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06 May 2012
Lawyer: Bahrain rights activist held over tweets
Bahraini rights activist Nabeel Rajab, a leader of protests against the authorities in the Gulf kingdom, is to be detained for one week for "insulting a statutory body," his lawyer told AFP on Sunday. "The representative of...
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<p>A homeless man sleeps on a sidewalk beside a small Greek flag, carried from a party political rally, by his side, in Athens, Saturday, 5 May 2012. Greece goes to early polls Sunday while in the throes of a deep financial crisis. No single party is expected to win an overall majority in the 300-member Greek parliament. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis)</p>
06 May 2012
Greek election returns show bailout at risk
ATHENS — Greek voters enraged by economic hardship deserted traditional governing parties in droves at elections on Sunday, putting the country's future in the eurozone at risk, according to an early projection by the interior...
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06 May 2012
Socialists celebrate as French vote nears close
PARIS — France looked set to crown Francois Hollande as its first Socialist president in nearly two decades in an election on Sunday, marking a swing to the left at the heart of Europe and heralding a fight-back against German-led...
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<p>This photo provided by the Syrian official news agency SANA shows Syrian rescue teams investigating the scene after an explosion in a residential neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, 18 March 2012. The state news agency said the explosion was a &quot;terrorist bombing.&quot; The report by SANA gave no information on casualties in what appeared to be the second attack in two days on cities where President Bashar Assad&#39;s regime enjoys strong support. (AP Photo/SANA)</p>
06 May 2012
Heavy fighting rocks eastern Syria ahead of poll
AMMAN — Fighting between rebels and President Bashar al-Assad's forces erupted in an oil producing province in eastern Syria, residents and activists said on Sunday, the eve of a parliamentary election the authorities say shows...
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06 May 2012
Polls open across France in presidential election
PARIS — France voted in a presidential run-off election on Sunday that could see Socialist challenger Francois Hollande defeat incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy by capitalizing on public anger over the government's austerity policies....
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<p>A homeless man sleeps on a sidewalk beside a small Greek flag, carried from a party political rally, by his side, in Athens, Saturday, 5 May 2012. Greece goes to early polls Sunday while in the throes of a deep financial crisis. No single party is expected to win an overall majority in the 300-member Greek parliament. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis)</p>
06 May 2012
Greeks vote in critical but uncertain election
ATHENS, Greece — Greeks cast ballots on Sunday in their most critical — and uncertain — election in decades, with voters set to punish the two main parties that are being held responsible for the country's dire...
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<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a meeting with the Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee at the Knesset (Israeli parliament), Jerusalem, January 3, 2011. </p>
06 May 2012
Israel's Netanyahu set to call early vote
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to call for early general elections on Sunday, setting the stage for a 4 September vote that polls suggest he would easily win. "Up until the last minute anything can change,...
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<p>Construction workers renovate a bombed-out building in the Somali capital of Mogadishu. Reconstruction is on the peak around many parts of the city following years of heavy fighting that has seen almost all of the city reduced to rubble. (AFP Photo/Mustafa Abdi)</p>
06 May 2012
Somalia's capital enjoys building boom
Somalia's last president before the country erupted into decades of war made an ominous warning: Force him from power, and he would leave Mogadishu as he found it, with only one road. The rest he would destroy. The threat came true....
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<p>Graffiti reading "Libya is free, Gadhafi is out" in Tripoli. National Transitional Council announced the death of Libyan tyrant Moammer Gadhafi, who was killed when his hometown Sirte fell after refusing to surrender, October 20,2011. </p>
05 May 2012
Rights group urges Libya to revoke speech law
TRIPOLI, Libya — Human Rights Watch urged the new government in Libya Saturday to revoke a law that criminalizes glorifying the former dictator Moammar Qadhafi or spreading "propaganda" that insults or endangers the state....
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<p>This photo provided by the Syrian official news agency SANA shows Syrian rescue teams investigating the scene after an explosion in a residential neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, 18 March 2012. The state news agency said the explosion was a &quot;terrorist bombing.&quot; The report by SANA gave no information on casualties in what appeared to be the second attack in two days on cities where President Bashar Assad&#39;s regime enjoys strong support. (AP Photo/SANA)</p>
05 May 2012
Syrian troops tear-gas Damascus mourners
Regime troops used tear gas on Saturday to try to disperse a mass funeral attended by thousands of people who took to the streets of the Syrian capital to mourn slain protesters, a rights group said. "Syrian regime forces used tear...
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