overnight. The clashes are part of a new round of fighting between pro-government tribes and Shi'ite Houthi rebels, who have been battling the government intermittently since 2004. It is the fifth day of bloody clashes between the factions. The fight

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Water is a scarce resource in the desert regions of the Middle East. Though disputes over water have come close to triggering wars between nations of the region in the past, diplomats intervened to keep tensions to a minimum. Now a new study suggests

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Water is a scarce resource in the desert regions of the Middle East. Though disputes over water have come close to triggering wars between nations of the region in the past, diplomats intervened to keep tensions to a minimum. Now a new study suggests

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Marvel Comics Superhero 'Thor' Hits Big Screen A super-hero inspired by Norse mythology leaps from the pages of Marvel Comics onto the big screen in an action adventure directed by Kenneth Branagh. Here's a look at Thor. THOR: What realm is this? Alf

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Kurds Have New Hopes Amid Mideast Changes It's lunchtime, and kebabs are on the grill at a newly-opened Kurdish restaurant in the Washington area. Hekmat Bamarni came here from northern Iraq in the 1970s, and he sits at a table in the restaurant with

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Iraqi leaders have welcomed a tentative deal on a unity government that could end an eight-month political stalemate. A major hurdle appears overcome by including the Sunni-backed Iraqiya bloc, but the potentially contentious division of cabinet post

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As Israelis and Palestinians head into U.S.-brokered negotiations, both sides are drawing lessons from Israel's unilateral pullout from the Gaza Strip, five years ago. By removing thousands of Jewish settlers and Israeli troops, Israel hoped to ease

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Two aid agencies operating in southern Somalia say deteriorating security in recent days has forced them to withdraw their international and local staff from key towns in the Jubba regions. Alisha Ryu | Nairobi 24 November 2009 Two aid agencies oper

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In Balkans, Threat of Islamic Radicalization, Russian Influence Converge 伊斯兰激进主义威胁巴尔干地区 The White House says violent extremism and Russian aggression in Ukraine are two of the greatest challenges to U.S. national security.

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: At a time when much of the country says that it hates Washington, D.C., politics, power brokers, spin doctors and compromise, not to mention the press, the executive director of the American Press Institute has written a novel that

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: For years, conservative publishers have thrived. Their readers have flocked to buy books aimed at taking down the party in power. Now that Republicans control Washington, these publishers are rethinking their strategy, and their

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抗敌主力库尔德人对伊拉克未来存疑 Western countries including the United States have begun arming the Kurdish Peshmerga forces in northern Iraq to aid their battle against extremist Sunni militants from the Islamic State group. But the

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The International Committee of the Red Cross is calling for all warring parties in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to respect the Red Cross emblem. The humanitarian situation has deteriorated in North and South Kivu provinces since fighting

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Labor unity has been short-lived. Grumbling has now broken out within the Opposition ranks over the role played by factions in choosing the frontbench. Speaker Anna Burke missed out on a senior position. She is complaining the frontbench wasnt select

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U.S. troops will begin their drawdown in Iraq at the end of this month, but there still is no government in place and violence is on the rise. On Wednesday, the U.N. Security Council urged Iraq's recently-elected legislature to form a government quic

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By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 23 November 2007 The political landscape in Namibia has been unsettled by the defection of several senior leaders of the ruling SWAPO party to form an opposition party. The split comes as longtime SWAPO leader Sam Nujoma pr

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Afghan Media Fears Loss of Editorial Independence 阿富汗媒体担忧社论失去独立性 KABUL The independence of Afghan journalists and editors is increasingly at risk in Afghanistan and a proposed new media law could make conditions even tough

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By Alisha Ryu Mogadishu 13 February 2006 Since the fall of Somalia's last functioning government in 1991, Somalis have become used to the warring factions fighting each other with automatic weapons an

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Somalia government policemen guard a street in southern Mogadishu during a raid in which 60 people suspected of creating violence in the capital were arrested (File) French Foreign Legion Training Ugandan Troops for Peacekeeping Mission in Somalia Re

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CAIRO, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged on Sunday both Israel and the Gaza-ruling Hamas to stop the ongoing fighting, calling on Israel to lift its blockade of the restive enclave and release the Palestinians. China'

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