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Ex-Haiti dictator holes up in luxury hotel - Yahoo...

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Former Haiti dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier has holed up in Port-au-Prince's luxurious Hotel Karibe hotel, receiving a string of confidantes as speculation swirled about his unexpected retur...

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New Tunisia cabinet to face test from the street -...

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Tunisia braced Friday for public reactions to a shake-up of the cabinet aimed at quelling huge daily protests that have called for a clean break with the regime of ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben...

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South Sudan votes 98.83 percent to secede - Yahoo!...

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Southern Sudan was well on track to become the world's newest state on Monday after final results of its historic independence referendum showed that 98.83 percent had voted for secession.

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Pressure mounts as Kadhafi loses west Libya towns ...

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Pressure mounted Monday on Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi as anti-regime forces overran towns in his traditional western stronghold, after world leaders called on him to end his 41-year rule.

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Blatter wins landslide vote

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FIFA president Sepp Blatter has been re-elected head of world football, vowing to clean up the body's tarnished image after months of explosive corruption allegations.

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Powers plot 'post-Kadhafi' Libya as rebels eye cas...

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Key powers have vowed to unlock a billion dollars for hard-pressed Libyan rebels in talks to map out a "post-Kadhafi Libya" as a fresh volley of NATO air strikes rocked the capital early Friday.

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Syria hits back at global outcry over crackdown - ...

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Syria has launched a media offensive to counter the outcry over its deadly crackdown on dissent, escorting journalists to a hub of the protests and staging a loyalist rally.

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Syria's Assad to speak after opposition move - Yah...

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Syria's embattled President Bashar al-Assad is set to make a major speech after opposition activists announced on Sunday they are setting up a "National Council" to spearhead the struggle against his ...

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Strauss-Kahn case in jeopardy: New York Times - Ya...

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The sexual assault case against ex-IMF chief and French presidential hopeful Dominique Strauss-Kahn is collapsing due to doubts over the victim's credibility, a report said.

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Libya rebels claim control of oil town

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Libyan rebels said they had won control of the strategic oil refinery town of Brega, as a US official confirmed US envoys had met with members of Moamer Kadhafi's regime.

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