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Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 09:05
Some opposition groups favoring a U.S. retaliatory strike on Syria denounced the move as a dilatory tactic by the government of President Bashar Assad to avert a U.S. bombardment.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 09:08
In 2003, Libya renounced its weapons of mass destruction programs and agreed to abide by the chemical weapons convention and other international treaties.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 09:11
The ban appears to be aimed at neutralizing imams, or preachers, who have been speaking out -- even if only in allegorical fashion -- against the July 3 coup that deposed Mohamed Morsi.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 09:13
U.S. counterterrorism officials have determined that several extremist groups, including Ansar al-Sharia, took part in last year’s attack in Benghazi, Libya, that killed a U.S. ambassador and three other officials.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 09:14
Another 10 soldiers and seven civilians were wounded by the blasts outside the military intelligence headquarters in Rafah and at a nearby checkpoint.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 09:15
Over the weekend, authorities began banning several hundred thousand vehicles from Baghdad streets each day in a bid to stop the increasing number of car bombings.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 09:17
The political arm of Libya's Muslim Brotherhood called on Prime Minister Ali Zeidan to resign, accusing him of failing to tackle corruption or build a united national army in a country riven by tribal rivalries.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 09:19
Political sources told The Daily Star earlier this summer that an extension of Sleiman’s term or a vacuum in the presidency appear to be the only options for Lebanon.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 09:21
President Michel Sleiman discussed with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry the crisis in Syria as well as U.S.-Lebanon ties and the role Washington can play in an upcoming international conference on Lebanon.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 09:23
Turkey's Interior Minister Muammer Guler said Wednesday that protesters were attempting to use the death of a young man during a demonstration to "spread chaos" as pockets of anti-government unrest flared once again.