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Egypt PM Hazem Beblawi says government resigns
Egypt\'s interim prime minister Hazem el-Beblawi says his Cabinet has resigned.Seventeen dead in bombings and shootings in Iraq
Militants launched separate attacks shortly after sunset Sunday in northern Iraq and Baghdad, killing at least 17 people and wounding dozens.Winter Olympics close in Sochi
A choir of 1,000 Russian children sang the national anthem in a stirring closing ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics.Ukraine interim government issues arrest warrant for Yanukovich
Ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich is wanted by police for the "mass murder of peaceful civilians", according to a statement posted on ...Bomb blast at Syrian-Turkish crossing kills 24 people
At least 24 people were killed and dozens of others injured Thursday when a powerful car bomb exploded near Syria\'s border with ...UN chief wants more troops to end C. Africa bloodshed
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is asking the Security Council to quickly send at least 3,000 more troops to the Central African ...EU imposes Ukraine sanctions after deadly Kiev clashes
The European Union has decided to impose sanctions against officials in Ukraine who are responsible for the violence there, which escalated Thursday, ...11 killed as Libyan military plane crashes in Tunisia
A Libyan military plane has crashed just outside the Tunisian capital, killing all 11 people on board.Burqa-wearing gunmen attack Afghan police
Afghan officials said militants disguised as women have attacked a police compound near Kabul, killing one police officer and wounding at least ...Somali presidential HQ attacked by al-Shabab
Armed men have attacked the presidential palace in Somalia - but it appears that President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was not harmed.