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10/22/2011 9:54:49 AM
NATO calls an end to its air war in Libya, and the clan of Muammar Gaddafi demands a chance to bury the body that lay on display in a meat locker after a death as brutal and chaotic as his 42-year rule
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10/22/2011 9:52:16 AM
The U.N. Security Council opens discussions on lifting the no-fly-zone it imposed over Libya in March and envoys say they expect it would do so after consulting the new Libyan authorities
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10/21/2011 10:30:00 PM
The UN Security Council on Friday passes a resolution calling on Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh to sign a deal under which he would quit and to end deadly attacks on protesters
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10/21/2011 4:25:28 PM
Syrian security forces kill 13 civilians, ten of them in the flashpoint central city of Homs, where the death of Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi galvanized mass protests, rights activists said
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10/21/2011 3:26:30 PM
Slain Libyan leader Gaddafi's wife asks for a United Nations investigation into his death, Syrian Arrai TV reported
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10/21/2011 2:24:58 PM
Tens of thousands of Yemeni protesters took to the streets of the Yemeni capital Sanaa demanding President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down, galvanized by the killing of Libya's Gaddafi
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10/21/2011 2:24:16 PM
France will seek a leading role in post-war Libya, Defence Minister Gerard Longuet says, arguing that Libya's new leaders "owe" Paris for leading the campaign to oust Moamer Gaddafi
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10/21/2011 2:00:31 PM
Watching Gaddafi's death, some Iraqis say they believe Libya could descend into vicious slaughter as Iraq did in 2006-2007 when sectarian violence killed thousands of people and pushed the country to edge of civil conflict
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10/21/2011 11:46:16 AM
Libyan strongman Moamer Gaddafi's death is a "historical turning point" for Libya, Turkey said late Thursday, promising to go on supporting the Libyan people in their nation-building process
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10/21/2011 10:15:12 AM
U.N. Security Council envoys hope for a unanimous approval of a resolution on Yemen on Friday that condemns the government crackdown against pro-democracy demonstrators
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10/21/2011 10:14:39 AM
China's Foreign Ministry urges Libya to start the transition to "an inclusive political process" in the wake of the death of Muammar Gaddafi
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10/21/2011 9:50:28 AM
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the death of Muammar Gaddafi marked the start of a new era for Libya
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10/20/2011 7:45:35 PM
Global lending institution launches new webpage to encourage debate on economic issues
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10/20/2011 7:18:21 PM
While the great earthquake of the Arab Spring continues, some Arab intellectuals cannot stop distrusting the Arab people
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10/20/2011 5:41:47 PM
Governments putting short-term stability ahead of long-term economic policies, but the change in economic players in some counties might have a positive economic effect
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10/20/2011 11:00:56 AM
Tunisian expats spearhead elections, start the voting process for 18 of the 217 members of the constituent assembly
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10/18/2011 11:01:11 AM
Yemen's Nobel Peace Prize winner Tawakkul Karman says the UN must act "immediately and decisively" to halt a deadly government crackdown on protesters calling for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to resign
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10/18/2011 10:14:32 AM
A rocket hit a house in the Yemeni capital Sanaa killing at six people including a family of five
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10/17/2011 10:34:06 AM
Tunisia, the country having launched the "Arab Spring" takes the lead with a historic vote next Sunday for the drafters of a new constitution, but polls show voter turnout is expected to be low
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10/17/2011 9:35:56 AM
Troops loyal to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh at the weekend killed 10 members of a military unit which defected to support a months-long anti-regime protest, a statement by the dissidents said
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