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Running gunbattles raged in parts of Beirut on Thursday after the leader of Hezbollah accused Lebanon’s Western-backed government of declaring war on his Shiite militant group. At least four people were killed and eight wounded in the capital.
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A suicide bomber on a motorcycle rammed into a bus carrying riot police in Sri Lanka’s capital Friday, killing 10 people, including eight policemen, and wounding...
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Sri Lankan fighter jets pounded two Tamil Tiger rebel bases deep in the northern jungles, and infantry clashes killed 27 rebels and two government soldiers, the...
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Moammar Gadhafi’s Libyan government ran a training camp in the 1980s that prepared Charles Taylor’s troops to seize power in the West African nation of...
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The military command overseeing the nation’s most elite forces has moved away from a contentious plan that gave it broad control over anti-terrorism operations in...
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The golf course in Baghdad’s Green Zone is just the game’s latest interplay with war.
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Heavy weekend fighting between government troops and Tamil separatists in Sri Lanka’s war-ravaged northern region left 35 rebels and eight soldiers dead, the...
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Yasukuni war shrine is Japan’s ultimate taboo subject. A symbol of the country’s militaristic past, the shrine is revered by nationalists, despised by...
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A fresh wave of fighting across northern Sri Lanka killed 29 ethnic Tamil rebels and one government soldier, the military said Friday.
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U.N. prosecutors have called for a retrial in the case against Kosovo’s former prime minister.
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A human rights activist whose disappearance prompted an intense government manhunt was released by his captors after being tied up and beaten, he said Thursday.
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A human rights activist who has testified about the treatment of political prisoners during Argentina’s military dictatorship has gone missing, President Cristina...
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Sri Lankan troops overran a key Tamil Tiger rebel base in the island’s embattled north Wednesday and fought for hours in surrounding villages, killing at least 51...
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Pentagon officials are quietly considering a significant change in the war command in Afghanistan to extend U.S. control of forces into the country’s volatile...
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Two former Serb security chiefs went on trial Monday charged with training, arming and directing paramilitary units that murdered and persecuted non-Serbs during the...
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Australian Olympic chief John Coates says there’s a good chance some athletes will protest on the medal podium at the Beijing Olympics.
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Angry mobs upset by recurring power cuts and soaring temperatures blocked highways in northern India for a second day Wednesday to demand better power supplies, police...
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Waving the Tibet flag or paying tribute to the Dalai Lama during the medals ceremony will be against the rules at the Beijing Olympics, though the penalties for those...
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With the Beijing Games less than 100 days away, the International Olympic Committee clarified its protest rules Monday, saying that athletes’ external appearance,...
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Thousands of chanting, flag-waving immigrants and activists rallied in cities across the country Thursday, attempting to reinvigorate calls for immigration reform in a...
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CHICAGO _ Thousands of immigrants and activists gathered in cities across the country Thursday to demand comprehensive immigration reform, including citizenship...
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Immigration activists and civil rights leaders are gearing up for rallies and marches in cities across the nation, hoping to revive the stagnant immigration debate in...
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Hundreds of angry people marched through Harlem on Saturday after the Rev. Al Sharpton promised to “close this city down” to protest the acquittals of three...
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An Israeli court has ruled that shops can sell leavened bread during Passover in violation of Jewish religious law, deepening tensions between observant and secular...
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Protests are fizzling at home, and his efforts to rally the world to the cause of democracy in Zimbabwe are being stymied by fellow Africans.
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French high school students threw bottles and rocks Tuesday on the fringes of a Paris demonstration that drew thousands of protesters to a march against a government...
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Aid organizations said Sunday they feared the nutritional crisis could deepen in impoverished Haiti, where skyrocketing food prices have already led to deadly protests...
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Pope Benedict XVI may not see them or hear them, but aggrieved Roman Catholic activists hope his U.S. visit this week will help them draw attention to issues ranging...
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti _ A desperate appeal from the president Wednesday failed to restore order to Haiti’s shattered capital, and bands of looters sacked stores,...
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Students protesters set up a bonfire barricade during clashes with police with police officers in Santiago, Thursday, May 15, 2008. Police say they have arrested more than 20 demonstrators in clashes with students protesting proposed education reforms.
