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Palestinians push for U.N. recognition as state

The Palestinians began a campaign Thursday to rally support for U.N. recognition as an independent state, planning demonstrations in the Palestinian territories and worldwide before asking the world body to accept them as a full member state later this month.

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Evidence shows that Libyan arms caches looted

A U.S. government arms expert and several private American weapons disposal contractors are aiding Libyan officials in the hunt for dangerous mobile antiaircraft systems amid news reports that massive arms caches in Tripoli were looted after the ouster of the Moammar Khadafy regime, the State Department confirmed Thursday.

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Libyans find mass grave, bodies of slain detainees

(09-09) 12:37 PDT GALAA, Libya (AP) -- In a grove of pine trees near this mountain village, residents have dug up the remains of 35...

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Latest developments in Arab world's unrest

(09-09) 12:36 PDT , (AP) -- ___ LIBYA Libyan fighters launch a two-pronged assault on one of the last towns to resist the country's...

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Cuban dissidents detained ahead of protest

(09-09) 12:35 PDT HAVANA, Cuba (AP) -- A leading human rights worker said Friday that authorities have detained two former political...

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Tunisian rights group holds long-barred meeting

(09-09) 12:06 PDT TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) -- A long-suppressed Tunisian rights group has been allowed to hold its annual congress for the...

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Syrian protesters seek foreign help amid crackdown

(09-09) 11:48 PDT BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Thousands of Syrian protesters appealed Friday for international help in the face of a...

AP 9.9.11 11:48 AM

Austrian incest suspect freed; testimony changes

(09-09) 11:42 PDT VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- An 80-year-old Austrian man held for around two weeks on suspicion that he regularly raped...

AP 9.9.11 11:42 AM

Libya to ask Niger: Don't allow Gadhafi officials

(09-09) 11:23 PDT NIAMEY, Niger (AP) -- Libya's ambassador said Friday his country's rebel administration wants Niger to stop giving...

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