million in new non-lethal and humanitarian assistance as the ...