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Pakistan's former President Pervez Musharraf. ©Reuters/Mohammad Abu Omar Pakistan's Musharraf survives assassination bomb attempt: police Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, who is on trial for treason, narrowly escaped an assassination attempt as a bomb went off shortly before his convoy was due to pass early Thursday, police said.
03 April 2014
Four dead at Fort Hood including shooter, 16 wounded: commander Four people were killed in a shooting at Fort Hood on Wednesday including the assailant, a soldier who served in Iraq and was being treated for mental health issues, the commander of the US base said.
03 April 2014
15 civilians killed in Nigerian 'suicide attack': military Fifteen civilians were killed in an explosion in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday, after troops foiled what the military said was an attempted suicide attack by Boko Haram Islamist militants.
02 April 2014
South Sudan war displaced in 'acute' need: UN War-torn South Sudan is in a "spiralling humanitarian crisis", the UN warned Monday, as top aid chiefs visited the young nation, where more than a million people have fled months of conflict.
31 March 2014
©Reuters Surprise snowstorm traps thousands of Iranians Thousands of travellers, many of them visiting family during the Iranian new year holidays, have been rescued after being trapped by unexpected snowstorms in north Iran.
31 March 2014
Guinea battles to contain Ebola as death toll rises Guinea raced to contain a spiralling Ebola epidemic spreading from its southern forests to the capital Conakry, as the death toll rose to 78 and neighbouring Senegal closed its border.
31 March 2014
Israel hands Palestinians proposal to extend peace talks Israel on Sunday handed the Palestinians a proposal aimed at extending peace talks beyond an April 29 deadline, as efforts to salvage the negotiations came to a head.
31 March 2014
Dr Maha Al Muneef. Photo courtesy of forbes.com Obama to meet woman activist on Saudi visit US President Barack Obama will meet a woman activist in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, when women have pledged to defy a driving ban, a US official said.
29 March 2014
©Reuters/Mark Blinch Nigeria arrests two Britons over 'oil theft plot' Two British nationals were among 14 people arrested on suspicion of attempted bribery in connection with an alleged plot to steal oil from a pipeline, Nigeria said.
29 March 2014
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud. ©Reuters/Brendan Smialowski Mistrust overshadows Obama's Saudi trip King Abdullah meets President Barack Obama Friday as mistrust fuelled by differences over Iran and Syria overshadows a decades-long Saudi-US alliance.
28 March 2014
Polygamy bill poses dilemma for Kenya The adoption by Kenya's parliament of a controversial bill that legalises polygamy has provoked a fierce national debate pitting modern secular values and Christianity against local traditions.
28 March 2014
Atlas Corporation Studios in Ouarzazate, Morocco. Photo courtesy of wikipedia.org Morocco's movie 'Mecca' seeks return to glory days Ouarzazate in southern Morocco was once dubbed the "Mecca" of the film industry for its studio facilities and the stark beauty of its locations, with many Hollywood blockbusters shot there.
28 March 2014
Turkey bans YouTube after Syria security talk leaked Turkey banned YouTube after the video-sharing website was used to spread damaging leaked audio files from a state security meeting debating possible military action in Syria.
28 March 2014
Egypt's Sisi announces run for presidency Egyptian army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Wednesday he had quit the military to run for president and vowed to rid the country of "terrorism" almost nine months after he toppled its elected leader.
27 March 2014
Ex-Libyan PM fears country will become terror base Former Libyan prime minister Ali Zeidan on Tuesday warned that Islamist groups were sabotaging attempts to rebuild his country in order that it become a haven for extremists, in an interview with Britain's newspaper The Times.
27 March 2014
Ebola epidemic spreads to Guinea's capital: UNICEF An Ebola epidemic which has already killed dozens of people in Guinea's southern forests has spread to the capital Conakry, the United Nations Children's Fund said on Sunday.
24 March 2014
Suspected Jewish vandals hit 45 E.Jerusalem cars Suspected Jewish extremists punctured the tyres of dozens of Palestinian cars in annexed east Jerusalem on Monday in the latest so-called "price tag" hate crime, police and an AFP correspondent said.
24 March 2014
Chechen president dedicates Israel's biggest mosque The head of the Russian republic of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, inaugurated Sunday Israel's largest mosque, in a village near Jerusalem whose inhabitants claim descent from Muslim migrants from the Caucasus.
24 March 2014
Islamist group calls for Hollande assassination A jihadist group repeated its calls for French president Francois Hollande's assassination in revenge for the European nation's recent interventions in Africa, terrorist monitoring group SITE said.
24 March 2014
Multiple suicide attack in east Afghan city kills three At least six Taliban suicide attackers stormed a police station in the centre of the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Thursday, killing three people in a major assault ahead of the presidential election.
20 March 2014

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