Giandomenico Picco and Gabrielle Rifkind: Negotiation between the two sides in the Syrian conflict should come only after regional power brokers' interests are recognised
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Sixteen anti-government fighters and four soldiers killed in clashes outside the capital of southern Abyan province. Delete the scoop?
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SOKOLO, Mali -- The first time the members of al-Qaida emerged from the forest, they politely said hello. Then the men carrying automatic weapons asked the frightened villagers if they could please take water from the well. Delete the scoop?
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SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni troops killed seven al-Qaida-linked militants — including an Iranian, a Pakistani and two Somali nationals — in the latest fighting in a turbulent southern province, a security official said Wednesday. Delete the scoop?
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Just because you think you know one of the Arab World's new Islamists doesn't mean you know them all. Delete the scoop?
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By Bakari Gueye The Mauritanian military last week launched air strikes on an al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) base in Mali's Wagadou forest. Delete the scoop?
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Bruce Riedel argues that we can’t forget to hold Musharraf accountable for bin Laden. Delete the scoop?
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ADEN, Yemen, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- An Egyptian national terrorist Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh al-Banaa, who is the head of media department of the al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and 23 others, including the son of U.S.-born radical cleric Anwar al- Awlaki were killed in intensified air strikes in Yemen's southeastern province of Shabwa, military official said Saturday. Delete the scoop?
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Social networks might promote democracy, but they also empower the enemies of freedom. In this week's Newsweek, Niall Ferguson looks at how the power of online networking is used by all sides in battles of democracy.
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At first glance, the FOX News headline, “al Qaeda: Yemen province now an Islamic Emirate,” is pretty disturbing. But it’s not remotely true. The US media is getting played by the King of Spin, President Ali Abdullah Saleh and his legion of Baghdad Bobs, again.
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Libyan leader says he is shocked by betrayal of European leaders, his former allies, who have slapped economic sanctions on Tripoli following a violent crackdown on protests in the country.
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DUBAI (Reuters) - U.S.-born al Qaeda militant Anwar al-Awlaki, killed in a CIA drone strike in September, posthumously called on U.S. Delete the scoop?
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Dominican-born US citizen, 27, allegedly plotted to bomb soliders, police cars and post offices, said mayor Bloomberg... Delete the scoop?
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Once welcomed as liberators, Libya's rebel fighters are beginning to outstay their welcome in Tripoli. Delete the scoop?
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Five al-Qaeda suspects were killed in artillery shelling by Yemen’s army in the country’s restive southern city of Zinjibar, officials said on Saturday. Delete the scoop?
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Unidentified gunmen have abducted three European aid workers from an refugee camp in western Algeria, officials said Monday. Delete the scoop?
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A food giveaway over the weekend to the famine-plagued people in Somalia raises a question: What kind of group is Al Qaeda these days? Delete the scoop?
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Thousands packed into a stadium to denounce the group for a suicide bombing last week that killed scores of people. Delete the scoop?
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Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh is facing down mass protests and defections with backing from the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, who are betting it’s safer to let a key ally against al-Qaeda leave on his own terms.
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Islamists have had a marginal role in these revolutions – but that could be changing, writes Peter Bergen.
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