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TRIPOLI - The Libyan capital saw its first major gunbattle since Muammar Qadhafi fled Tripoli more than two months ago,…

MONROVIA, Liberia - International and local election observers said Liberia's presidential election was peaceful and there were no reported serious…

VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI says he is "deeply saddened" by the recent violence in Cairo, referring to protests…

BAGHDAD - A slew of bombings targeted Iraqi police in Baghdad on Wednesday morning, including blasts by two suicide bombers…

Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners are refusing food to pressure authorities into providing better conditions in their most defiant protest in…

BRUSSELS - The determined resistance by forces loyal to ousted Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi is "surprising" because the fighters can't…

TUNIS - Tunisian police on Sunday arrested dozens of Islamist demonstrators set on attacking the offices of a television channel…

CAIRO - Egypt’s benchmark stock index fell sharply early Monday, dragged down by investor panic after the country’s capital was…

BEIRUT - A rights group says fresh clashes between Syrian soldiers and army defectors have left at least 17 members…

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Small amounts of oil from a container ship stuck on a reef for days began washing…