| Yemen says Houthi rebel leader may be dead In a separate development, al Qaeda's wing in Yemen said in an Internet statement that it would take revenge over raids targeting the group this month, which it said were carried out by U.S. ...[more] |
| Dark days at the center of Europe The Baltic state of Lithuania -- sandwiched between Latvia and the Russian exclave Kalingrad -- faces an economic contraction of 18 percent for 2009. To that the government has said i ...[more] |
| Makeshift bomb damages insurance building in Athens "There was a warning phone call to a newspaper about 15 minutes before the explosion but no claim of responsibility," a police official said. Police said the explosive device was plac ...[more] |
| Opposition leader tops Croat presidential vote Ivo Josipovic, a law professor and composer, captured 32.4 percent of votes, state electoral commission said, but failed to win 50 percent of votes for an outright victory. His rival ...[more] |
| Al Qaeda wing says will avenge Yemen raids: web The statement, dated December 20, appeared on Islamist websites shortly after U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Washington was investigating whether al Qaeda was involved ...[more] |
| Five die in Tehran pro-reform protests Opposition websites said eight people were killed in Tehran and other cities across Iran when tens of thousands took to the streets during a religious festival. Police in the capital said the ...[more] |
| Divisions await Egypt's new Muslim Brotherhood head Internal elections for the Brotherhood's 16-member governing body, known as the guidance bureau, were held last week for the first time in 14 years, with members of the old guard securing the ...[more] |
| TIMELINE: Police open fire in opposition protests in Iran June 12, 2009 - Ahmadinejad wins the presidential election defeating challenger Mirhossein Mousavi. Thousands of people protesting against the election result clash with police. Mousavi calls ...[more] |
| Nigeria bomber's home town blames foreign schooling The 23-year-old London-educated Nigerian was charged on Saturday in the United States with trying to blow up Northwest Airlines flight 253 as it approached Detroit from Amsterdam on Christmas ...[more] |
| Yemen says Houthi rebel leader may be dead The rebels, known as the Houthis after the family name of their leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, are fighting government troops in impoverished Yemen's mountainous north, complaining of social, ...[more] |
| Pakistan's embattled Zardari vows to defend democracy The blast in Muzaffarabad city demonstrated the challenges facing U.S. ally Pakistan, which is struggling against al Qaeda-linked militants and is under pressure from Washington to help stabi ...[more] |
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