Thousands of Somalis flee fighting as African Union troops advance on Afgoye, a stronghold near the capital of the Islamist militant group al-Shabab.

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Leading Bahraini political and human rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja appears in court in the capital, Manama, for his retrial.

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A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck Bulgaria on Tuesday, about 14 miles outside the capital of Sofia, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

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Gunmen fired on U.S. Coast Guard instructors at a Red Sea port and a suicide bomber wearing an army uniform killed dozens of people in the capital, Sana, news reports said on Monday.

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Somali government soldiers are among five people killed in two bomb attacks in the capital Mogadishu blamed on al-Shabab Islamist fighters.

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Thousands of Bahrainis protest outside the capital against a plan to create a union of Gulf Arab countries, with similar demonstrations in Tehran and Dubai.

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Protesters angered by Gulf union

Syria foils an attempted suicide car bomb attack in the northern city of Aleppo, state TV says, a day after massive blasts in the capital Damascus.

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Libyan Prime Minister Abdurrahim al-Keib denounces gunmen who attacked his offices in the capital Tripoli as “outlaws”.

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Malaysian riot police fired tear gas and water cannon on a crowd of 25,000 protesters seeking electoral reform in the capital, Kuala Lumpur.

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Tear gas fired at Malaysia rally

Syrian state TV says a suicide bomber has struck in the capital Damascus, killing at least 10 people and wounding 20 others.

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Deadly blast hits Syrian capital

A London council is accused of beginning the “social cleansing” of the capital by asking a Stoke landlord to take up to 500 families on housing benefit.

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Council accused of social cleansing

David Cameron becomes the first British prime minister in more than 60 years to visit Burma as he arrives in the capital Nay Pyi Taw.

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PM makes historic visit to Burma

Police and protestors faced off in the capital of Male, and the island nation’s former president claimed he was forced to resign this week at gunpoint.

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Violent Clashes Continue in Maldives

The Occupy London protest group, which occupied a central London building in its fifth “occupation” in the capital, leave the site.

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Occupy London group leaves site

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Every winter, the capital of Pakistan’s Islamic republic is overrun by what is many Muslims’ worst nightmare: sounds of screeching wild pigs. Motivated by hunger, the reviled animals descend each night from neighboring hills to feed on the garbage bins of Islamabad’s most exclusive addresses — from high-end hotels to the capital’s embassies and even the president’s residence. On their way to feeding grounds pigs cause traffic accidents and send locals hurrying for cover. Some Islamabad residents have reportedly been injured or even killed by belligerent hogs. Read full article > >

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In Islamabad, it’s always the Year of the Pig