The man convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing tells the Reuters news agency the truth will emerge soon.

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Megrahi – ‘Truth will come out’

Gives interview to Reuters from his hospital bed.

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Al Megrahi Says Lockerbie Role Exaggerated

This article written by Shaimaa Fayed Appeared on Reuters on August 17, 2011 A flowering of Egyptian art since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak is adding color to the capital Cairo and an upswing in business at the city’s galleries, as the pride, anger and optimism of a long-frustrated generation plays out on canvas.

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Egypt Uprising Art Brightens Cairo, Tempts Buyers

TRIPOLI, Libya — The baby girl lying on a hospital bed was presented as a victim of a NATO airstrike, proof that the alliance was killing rather than protecting Libyan civilians. But as journalists crowded around her bed, a handwritten note was passed to a Reuters reporter by a member of the hospital’s medical staff. “This is a case of road traffic accident,” it said in English. “This is the trouth [sic].” Read full article > >

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Libya government fails to prove claims of NATO casualties

So far, U.S. officials have released information about several materials the Navy SEALs found in bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound, including Pepsi, Vaseline, and Avena syrup-a sexual stimulant. Today, Reuters reported that officials also found a fairly…

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Porn Found in bin Laden Compound

In Libya’s conflict, Finbarr O’Reilly writes, the coastal road running from Tobruk to Tripoli is the only constant.

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Lens: On the Road to Revolution

An essay on doorways by Finbarr O’Reilly of Reuters is a masterpiece of contemplative journalism.

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Lens: Looking Through Afghanistan’s Closed Doors

Looks like you may be able to get an iPad 2 in April after all. Sources at the company tell Reuters that a Taiwanese report saying that the new iPad’s release has been pushed back until June is incorrect. A source says it’s, “simply not true,” and the…

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Apple Sources Deny iPad Delay

Hazy weather conditions are hampering a rescue mission in northwestern Iran, where a Boeing 727 passenger plane crashed and killed at least 70 people and injured at least 35. The head of the Iranian Red Crescent, Mahmoud Mozafar, told Reuters, “The…

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Seventy Dead in Iran Plane Crash

A row with India over the transit of generic drugs through the EU has been resolved, negotiators tell Reuters news agency.

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India-EU generic drug row ‘over’

First, WikiLeaks revelations found that Afghan’s President Hamid Karzai pardoned drug dealers. Now, sources have confirmed to Reuters that Karzai’s government also routinely frees top Taliban fighters in exchange for payment or for political motives….

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Karzai Gov’t Frees Taliban for Payments

Not this again: Ireland is in talks with the European Union for a financial rescue, according to Reuters. If it gets a rescue package, it will be the second euro-zone country after Greece to be bailed out by its neighbors. Ireland tells Reuters that no…

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Ireland Asks E.U. for Bailout: Report