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Nigeria’s Senate Wants 2002 Bakassi Ruling Overturned

Posted September 26th, 2012 at 6:55 pm (UTC-5)
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The Nigerian Senate is asking President Goodluck Jonathan to appeal an International Court of Justice ruling that the oil-rich Bakassi peninsula belongs to neighboring Cameroon. The Senate’s resolution says the 2002 ruling was mistakenly based on an 1884 agreement between Nigeria’s former colonial British rulers and leaders of the Nigerian city of Calabar. But the […]

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Twin Car Bombs Target Syrian Military HQ

Posted September 26th, 2012 at 6:35 pm (UTC-5)
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Syrian rebels detonated two suicide car bombs at President Bashar al-Assad’s heavily guarded army headquarters in Damascus Wednesday, killing four security guards and sparking a gunbattle in which an Iranian journalist also died. Security video aired by Syrian state TV showed a white van driving on a busy street outside the military compound, then veering […]

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Britain Delays Abu Hamza Extradition

Posted September 26th, 2012 at 5:20 pm (UTC-5)
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A British court has delayed the extradition of accused terrorist Abu Hamza to the United States after he lodged a fresh appeal. The court plans to hold a full hearing next Tuesday. It did not say on what grounds Abu Hamza and another terror suspect, Khaled Al-Fawwaz, are appealing the extradition orders. The European Court […]

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Clinton Cites Al-Qaida Link to Benghazi Attack

Posted September 26th, 2012 at 3:55 pm (UTC-5)
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has for the first time explicitly linked al-Qaida’s North African branch to the attack at the U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens. Clinton told a special United Nations meeting on North Africa’s Sahel region Wednesday that al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb is […]

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US, France Urge UN to Approve African Force for Mali

Posted September 26th, 2012 at 1:55 pm (UTC-5)
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The United States and France are urging the United Nations to back a West African peacekeeping force for Mali, as it struggles to oust Islamist militants from the north. Speaking at a high-level meeting at the United Nations in New York, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the region a “powder keg” the world […]

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Britain Halts Hamza Extradition

Posted September 26th, 2012 at 12:30 pm (UTC-5)
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A British court has halted the extradition of accused terrorist Abu Hamza to the United States, after the radical Muslim cleric filed an appeal. The court made its ruling Wednesday, but did not set a date to hear the appeal. Hamza, the former imam of a north London mosque, was jailed in Britain in 2006 […]

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UN Chief: ‘Do Not Abandon’ Sahel

Posted September 26th, 2012 at 11:55 am (UTC-5)
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United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon has urged nations not to abandon the troubled Sahel region, as it faces rising extremism, human rights abuses and food shortages. The secretary-general also warned that any military action to deal with Islamist militants in northern Mali should be “considered extremely carefully.” Mr. Ban spoke Wednesday during a high-level Security […]

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Iran’s Ahmadinejad Blasts U.N. Security Council

Posted September 26th, 2012 at 11:50 am (UTC-5)
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has leveled harsh criticism against the U.N. Security Council, saying it is “under the domination” of a few governments. In a speech to the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, he said an existence of discrimination in the world body was a “great insult to all.” He also said the veto rights […]

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Russian Tycoon Lebedev Charged With Hooliganism

Posted September 26th, 2012 at 11:25 am (UTC-5)
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Russia’s top investigative agency says it has filed criminal charges against billionaire Kremlin critic Alexander Lebedev for punching another businessman on a televised talk show last year. The State Investigative Committee said Wednesday it has charged Lebedev with assault and hooliganism for punching Sergei Polonsky and causing bodily harm. If convicted, he faces up to […]

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A Quarter of U.S. States Hold the Keys to Presidential Outcome

Posted September 26th, 2012 at 11:20 am (UTC-5)
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The U.S. has 50 states, but its national presidential election is likely to be decided in about a quarter of them. They are often called battleground states, where surveys show that voters are closely split in deciding whether to give the Democratic incumbent, President Barack Obama, a second four-year term in the White House, or […]

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