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In Egypt, growing fears military faces armed insurgency
Sep 05, 2013 (UPI)
An apparent attempt to assassinate Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim, an attack on a ship in the Suez Canal and worsening clashes with jihadist militants in the...
Outside View: Ukraine cannot forever stay at the crossroads
Sep 05, 2013 (UPI)
What has been described as a "trade war" between Ukraine and Russia has overshadowed two more important factors that have more important long-term strategic imp...
Jihadists mock Egypt army claims of Sinai victories
Sep 04, 2013 (AFP)
A jihadist group on Wednesday poured scorn on the Egyptian military's claims of victories in the restive Sinai peninsula where the army said it launched deadly ...
Outside View: Egyptian and Arab democracy uber alles?
Aug 28, 2013 (UPI)
Insanity has been described as constantly repeating the same mistake and expecting a different outcome. That characterization sadly applies to U.S. attitudes an...
Sri Lanka army denies involvement in attack on editor
Aug 25, 2013 (AFP)
Sri Lanka's army Sunday denied involvement in an armed robbery at the home of a journalist who has been critical of the government. But it said two military des...
SciTechTalk: Are Internet trolls the price we pay for free speech?
Aug 24, 2013 (UPI)
Recent attempts to deal with one of the darker sides of the Internet -- so-called Internet "trolls" who hide behind electronic anonymity to post often vile, abu...
Egypt's Mubarak ordered under house arrest if freed from jail: state TV
Aug 21, 2013 (AFP)
Egypt's military on Wednesday ordered Hosni Mubarak to be placed under house arrest, as the former president appeared set for conditional release from prison in...
Vietnamese court frees jailed student activist
Aug 19, 2013 (UPI)
An appeals court in Vietnam freed a 21-year-old student activist serving a six-year jail term for alleged subversion, Radio Free Asia reported. Nguyen Phuong Uy...
Bo Xilai trial to begin on Thursday: China state media
Aug 18, 2013 (AFP)
Disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai will stand trial from Thursday, state media said on Sunday. Bo, once one of China's most powerful political leaders, is ac...
Iraq backs Egypt crackdown on Morsi supporters
Aug 18, 2013 (AFP)
Iraq's premier backed the Egyptian military crackdown on supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi in a statement Sunday, the latest Arab leader to back the ...
Argentine political wrangling worsens after primary poll results
Aug 15, 2013 (UPI)
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner vowed setbacks in election primaries would not derail her political and economic policies despite their incre...
Egypt's ElBaradei: liberal with 'troubled conscience'
Aug 14, 2013 (AFP)
Mohamed ElBaradei, who resigned from his post as vice president in Egypt's military-backed interim government in protest at Wednesday's bloodshed, is a respecte...
Bangladeshi activist Adilur Khan accused of spreading lies about gov't
Aug 13, 2013 (UPI)
Bangladesh authorities have arrested prominent human rights activist Adilur Rahman Khan on suspicion of spreading false information about the government, Bangla...
Peru captures Sendero Luminoso's No. 2 man: 'Comrade Alipio'
Aug 13, 2013 (UPI)
Peru's government say its campaign against the Maoist guerrilla group Sendero Luminoso is proving successful with a high-level leader and two other members kill...
Walker's World: Scotland's year of decision
Aug 12, 2013 (UPI)
The guns boomed across the moors and mountains of Scotland Monday as "the glorious 12th" opened the season for the shooting of grouse. And the streets of Edinbu...
Egypt group claims militants killed by Israel, Egypt denies
Aug 10, 2013 (AFP)
An Egyptian militant group said on Saturday that a strike that killed four of its members in the Sinai peninsula was Israeli, but officials said Egyptian planes...
Uruguay's Mujica aims to keep the lid on Communist fervor
Aug 09, 2013 (UPI)
Outgoing Uruguayan President Jose Mujica is struggling to keep the lid on Communist ambitions that some fear can unravel the ruling Broad Front coalition before...
Venezuela's Maduro gets tough on dissent
Aug 07, 2013 (UPI)
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is getting tougher on what remains of political opposition in the Latin America amid signs of a revival of the populist Boli...
Australia dissolves Parliament ahead of September election
Aug 06, 2013 (UPI)
A 19-gun salute Monday signaled Australia's House of Representatives was dissolved and the official start of electioneering began for polling day Sept. 7. Labor...
Turkey court to deliver ruling in high-profile coup trial
Aug 05, 2013 (AFP)
A Turkish court was due on Monday to deliver its first ruling in the trial of 275 people including a former army chief accused of plotting to overthrow the coun...
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