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Photos: Riot in London, August 6, 2011
wrote 10 months ago: Police battled rioters in the Tottenham district of north London late on Aug. 6, 2011 after a local … more →
Analysis: Economic woes a thorn in Obama’s 2012 hopes
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wrote 10 months ago: By John Whitesides WASHINGTON – With every gloomy economic report, debt crisis and mood swing … more →
London neighbourhood erupts in violence after police shooting
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wrote 10 months ago: By Michael Holden LONDON – Rioters throwing petrol bombs battled police in a economically depr … more →
Feeling pressure, Syria vows to hold free elections
wrote 10 months ago: DAMASCUS – Syria vowed on Saturday to hold “free and transparent” elections by the end of 2011 … more →
31 dead in Afghanistan helicopter crash
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wrote 10 months ago: By Michelle Nichols A NATO helicopter crashed during a battle with the Taliban in Afghanistan, killi … more →
Al-Qaeda releases video of 2009 Algerian attack on SNC-Lavalin water project guards
wrote 10 months ago: TORONTO — Al-Qaeda’s North African affiliate has released a video showing a 2009 attack that killed … more →
Ten Somalis dead after famine aid firefight
wrote 10 months ago: By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU — At least 10 Somalis, among them refugees, were killed on Friday during a … more →
Five things we now know about the increasingly strange Australian 'collar bomb' case
wrote 10 months ago: On Wednesday, what was originally thought to be a functioning collar bomb was strapped to the neck o … more →
'Three or four' human smuggling missions thwarted since Sun Sea: Kenney
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wrote 10 months ago: TORONTO — As many as four attempts to smuggle migrants to Canada from Southeast Asia have been disru … more →
Mexican town's entire police force quits after attack
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wrote 10 months ago: CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — An entire police force of 26 officers quit their posts in a northern Mexican … more →
Gaddafi government denies death of leader's son in NATO air strike
wrote 10 months ago: By Lutfi Abu-Aun and Robert Birsel TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI, Libya — The government of Muammar Gaddafi denie … more →
Syrian protesters killed during Ramadan
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wrote 10 months ago: By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN – Syrian security forces killed at least 14 civilians in attacks on ten … more →
Charges in fatal Mexico hotel blast dropped; family 'devastated'
wrote 10 months ago: By Amy Minsky Terra Charmont was “devastated and disgusted” when she heard a Mexican judge decided t … more →
Omar Khadr fires legal team
wrote 10 months ago: Edmonton lawyer Dennis Edney declined to comment Thursday after word came out that his high-profile … more →
Ontario father gets 30-year sentence for planning sex with 11-year-old
wrote 10 months ago: By Bradley Bouzane An Ontario father of five girls was sentenced this week to 30 years in U.S. priso … more →
Lockdown lifted at Virginia Tech after gunman reports
wrote 10 months ago: WASHINGTON — Authorities reopened the Virginia Tech campus after an hours-long lockdown on Thursday … more →
Somali famine 'most severe humanitarian crisis in a generation,' U.S. warns
wrote 10 months ago: by Otto Bakano NAIROBI — Extreme drought behind famine creeping across Somalia, also hitting the cap … more →
Gaddafi seeks alliance with Islamist factions
wrote 10 months ago: By Robert Birsel BENGHAZI, Libya — Muammar Gaddafi’s son said his camp was nearing a deal with Islam … more →
Rescue camps threatened as famine spreads in Somalia
wrote 10 months ago: NAIROBI – Famine has spread to three new regions of Somalia, including the capital Mogadishu a … more →
