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Student protest in Mexico turns violent, 176 arrested Mexican students protesting a new curriculum threw homemade explosives, fired rockets and hurled stones at police in a melee Monday that left 176 arrested and 10 police officers injured.

16 October 2012

Pakistani girl shot by Taliban arrives in UK for treatment A 14-year-old Pakistani girl who was shot in the head by the Taliban has a chance of making a "decent recovery", said a doctor at the British hospital where she was airlifted Monday.

16 October 2012

Qaeda chief urges more protests at anti-Islam film Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri urged Muslims to keep up their protests against an anti-Islam film produced in the United States.

16 October 2012

Kozlov's apartments and houses in 14 Kazakhstan cities to be confiscated Criminal court of Mangistau oblast publicized a list of property that belongs to the leader of the unregistered Alga party Vladimir Kozlov.

16 October 2012

Haiti protesters call for president's resignation Several hundred protesters angry over rising costs of living called Sunday for Haitian President Martin Martelly to resign at a march in the country's capital.

16 October 2012

Prestige oil disaster trial starts in Spain Seamen go on trial Tuesday over the sinking of the Prestige petrol tanker which spilt a devastating oil slick when it sank off Spain in 2002, with hundreds of plaintiffs seeking billions in damages.

16 October 2012

Cuba arrests 22 Ladies in White: group leader Cuban authorities have arrested at least 22 members of Cuba's dissident Ladies in White as they planned to mark one year since the death of their former leader.

15 October 2012

Almaty rallies against Marchenko's retiremen age initiative Besides adopting a resolution - Say no to raising retirement age! Fire Marchenko! - the protestors also target private pension funds in Kazakhstan.

15 October 2012

Syria-Turkey tensions soar with flight bans Turkey has banned Syrian flights from its airspace in a tit-for-tat move, while Iran handed a "detailed proposal" to UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi aimed at ending the conflict between the Syria's army and rebels.

15 October 2012

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Nigeria mosque massacre not sectarian violence: military The Nigerian army has said an armed assault on a mosque in which 21 people died was the result of a criminal feud and not sectarian violence.

15 October 2012

US thinks Iran behind cyberattack in Saudi: ex-official The United States believes Iran was behind a major cyberattack on Saudi Arabia's state oil company and a Qatari gas firm.

14 October 2012

Japan's Noda pressured by minister's yakuza link Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is facing mounting pressure following his justice minister's admission to past links with a yakuza gang, just 10 days after he was appointed.

13 October 2012

Kyrgyzstan says toppled president's son arrested in London The son of Kyrgyzstan's ousted president has been arrested in London and could be extradited to the United States, the Kyrgyz presidency said late Friday.

13 October 2012

France charges, imprisons seven terror suspects: court source Seven Frenchmen arrested as part of a weekend swoop on a suspected Islamist terror cell believed to have plotted attacks in the country were formally charged Thursday.

13 October 2012

Beard sparks legal debate in Fort Hood shooting case Lawyers argued in a US military court Thursday over whether the soldier accused of the Fort Hood massacre can keep his beard despite objections from the judge overseeing his court-martial.

13 October 2012

Pakistan girl improving after surgery: relative A Pakistani child activist shot in the head by the Taliban is slowly improving but will remain sedated in intensive care for at least another 24 hours.

12 October 2012

Filmmaker didn't spark Muslim violence: lawyer A lawyer for the man behind the "Innocence of Muslims" video denied Wednesday his client was to blame for a wave of violence across the Middle East, as he appeared in court for a second time.

12 October 2012

Turkey confiscates "objectionable" cargo aboard Syrian plane: minister Turkey seized "objectionable cargo" aboard a Syrian passenger plane which it intercepted en route from Moscow to Damascus on Wednesday, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said.

12 October 2012

French gang rape trial ends with acquittals, light sentences Two teenage gang rape victims said they had seen a "judicial shipwreck" after a French court acquitted 10 youths and handed down light sentences to four others.

11 October 2012