Syrian rebels and Kurdish militants reach a fragile truce after a week of fighting
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In less than two months, Iraqi Sunni VP Tariq al-Hashemi is sentenced another death verdict
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Just one day after security guards killed two South African striking coal miners who had attempted to break into a mine armory, police today fire tear gas to clear a group of striking mine workers
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In western India, a village council bans girls from using personal mobile phones and wearing scarves to prevent the girls from contacting boys and from hiding their identities
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Tunisian security officers demonstrate against attacks on them as well as the lack of resources to protect themselves
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Backed by artillery, nearly 100 Libyan fighters circle and occupy the national assembly in protest over the new prime minster's cabinet lineup
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After night-long street fights between police and protesters triggered by detention of Mussallam Al-Barrak, Kuwaiti court orders Thursday opposition leader's release on bail
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Amnesty International accuses Nigerian security forces, Thursday, of carrying out extra-judicial killings in campaign against militant extremist group Boko Haram
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China proposes new plan to UN-Arab League peace envoy, Thursday to end Syria violence, including gradual ceasefire and establishment of transitional governing body
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Palestinian Liberation Organisation's former second-in-command, along with three others, was murdered by Israel's Mossad spy agency in Tunis in 1988, new report states
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A flare thrown in a Halloween party in Madrid sparks panicked stampede that results in three young women crushed to death
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In last leg of Balkans tour, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will stress importance of collaboration between Albanian political parties to push through EU-required reforms
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At least 22 people are killed when fuel tanker explodes in oil-rich kingdom, according to reports in Saudi state media
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Group of armed Syrians illegally crossing border at east Lebanese Bekaa valley sparks firefight with Lebanese forces resulting in ten injured and one dead
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Analysts and rebels point to a surge in aerial bombardments as indicator of regime's desperation
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