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Hundreds back Maliki amid calls for Iraq PM to quit
Anti-government rallies blocked a key highway linking Baghdad to Jordan and Syria…
19 killed in failed French raid to free Somalia hostage
Allex is among nine French hostages in Africa of whom at least…
Thousands of Iraq Sunnis in angry anti-Maliki demos
Prime Minister accused of authoritarianism and sectarianism
IAEA chief not hopeful on Iran inspection progress
Iran denies seeking or ever having sought nuclear weapons, and rejected the…
Saudi king names women to advisory council in historic first
30 women appointed to the previously all-male consultative Shura Council marking a…
Iran, world powers set nuclear talks date
The so-called "P5+1" nations had not all met since a June meeting…
Kuwaiti journalist presides over Arab Journalists Union
Union’s new general secretariat includes two out of five Egyptian journalists who…
Brahimi says Assad plan for Syria ‘one-sided’
Al-Assad's new plan for his embattled country is "more sectarian, more one-sided"…
At least 10 Kenyans killed in reprisal raid: Red Cross
In a retaliatory dawn raid in the Tana River delta region of…