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5 reasons why Africa is not ready to meet its own security needs – yet
Africa’s experiment in a regional approach to security is serious and laudable, but it will take time to build credible capacity. Here are five reasons why Africa is not ready to meet its own security needs – yet.
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Syria conflict: 5 warring factions
Syria is at the nexus of some of the Middle East's most central problems, meaning that fallout from its uprising is likely to ripple, in unpredictable ways, through the region. Here's a brief guide to the actors in the conflict.
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Prince William: 8 stories from the new book 'The Man Who Will Be King'
Writer Penny Junor explores the man second in line to the throne in her new book "The Man Who Will Be King."
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International Women's Day: How it's celebrated around the globe
International Women's Day has served for more than a century as a day to honor the achievements of women globally. Here are some ways people are celebrating:
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World's cheapest gas: Top 10 countries
While Americans and Europeans bemoan the cost of gasoline at the pumps, people in some other parts of the world enjoy filling up their tanks cheaply thanks to subsidies provided by wealthy, oil-rich governments. Here are the 10 cheapest countries on Earth to fill a gas tank.
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Africa Monitor Arms, drugs, and human trafficking: What does the future hold for northern Mali?
A new unity government was formed in Mali this week, though it remains unclear whether it will be successful in restoring constitutional rule in the Tuareg-held north.
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Terrorism & Security UN observers pull out of Syria as Western intelligence work ramps up
According to news reports, Britain and Germany are providing intelligence to Syrian rebels and looking the other way as Gulf countries provide rebels with heavy weapons.
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UN diplomat Brahimi to take over from Annan as envoy to Syria
Lakhdar Brahimi brings a long record of working in the Arab and Islamic world. The former Algerien foreign minister has unified support of the Security Council, according to a spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Brahimi is well-known for not taking orders from the big powers.
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Terrorism & Security Iran convenes conference on Syria, vowing to preserve the 'axis of resistance'
Iran, largely isolated from the West and a steadfast ally of Syria's President Assad, has a lot to lose if the regime in Damascus falls.
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Landsat program marks 40 years of photographing Earth from space (+video)
The Landsat program, a network of seven Earth-facing satellites, turns 40 on Monday.
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Fifty years after Algerian freedom, youths take fresh look at France (+video)
Younger Algerians have a more pragmatic approach to France, Algeria's former colonial master. They view engagement with the West as a necessity, especially for creating jobs through investment.
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Terrorism & Security Mali Islamists vow to destroy 'every mausoleum' in Timbuktu
Ansar Dine, the Islamist group that controls Mali's north, destroyed historic tombs and damaged a mosque this weekend, saying the religious landmarks constitute idolatry.
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A heart in protest
A Christian Science perspective: Nightly protests in Montreal, calling for greater economic and social justice, moved this resident to find a deeper source for justice.
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Syria's chemical weapons: How secure are they?
Syria has been amassing chemical weapons since the 1980s and is believed to have a larger stockpile than any other country that has faced ethnic civil war.
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Opinion: Military soft 'coup' in Egypt has precedent
There is a debate whether Sunday's decree by Egypt’s Supreme Council of the Armed Forces was actually a military coup. Precedent in Turkey and Algeria shows that whether generals put tanks on the street or issue a memo, officers’ interests are safeguarded, but society as whole pays.
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OPEC may cut oil surplus. Higher prices to follow?
OPEC has hinted that it could take measures to reduce an oil glut that has sent barrel prices tumbling. Oil prices fell below $100 a barrel last week, prompting OPEC to take action.
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Briefing
Syria conflict: 5 warring factions
Syria is at the nexus of some of the Middle East's most central problems, meaning that fallout from its uprising is likely to ripple, in unpredictable ways, through the region. Here's a brief guide to the actors in the conflict.
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In Algeria, no taste for an uprising of their own
The violence and chaos of Algeria's civil war in the 1990s has left Algerians nervous about echoing the upheavals in other Arab countries – though many would like to strengthen democracy at home.
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Focus Exclusive: Veteran Lebanese fighter trains new generation of jihadis – for Syria
Longtime fighter Mustapha explains to the first Western reporter to visit his Bekaa Valley orchard camp how he is preparing eager Lebanese to take up arms against the Assad regime.
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Prince William: 8 stories from the new book 'The Man Who Will Be King'
Writer Penny Junor explores the man second in line to the throne in her new book "The Man Who Will Be King."
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Algeria's ruling party wins polls, but turnout sends mixed message
Algerians voted in parliamentary elections, returning the ruling party to power. But many Algerians are frustrated over high unemployment and what they see as rigid rule by an aging elite.
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Chapter & Verse Jackie Kennedy, Susan Sontag, and Angela Davis: their Paris years
Jackie Kennedy, Susan Sontag, and Angela Davis may not have much else in common. But they'll always have Paris.
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Focus In France's suburban ghettos, a struggle to be heard amid election noise (+video)
In the suburban ghettos ringing France's cities, marginalized minority residents, particularly youth, struggle to access opportunity in a society that seems off-limits.
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Backchannels Good Reads: No cyber-utopia for activists
Activists in Syria and elsewhere may find it ever easier to connect online. But the governments that want to thwart them are watching.
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Consumer Energy Report Top 15 sources of US crude oil imports
Here's where the US is really getting its oil, plus a look at how imports have changed over the past decade.
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Backchannels Did Libya's revolution topple Mali into crisis?
Maybe, but the Tuaregs have longed for independence for decades, and Mali's security has been declining for years.
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Terrorism & Security France arrests 10 suspected militants in latest post-Toulouse raids
While President Nicolas Sarkozy denies the crackdown on alleged Islamist militants in France has anything to do with last month's shootings in Toulouse, today's raids were the second series since the incident.
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Assad: Aid to rebels must stop for Annan's Syria peace plan to succeed
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is under international pressure to call his troops and tanks back to their bases, a year into a popular revolt against his iron rule. But he warned the success of international envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan would not work without securing an end to foreign aid and arming of rebels opposing him.
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Why Algeria refused to let French gunman to be buried there
Mohamed Merah will be buried in a Muslim cemetery in France Thursday. His father wanted him buried in Algeria.
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Algeria: France's Toulouse gunman is not ours
French media have repeatedly pointed out Mohammed Merah's Algerian roots, but their Algerian counterparts note that he was born and raised in France.
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