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UN envoy: 'Streets are heating up' in south Yemen

UN envoy: Resentment in southern Yemen over unmet grievances is reaching 'a tipping point'

Tuesday - 06/11/2013, 10:20pm EDT

AP PHOTOS: Turkey protesters face riot police

AP PHOTOS: Riot police use tear gas, water cannon against Istanbul protesters

Tuesday - 06/11/2013, 09:50pm EDT

Iraq increasingly drawn into Syrian battlefield

Attacks, shuttling fighters and spreading sectarianism make Iraq new battlefield in Syrian war

Tuesday - 06/11/2013, 09:18pm EDT

Mandela daughters visit ill father in hospital

Mandela's daughters visit father on 4th day in South Africa hospital; doctors do all they can

Tuesday - 06/11/2013, 09:14pm EDT

Iranian reformists rally around common candidate

Iranian reformists rally around single candidate in hopes of defeating hardliners in election

Tuesday - 06/11/2013, 08:36pm EDT

Widow of poisoned agent threatens to quit inquest

Wife of poisoned ex-Russian agent Litvinenko threatens to boycott inquest if no public inquiry

Tuesday - 06/11/2013, 07:16pm EDT

Algeria: president had full stroke, but recovering

Algeria admits president had full stroke, but says he's recovering

Tuesday - 06/11/2013, 06:23pm EDT

Libya army chief vows end to militias this year

Libya's interim chief of staff says militias must lay down their arms or join army this year

Tuesday - 06/11/2013, 05:01pm EDT

Yemen government says attacks behind power outage

Yemen's government: Attacks on power lines behind 2-day outage in country's capital, provinces

Tuesday - 06/11/2013, 05:00pm EDT

Egypt's opposition rejects call for unity talks

Egypt's opposition says 'too late' for talks with president, pushes ahead with protest plans

Tuesday - 06/11/2013, 04:58pm EDT

Russian lawmakers pass anti-gay bill in 436-0 vote

Russian lawmakers pass anti-gay bill overwhelmingly in lower house, protesters detained

Tuesday - 06/11/2013, 03:44pm EDT

Europe outrage over NSA tempered by necessity

Europe faces dilemma in NSA surveillance: how to protect privacy but get vital intelligence

Tuesday - 06/11/2013, 03:24pm EDT

Court says case against Gbagbo can go ahead

International Criminal Court says case against former Ivory Coast president Gbagbo can proceed

Tuesday - 06/11/2013, 01:40pm EDT

Correction: Iceland-Secret Spillers story

Correction: Iceland-Secret Spillers story

Tuesday - 06/11/2013, 01:40pm EDT

Pakistan's Musharraf gets bail in key case

Lawyer says Pakistani court grants bail to Musharraf, but he remains under house arrest

Tuesday - 06/11/2013, 01:20pm EDT

Cleanup at Prague zoo underway after flooding

Cleanup at Prague zoo underway after flooding forces evacuation of hundreds of animals

Tuesday - 06/11/2013, 01:18pm EDT

German floods could cost insurers $4 billion

Floods seen leading to $4 billion insurance claims in Germany; Danube flood heads for Serbia

Tuesday - 06/11/2013, 12:30pm EDT

Bombs, ambush kill 9 people in Iraq

Officials: Bombings on security forces, shooting at fake checkpoint kill 9 people in Iraq

Tuesday - 06/11/2013, 12:30pm EDT

UN seeks to resettle thousands of Syrian refugees

UN in talks with governments to temporarily resettle thousands of Syrian refugees

Tuesday - 06/11/2013, 12:20pm EDT

Spokesman: Gorbachev in hospital for tests

Gorbachev spokesman says former Soviet leader in hospital for tests

Tuesday - 06/11/2013, 11:39am EDT
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