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One of Libya’s most powerful military figures said he has resigned his post as head of the Tripoli Military Council to run for public office, Al Jazeera reported.
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Members of Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi’s inner circle, including his son and heir-apparent Saif al-Islam, ordered the killing of opponents, according to intercepted phone calls obtained by Al Jazeera.
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Al Jazeera English said it was closing its Beijing bureau after China refused to renew the visa of a correspondent whose stories included reports on secret jails and forced abortions in the country.
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Amnesty International and the Committee to Protect Journalists urged Sudan to free Faisal Mohamed Saleh, a journalist who criticized President Umar al- Bashir last month and was arrested yesterday.
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Egyptian security forces broke up a protest near the Defense Ministry in Cairo, leaving 128 injured, as thousands rallied against the violence that killed at least seven in the past week.
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Premier League soccer fans in the U.K. will be able to watch more live matches than ever before from the 2013-14 season after organizers put a record 154 games up for sale to broadcasters.
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The United Nations has recruited only half the 300 military observers it needs to staff its unarmed monitoring force in Syria, a cease-fire mission that one Security Council diplomat said is designed to fail.
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Attacks on the Syrian central bank in Damascus and three blasts in the northern city of Idlib killed at least eight people and injured many more, state television reported.
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At least seven people were killed in fighting throughout Syria as the U.S. said the United Nations-backed peace plan for the country was failing.
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Syria’s opposition is pushing for tougher United Nations measures against the government of President Bashar al-Assad as a cease-fire brokered by UN envoy Kofi Annan crumbles.
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