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How David Cameron's approach to foreign intervention is evolving
The Arab spring, Gaddafi's downfall, an alliance with France and now chairmanship of the G8 have emboldened the PM abroadEver since the military success of the British-led mission to oust Muammar...
View ArticleSuicide bomb at US embassy in Turkey, two dead - video
A suicide bomber has targeted the US embassy in Ankara, Turkey, on Friday
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US embassy bombing in Turkey called 'act of terror' by Obama administration
Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says early information links Ankara bomber to a domestic militant groupThe Obama administration has declared a suicide bomb at the US embassy in Turkey...
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Inside Gao where Arab jihadis took bloody sharia retribution on Mali's black...
The people of Gao endured nine months of amputations and floggings under the rule of Islamist rebels – much of it aimed at ethnic groupsThe jihadis carried out amputations in the sandy square where the...
View ArticleGao residents reflect on their freedom - video
Residents of Gao, Mali, reflect on their freedom, now that life under the rule of Islamist rebels has come to an end
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Turkish leftist group claims it was behind US embassy bombing
Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front says it was responsible for act of 'self-sacrifice' at US compound in AnkaraA leftist militant group in Turkey has claimed responsibility for the suicide...
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Iraq rocked by suicide car bomb
At least 15 people killed and 70 injured after explosion at police headquarters in northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, say officialsA suicide car bomber, joined by other suicide attackers on foot, assaulted...
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Blair: fight against al-Qaida could last a generation
Former PM likens battle to struggle against communism and warns that cost of standing aside would be far greaterThe west's fight against al-Qaida is like the battle against revolutionary communism,...
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French forces in Mali launch air strikes on Islamist camps
Planes have bombarded extremist camps and arms and fuel depots, French military says, as first aid convoy arrivesFrench aircraft struck Islamic militant training camps and arms depots around Kidal and...
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North Africa: Mr Cameron and the sands of time | Editorial
For all the French triumphalism, everyone knows that the hardest part of the Malian intervention is about to beginFrançois Hollande was received like a liberator in Sevare, Timbuktu and Bamako at the...
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The World's Most Dangerous Place by James Fergusson – review
James Fergusson's reports of life in conflict-ridden Somalia make for sobering readingGeneral quiz time: which country tops the global corruption table? Which country is the worst for piracy? Which...
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David Cameron invites Taliban to talks over Afghanistan's future
PM hails talks in UK between Hamid Karzai and Pakistan's Asif Ali Zardari and says extremists should take partDavid Cameron issued a direct appeal to the Taliban to enter peaceful talks on the future...
View ArticleMalala Yousafzai: first interview since getting shot by Taliban - video
Malala Yousafzai speaks publicly on Monday for the first time since she was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen
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Osama bin Laden's hideout town hopes makeover will bring back tourists
Pakistani town of Abbottabad, where al-Qaida leader hid for years, plans to build an amusement park to improve imageThe Pakistani town that earned worldwide infamy as the place where Osama bin Laden...
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Guantánamo judge: defence cannot prove CIA eavesdropping on meetings
After surprise incident last week, lawyers for accused USS Cole bomber fear privileged conversations are being monitoredA judge at Guantánamo Bay refused Monday to suspend a pretrial hearing for the...
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Tessalit assumes vital importance in Mali's struggle against Islamist rebels
Saharan oasis town has geostrategic significance for Bamako, France and Tuareg separatists that helps explain the desert warTimbuktu may have attained mythical status as a fabled desert city, and its...
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Greek police 'battered four terrorist suspects then launched cover-up'
Authorities urged to investigate 'Guantanamo' style tactics allegedly used on four men caught during bank robberiesGreek authorities on Monday faced an uproar after allegations that police had brutally...
View ArticleThe Sahel and its Islamist movements - interactive
North African authorities have to contend with several radical groups that operate in the region south of the Sahara desertPaddy AllenPeter Beaumont
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North Korea video shows US city in flames after missile attack
YouTube video shows city ablaze in scenes reminiscent of 9/11, as South Korea claims nuclear test imminent in PyongyangIt begins benignly enough, with an image of a sleeping young North Korean man, and...
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Leaked Obama administration memo sets out case for killing US citizens
Lawyers give 'rules' on killing senior al-Qaida members, and seek to justify drone attacks abroadThe detailed circumstances in which a US government may order the killing of an American citizen who is...
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