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ICC Team in Libya After Delegation Detained

Posted June 10th, 2012 at 10:40 pm (UTC-5)
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Libyan officials say a team of representatives of the International Criminal Court arrived in Tripoli Sunday to secure the release of four of its staffers detained while visiting Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, the imprisoned son of deposed dictator Moammar Gadhafi. They say the four-member delegation, including Australian lawyer Melinda Taylor, was detained last Thursday and is […]

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Burma’s Leader: Unrest Threatens Stability, Democracy

Posted June 10th, 2012 at 7:30 pm (UTC-5)
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Burmese President Thein Sein warned Sunday that if sectarian violence in the western Rakhine state spreads further, it could put the country’s moves toward democracy in danger. The president made the comment in an address to the nation, following three days of violence in Rakhine state between Buddhists and members of the Muslim Rohingya ethnic […]

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Exit Polls: French Socialists Lead in Parliamentary Election

Posted June 10th, 2012 at 5:15 pm (UTC-5)
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Exit polls from France’s first round of parliamentary elections show President Francois Hollande’s Socialist party and its allies winning the largest bloc of seats in the lower house. Early poll results show the left wing parties winning more than 40 percent of seats in the 577-seat National Assembly. Former president Nicolas Sarkozy’s conservative UMP party […]

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French Defense Minister in Afghanistan After Troops Killed

Posted June 10th, 2012 at 5:00 pm (UTC-5)
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France’s Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian arrived in Afghanistan Sunday, one day after a Taliban attack killed four French NATO troops and wounded five others. Details of Drian’s program in Afghanistan have not been released but he is expected to address French troops and meet Afghan government officials in Kabul. On Saturday, French troops responding […]

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US Threatens Peace Plan Opponents in Somalia with Sanctions

Posted June 10th, 2012 at 4:30 pm (UTC-5)
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A senior U.S. State Department official is threatening sanctions against any Somalis who work against the peace process in Somalia. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Johnnie Carson, said after a day-long visit to Somalia Sunday that the United States will take action against those he calls “spoilers” who impede efforts to draw up […]

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French Open Men’s Final Suspended by Rain Until Monday

Posted June 10th, 2012 at 4:05 pm (UTC-5)
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Rain halted play in the men’s final of the French Open Sunday between six-time champion Rafael Nadal of Spain and world number one tennis player Novak Djokovic of Serbia. Organizers said the match, already in progress for three hours, would resume Monday at 1:00 pm local time . Nadal was leading Djokovic two sets to […]

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French Socialists Take Lead in Parliamentary Election

Posted June 10th, 2012 at 2:50 pm (UTC-5)
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Exit polls from France’s first round of parliamentary elections show President Francois Hollande’s Socialist party and its allies winning the largest bloc of seats in the lower house. Early poll results show the leftwing parties winning up to 40 percent of seats in the 577-seat National Assembly or lower house of parliament. Former president Nicolas […]

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Boko Haram Claims Deadly Nigeria Church Attacks

Posted June 10th, 2012 at 2:40 pm (UTC-5)
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Nigeria’s militant Islamic sect Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for two church attacks on Sunday that killed 3 people and wounded 41. During a conference call hours after the attacks, a spokesman for Boko Haram told reporters the group was responsible. The first attack took place in the central city of Jos, where a suicide […]

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High-Level US Envoy Visits Somalia

Posted June 10th, 2012 at 2:05 pm (UTC-5)
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The Somali government says the top U.S. envoy to Africa has met with leaders in Mogadishu, marking the highest-profile visit by a U.S. official since the early 1990s. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson met on Sunday with President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali. President Ahmed said […]

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Syrian Opposition Group Elects New Leader, More Deaths in Syria

Posted June 10th, 2012 at 1:15 pm (UTC-5)
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Syria’s main exiled opposition group has elected a Kurdish academic to try to unify the movement after months of infighting, and activists report at least 19 more deaths in government shelling and clashes across the country. Senior members of the opposition Syrian National Council chose Abdulbaset Sieda to be the group’s new leader at a […]

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