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U.N. rape charges in Sudan |
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Hanging 'makes martyr of Saddam' Mubarak: The circumstances of the hanging of Hussein have turned the former Iraqi leader into a martyr
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| Jan.10 |
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Sudan, rebels agree to 60-day truce |
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| Jan.17 |
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Sudan: U.S. troops raided its embassy |
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| Feb.13 |
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Six killed in bomb attacks |
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| Mar.12 |
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Suicide bomber hurts 3 in Net café |
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| Mar.14 |
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U.S. readies Sudan sanctions |
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| Apr.10 |
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Terror attack in Casablanca thwarted
3 terrorists blew themselves up as police were closing, and another was shot dead by police
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| Apr.11 |
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23 dead in bomb attacks
It was the first time since the 1990s that a powerful bomb targeted the center of Algiers
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| Apr.14 |
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Suicide bombers strike Casablanca |
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| Apr.15 |
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Sudan agrees to U.N., AU troops Sudan has signed a joint agreement with the U.N. and the African Union that defines their roles in Darfur
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| Apr.17 |
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'Nuclear spy' arrested in Egypt |
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| Apr.18 |
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Crash kills 18 students |
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| May.3 |
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Iraq rebuild summit opens
Map of SHARM EL-SHEIK Egypt Iraq's prime minister has appealed for other countries to write off its debts
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Iraq conference turns to security |
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| May.4 |
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Iran FM attacks US policy in Iraq
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| May.7 |
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Amnesty accuses over arms
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| May.16 |
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Algeria votes amid tight security |
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| Jun.11 |
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Bush urges Libya to free nurses |
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| Jun.15 |
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Arab League condemns Gaza 'crime'
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| Jun.17 |
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Sudan 'backs UN-led Darfur force'
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| Jun.20 |
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Libya sets date for nurses' ruling
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| Jun.21 |
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Egyptians to host Mid-East summit Prime Minister Olmert will meet the Palestinian, Egyptian and Jordanian leaders at a 4-way summit in Egypt
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| Jul.11 |
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Court upholds death verdicts Libya's Supreme Court has upheld the sentences of 5 Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor convicted of infecting 400 children with the A...
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Suicide bomb kills 9 A bomber detonated explosives at a military barracks, killing himself and about 8 other people in the Kabylie region east of Algiers
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| Jul.14 |
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Libya hosts Darfur crisis talks
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| Jul.17 |
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Libya starts handout of HIV funds
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Medics' sentences commuted
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| Jul.21 |
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3 Moroccans held on terror charges 
| 3 Moroccans were running a terror school at a small mosque in central Italy, where they allegedly trained for combat | |
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| Jul.23 |
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HIV medics released to Bulgaria 
6 Bulgarian medics who were serving life sentences have been freed and are now on a plane to Bulgaria
| The 5 nurses and a Palestinian doctor were convicted of deliberately infecting Libyan children with HIV. The release had been made possible by a deal struck on improving Libya-EU ties
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| Jul.24 |
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Libya and EU seek improved ties
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| Jul.25 |
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Sarkozy to boost EU-Libya links French President is travelling to Tripoli to meet Gaddafi, a day after the release of six foreign medics
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| Jul.26 |
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Sarkozy: Trust Arabs with nukes
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| Jul.28 |
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Libya details medic release deal
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| Aug.1 |
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France to sell anti-tank missiles to Libya
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| Aug.9 |
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Gadhafi son: Medics were tortured
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| Aug.17 |
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'Dozens missing' as ferry sinks
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| Aug.21 |
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Top US envoy holds talks in Libya
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| Aug.23 |
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Khartoum 'defying Darfur embargo'
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| Aug.28 |
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Sudan launches flood aid appeal
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| Sep.6 |
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Darfur peace talks to resume in Libya
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| Sep.8 |
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Deadly bomb rocks base
At least 28 people have been killed and some 60 injured in a car bomb attack on an naval barracks in Dellys
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Al-Qaeda claims bombings| Members of al-Qaeda's North Africa wing say they carried out 2 suicide attacks that have killed at least 50 people in the past two days. Al Qaeda group says tar... | |
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| Sep.25 |
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Photo examined for Madeleine clue A photograph of a small blonde child is to be examined by experts working on the disappearance of 4-year-old Madeleine McCann
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| Oct.11 |
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Southern rebels walk out
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| Oct.25 |
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Libya seals peace deal for Chad
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| Oct.27 |
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Sudan calls Darfur truce at talks
Sudan has announced a unilateral ceasefire in the region to coincide with talks in Libya to try to end the 4-year war
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Pessimism grows over Darfur talks
Key rebel leaders boycotting the talks aimed at trying to end the 4-year war in Sudan's region that entering a second day
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| Oct.28 |
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Rebel absence delays Darfur talks
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| Nov.28 |
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Teacher charged over teddy row
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| Nov.29 |
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UK teacher goes to court
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UK teacher jailed over teddy row 
| Gillian Gibbons, 54, has been found guilty in of insulting religion after she allowed her primary school class to name a teddy bear Muhammad | |
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| Nov.30 |
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Protesters: Execute teacher
Hundreds brandishing ceremonial swords and sticks gathered outside presidential palace to vent their anger against Gillian Gibbons, 54
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| Dec.1 |
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UK lawmakers' bid to free teacher 2 British Muslim lawmakers are reported to have met a British jailed for allowing her students to name a teddy bear 'Mohammed'
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| Dec.3 |
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Sudan frees Briton in teddy row
A British teacher jailed over the naming of a teddy bear has been released from police custody, after Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir pardoned her
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| Dec.6 |
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Sudan rejects UN Darfur criticism
Sudan has rejected a complaint that it is delaying the deployment of a joint UN-African Union peacekeeping force
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| Dec.11 |
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At least 62 killed in blasts, targeted U.N. 
| 2 car bombs ripped through the capital in what appeared to be targeted attacks on government and United Nations buildings. The first explosion blew apart a bus packed with students in the Ben Aknoun district. At least one U.N. worker has been confirmed dead, ... | |
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Gadhafi visit sparks protests
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| Dec.13 |
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Survivors pulled from bomb rubble
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| Dec.14 |
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Freed terrorists behind U.N. bomb 3 convicted terrorists who had been freed in an amnesty carried out the suicide bombings at U.N. and government buildings that killed 37 peo...
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| Dec.20 |
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More Libyans joining militants in Iraq
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| Dec.29 |
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Gaza pilgrims stranded in Red Sea