BEIRUT — A major Syrian pipeline carrying oil to a refinery in the restive Homs province was blown up on Thursday, activists and the state-run news agency said, as violence stemming from the country’s 9-month-old uprising spirals out of control. No casualties were reported and it was not clear who was behind Thursday’s explosion. Read full article > >

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Syrian oil pipeline hit by explosion near flashpoint city of Homs, activists say

About 1,800 soldiers based in Germany are to return to the UK from January as the British military withdrawal from the country gets under way.

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Thai leader says Bangkok’s city-centre flood defences will hold, as efforts continue to protect the city from the country’s worst floods in decades.

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Bangkok ‘safe’ as floods approach

The UK will “not tolerate” corruption hampering efforts to tackle the famine in Somalia, Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell says on his return from the country.

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Somali aid not wasted – minister

Ratko Mladic, a former Bosnian Serb commander who’s been on the run for many years, has been arrested in Serbia, according to an announcement from the country’s president. (May 26) Read full article > >

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War crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic arrested

Security forces battled in the streets of the Yemeni capital with fighters from the country’s most powerful tribe, which has joined the opposition.

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Yemen President’s Forces Battle Tribe

Despite a decade of war, a surge of U.S. troops, and attempts to lure their local allies away through negotiation, American and Afghan officials say al Qaeda is on the comeback trail in Afghanistan. The group was largely driven from the country early…

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Al Qaeda Thrives in Afghanistan

Is Julian Assange smiling? WikiLeaks has claimed its first high-ranking diplomatic casualty. U.S. ambassador to Mexico Carlos Pascual has stepped down amidst pressure from the country’s President Felipe Calderon, who was infuriated by critical comments…

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WikiLeaks Cables Force First Resignation

Fresh protests and strikes erupt in Egypt as demonstrators demand better pay and conditions from the country’s new military rulers.

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Fresh protests and strikes erupt in Egypt as demonstrators demand better pay and conditions from the country’s new military rulers.

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Egyptian protests erupt over pay

A British journalist who reported on Wikileaks cables containing criticism of Russia’s leadership says he has been expelled from the country.

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Russia ‘expels British reporter’

The EU freezes the assets of ousted Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben and his wife after a request from the country’s new leaders.

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EU sanctions on Tunisia ex-leader

Tunisia’s prime minister, Mohamed Ghannouchi, has assumed the role of interim president and called for a return to order after weeks of violent protests culminated in the 23-year ruler, Zine al-Abidine Ben Al, being driven from the country Friday….

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Tunisia’s Dissidents Vow More Protests

An Israeli trader is expelled from the country’s diamond exchange after being accused of “blood diamond” smuggling.

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Israeli diamond trader expelled

Nearly 60 people die in a series of attacks by US drones in Pakistan’s Khyber region, as the CIA withdraws its top spy from the country.

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Scores die in Khyber drone raids