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Returning to Somaliland to shape the future
By Hussein Ali Nur and Guled Mohamed HARGEISA, Somalia - Almis Yahye Ibrahim remembers when he and his friends hit on the idea of...

Muslim rebels agree to leave villages in Philippines
By Manny Mogato MANILA - The Philippines called on Muslim rebels to rein in their members on Friday after some guerrillas refused...

Gaza militants warn Israel truce may end in 3 weeks
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA - Gaza 's Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) militant group on Thursday warned Israel that a truce bet...

U.N. Iraq mandate renewed; Baghdad wants more U.N. help
By Megan Davies UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council voted on Thursday to keep the United Nations mission in Iraq for anoth...

Pakistan coalition to move for Musharraf impeachment
By Kamran Haider ISLAMABAD - Pakistan 's ruling coalition will move to impeach President Pervez Musharraf on charges of plunging ...

Israeli police to question Olmert for fifth time
JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who last week threw Israeli politics into turmoil by announcing plans to resign, was questioned ...

Georgian troops, warplanes, pound separatists
MOSCOW - Russian peacekeepers are waging a "fierce " battle with Georgian forces in South Ossetia and have suffered 12 dead and 150 wou...

Australia police reopen 7,000 cases after DNA error
CANBERRA - Australian police will re-examine 7,000 crimes solved through DNA evidence after a mistake forced detectives to free a suspec...

Gunmen kill murder investigator on U.S.-Mexico border
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - Gunmen killed a senior police homicide investigator in Ciudad Juarez on the U.S.-Mexico border, the fourth polic...

Britain criticizes U.N. probe of Kosovo raid
By Megan Davies UNITED NATIONS - Britain on Wednesday criticized a United Nations probe into the March storming of a courthouse b...