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Al-Qa’ida terror threat ‘is the most specific since 9/11’
Sunday 04 August 2013
Yemen the focus for intercepts that sparked international diplomatic alert
US issues worldwide travel alert following embassy closures over al-Qa'ida security threat
Friday 02 August 2013
Those affected include Kuwait, Egypt, Iraq and the United Arab Emirates
Gaddafi minister sentenced to death in Libya
Wednesday 31 July 2013
A criminal court in the western city of Misrata has sentenced a Gaddafi-era education minister to death for murder and for inciting violence during the 2011 civil war.
Saudi prince loses £6.5m Gaddafi claim
Wednesday 31 July 2013
A billionaire Saudi prince has lost a High Court fight with a Jordanian businesswoman.
Rome counts down to Silvio Berlusconi tax fraud verdict
Wednesday 31 July 2013
Postcard from Italy: Billionaire mogul has been told by his lawyers to put a sock in it
Billionaire Saudi prince loses commission fight over Gaddafi airliner
Wednesday 31 July 2013
Consultant Daad Sharab said Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal Bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud owed her about £6.5m
Home Office says UK is no 'refuge for war criminals' after 100 suspects rejected by border officials since 2012
Tuesday 30 July 2013
In total, 800 applicants were investigated as possible suspects
Home Office says UK is no 'refuge for war criminals' after 100 suspects rejected by border officials since 2012
Tuesday 30 July 2013
In total, 800 applicants were investigated as possible suspects
The green shoots of recovery? Morocco considers the legalisation of marijuana cultivation
Monday 29 July 2013
Keen to boost the economy and pacify a restive nation, politicians want to decriminalise cultivation of marijuana
More than 1,000 inmates escape from Libya's al-Kweifiya prison
Saturday 27 July 2013
The jailbreak happened as protesters stormed political party offices in Libya's main cities
Car bomb detonated and one shot dead ahead of funeral for murdered MP in Tunisia
Saturday 27 July 2013
A man was killed and a car bomb detonated in the Tunisian capital of Tunis on Saturday during violent protests ahead of the funeral of an assassinated politician.
Unions launch strike in Tunisia over Mohamed Brahmi assassination
Friday 26 July 2013
All flights to and from the country cancelled
Tunisia erupts in renewed protests after opposition leader Mohamed Brahmi is killed
Thursday 25 July 2013
Killing could derail fragile democracy in birthplace of the Arab Spring
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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