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TRIPOLI. — Libya said yesterday it had summoned the US ambassador over the capture by American forces of an alleged Al-Qaeda operative in Tripoli, as activists urged that the man’s rights be respected.
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LUXEMBOURG. — The EU’s executive yesterday pushed for extra resources to launch Mediterranean-wide search and rescue patrols after the Lampedusa tragedy as Europe struggles to cope with the flood of refugees knocking on its doors.
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MOSCOW. — Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday demanded that the Netherlands apologise after a diplomat working for the Russian embassy in The Hague was detained by police and questioned for hours.
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BAMAKO. — Islamic extremists have taken the offensive around Gao in north Mali, wounding two civilians yesterday when they blew up a bridge, a day after shelling the town, injuring a soldier.
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SEOUL. — North Korea said yesterday its military would be put on high alert and be ready to launch operations, stepping up tension after weeks of rhetoric against the United States and South Korea, whom it accuses of instigating hostility.
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BANGUI. — At least 30 people died and dozens more were injured in clashes yesterday between ex-rebels of the Seleka coalition and local self-defence groups in the Central Africa Republic, a security source said.
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NAIROBI. — Kenya and Tanzania governments have started a joint aerial count of elephants and other large mammals. The aerial census in the shared ecosystem of the Amboseli-West Kilimanjaro and Natron- Magadi landscape seeks to establish the landscape’s
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RIO DE JANEIRO. — Clashes have broken out in Rio de Janeiro as striking teachers and their supporters took to the streets to protest against salary levels and a police crackdown on earlier demonstrations.
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WASHINGTON. — The International Monetary Fund yesterday lowered its growth forecast for the global economy and warned the outlook could get bleaker if the US political standoff over finances drags on.
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CAIRO. — Egypt’s cabinet has ordered authorities to remove the Muslim Brotherhood from the list of approved non-governmental organisations following a judicial order, state media have reported.
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BAMAKO. — Islamic extremists have taken the offensive around Gao in north Mali, wounding two civilians Tuesday when they blew up a bridge, a day after shelling the town and injuring a soldier. “Early this Tuesday (yesterday), Islamists dynamited one of two small
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RIO DE JANEIRO. — Clashes have broken out in Rio de Janeiro as striking teachers and their supporters took to the streets to protest against salary levels and a police crackdown on earlier demonstrations. Organisers rallied thousands in the centre of the Brazilian city on
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WASHINGTON. — The International Monetary Fund yesterday lowered its growth forecast for the global economy and warned the outlook could get bleaker if the US political standoff over finances drags on. The IMF shaved its 2013 growth forecast by 0.3 percentage point to 2.9
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CAIRO. — Egypt’s cabinet has ordered authorities to remove the Muslim Brotherhood from the list of approved non-governmental organisations following a judicial order, state media have reported. The move comes after an Egyptian court last month banned the Muslim
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SEOUL. — North Korea said yesterday its military would be put on high alert and be ready to launch operations, stepping up tension after weeks of rhetoric against the United States and South Korea, whom it accuses of instigating hostility. Reclusive North Korea has