TUNISIA CALLS CONSERVATIVE ISLAMIC GROUP TERRORIST
By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Tunisian Prime Minister Ali Larayedh addresses reporters during a press conference held in Tunis, Tunisia, Tuesday Aug. 27, 2013. Ali Larayedh said that the salafist group…
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WOMAN TAKEN HOSTAGE IN MALI BACK IN TIMBUKTU
By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI FILE – In this April 24, 2012 file photo, released Swiss hostage Beatrice Stockli, left, arrives by helicopter from Timbuktu, Mali after being handed over by a militant…
KENYA: RADICAL MUSLIM CLERIC DEATH STILL A MYSTERY
By TOM ODULA FILE- In this file photo of Friday Nov. 21, 2003, Aboud Rogo Mohammed, talks to his 8-year-old son, Khubaid Aboud, in the Nairobi High Court. A Kenyan government…
EGYPT COURTS HEAR CASES AGAINST MUBARAK, ISLAMISTS
By MAGGIE MICHAEL Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, 85, is escorted by medical and security personnel into an ambulance to be taken by helicopter ambulance from Maadi Military Hospital to…
CONGO SOLDIERS, UN FORCES BATTLE M23 REBELS
By NICK LONG Residents carry the body of a person killed hours earlier when a rocket struck a home, as they take to the streets in protest over recent violence,…
EGYPT’S INTERIM PREMIER SAYS SECURITY A PRIORITY
By TONY G. GABRIEL Supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi hold posters showing victims of a military crackdown on their protest camp during a march in Cairo, Friday, Aug.…
LOW TURNOUT FOR PRO-MORSI RALLIES IN EGYPT
By TONY G. GABRIEL and SARAH EL DEEB Egyptian security forces deploy in Tanta, Egypt, Friday, Aug. 23, 2013, where supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi clashed with residents, killing…
ZIMBABWE’S MUGABE, 89, SWORN IN FOR 5 MORE YEARS
By ANGUS SHAW Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe signs a document during his inauguration in Harare, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013. Mugabe, 89, was sworn in for a five-year term on Thursday…