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Somalia Leader Defiant After Assassination Attempt: 'We're Winning

4/6/2012

A day after surviving an apparent assassination attempt by suicide bombing that claimed the lives of at least six others, Somalia's prime minister publicly responded to his al Qaeda-allied would-be murderers, saying the attack showed the "desperation" of a losing terrorist cause.

Pakistan chief heads to India for low-profile trip

4/6/2012

Officially, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari is just having a quick lunch with India's leader on his way to visit a Muslim shrine. But Zardari's trip to New Delhi on Sunday marks a milestone in the warming relations between the two neighbors.

Egypt Muslim Brotherhood U-turn sets election agenda

4/6/2012

As Egypt prepares for what should be its first ever free and fair presidential elections next month, a late entry to the race, the Muslim Brotherhood's Khairat al-Shater, looks like he might steal the show entirely.

Egypt's ex-spy chief enters presidential race-aides

4/6/2012

CAIRO, April 6 (Reuters) - Aides of ousted Hosni Mubarak's
former intelligence chief Omar Suleiman said on Friday he
planned to contest the presidential election, reversing a
statement earlier this week that he would not run.

Area Egyptian Americans view Islamic party’s rise, U.S. visit with hope, suspicion

4/6/2012

When Egypt’s autocratic regime collapsed early last year amid an unstoppable wave of protest, Sherif Mansour leaped at the chance to help promote and shape a nascent democracy in his Muslim-majority homeland. Mansour, who works at the District-based human rights group Freedom House, traveled to Cairo, applied for a government permit, opened an office and hired local staff.

Syria intensifies attacks on rebels; refugees pour into Turkey

4/6/2012

BEIRUT -- Syrian troops shelled restive areas and sent tanks and snipers into battle against rebels in the capital's suburbs on Friday, broadening a government offensive that appeared aimed at crushing pockets of opposition less than a week before an internationally sponsored cease-fire is to take hold, activists said.

Russia's criticism of Syrian leader suggests it's preparing for a future without him

4/6/2012

MOSCOW — After a year of iron support for its embattled Middle East ally, Russia's recent criticism of Syrian President Bashar Assad suggests that Moscow could be planning for a future without the Arab strongman.

Hand over Saif Gadhafi, court tells Libya

4/6/2012

Libya must make arrangements to hand over Saif al-Islam Gadhafi to the International Criminal Court immediately, court officials said Thursday, complaining that the son of Libya's deposed leader has been mistreated and "physically attacked" since he was captured last year.

Did Libya's revolution topple Mali into crisis?

4/6/2012

This year, Mali's restive Tuareg minority has erupted into rebellion after four years of relative quiet, the army has mutinied and seized control of the capital city of Bamako, and today Tuareg separatists declared an independent republic in the country's vast north.

Countries Dismiss Mali Rebel Claims of Independent Nation

4/6/2012

Tuareg rebels in northern Mali proclaimed independence on Friday, and asked for international recognition of their so-called "Azawad" nation.

Sudan and South wage propaganda war

4/6/2012

KHARTOUM, Sudan — As guns blazed on the border between Sudan and South Sudan in recent days, the air waves and newspapers of both countries fired salvos of their own in an intense propaganda war.

Doctors who treated Malawi president say he's dead

4/6/2012

BLANTYRE, Malawi -- Malawi's President Bingu wa Mutharika has died after a heart attack, doctors who treated him said Friday, as the troubled and impoverished southern African nation awaited official word of Mutharika's death and who would succeed him.

Central Africa: UN official urges greater support for peacebuilding efforts

4/6/2012

New York, US - Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and head of the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in the Central African Republic (BINUCA), Ms. Margaret Vogt, has urged the international community to support ongoing efforts to restore stability in the African country. She said that more than US$19 million was required to complete its disarmament, demobilization and reintegration process in the Central African Republic (CAR).

'No attacks' launched from Afghanistan after 2014

4/6/2012

DOHA — Afghan soil will not be used to launch attacks against any country after foreign troops withdraw, the war-torn nation's foreign minister told Al-Jazeera in an interview, excerpts of which were received by AFP on Friday.

Afghanistan attack kills three guardsmen from Ohio

4/6/2012

MANSFIELD -- Guardsmen from across Ohio were stunned Thursday when three of their own were killed in a suicide attack in Afghanistan.

Suicide bomber kills Afghanistan peace councillor

4/6/2012

A suicide bomber has killed the influential head of a regional peace council in eastern Afghanistan, security officials say.

AU Somalia force in first deployment outside Mogadishu

4/5/2012

MOGADISHU — African Union troops deployed in the Somali city of Baidoa Thursday, the first time the force has dispatched troops outside Mogadishu since it was set up five years ago.

Life quickly returns to normal after Somalia blast

4/5/2012

MOGADISHU, Somalia—A few dozen Mogadishu residents gathered near the national theater Thursday, not to discuss the deadly bombing there the day before, but to talk about how Somalia's seaside capital is moving on.

Somalia: TFG sets up committee to investigate suicide blast

4/5/2012

MOGADISHU, Somalia Apr 5 2012 (Garowe Online) – In a press release from the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) a committee consisting of ministers was assembled to investigate the suicide blast in Mogadishu, Radio Garowe reports.

Sudan denies report that South Sudan downed its fighter jet

4/5/2012

Sudan is denying that the South Sudanese military shot down a Sudanese fighter jet.

Malawi President Suffers Heart Attack

4/5/2012

JOHANNESBURG—Malawi's strongman president on Thursday suffered a heart attack and was hospitalized, threatening to push the southern African nation deeper into turmoil.

Angola elections threaten instability as government cracks down on dissent

4/5/2012

Angola is celebrating 10 years of peace on 4 April. Since the end of its 27-year civil war in 2002, the country's economy has prospered thanks to oil. But experts fear that parliamentary elections later this year could return the country to violence and instability.

Small team of U.S. troops still in Mali, on 'stand-by'

4/5/2012

STUTTGART, Germany — Although U.S. Africa Command has suspended military cooperation with Mali following last month’s coup, a few U.S. military personnel continue to deploy to Mali “on stand-by” as negotiations for a return to civilian rule continue, AFRICOM officials said.

Mali rebels declare cease-fire after seizing north

4/5/2012

BAMAKO, Mali — The rebel group that recently seized control of Mali's remote north in a maneuver that effectively partitioned the country in two announced a cease-fire Thursday, saying they had reached their military goal.

Intercepting Kim's Rocket

4/5/2012

With little fanfare, a showdown may be looming over North Korea's latest missile launch next week. Japan is threatening to shoot down the missile if it flies over Japanese airspace—as a previous North Korean missile did in 1998—and it has deployed Aegis destroyers and Patriot ABM batteries in a show of resolve. The U.S. should do everything it can to help Japan follow through.

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