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Iran assassination plot: Four attacks that have been blamed on Iran
For years, US officials have described Iran as the “most active” state sponsor of terror in the world. Here’s a list of major terror attacks blamed on Iran in the past four decades.
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In Pictures: Military helicopters
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In Pictures: Flight school
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In Pictures: Somali pirates
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The new celluloid heroes
Preservationists springboard off audience enthusiasm for 'Hugo' and 'The Artist' to revive old-school films.
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Jewish community draws solace from France's response to killings
Since a gunman killed a rabbi and three children at a Jewish school in Toulouse, French Jews have been bolstered by the universal national revulsion over the attacks.
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French confounded by motivation in Jewish school shooting, earlier killings (+video)
Police linked today's shooting at a French Jewish school to two earlier shootings, both of ethnic minorities. Some French are drawing comparisons to the 1999 Columbine High School killings.
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Terrorism & Security
How France's threat to pull out of Afghanistan could impact NATO
In a tough day for NATO troops in Afghanistan, a man in an Afghan military uniform kills four French troops and a helicopter accident costs other NATO troops' lives.
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Africa Monitor
What are Kenya's long-term goals in Somalia?
Answer: Kenya is making inroads against Al Shabab. But Kenya's long-term aim is unclear.
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Amid BRICS' rise and 'Arab Spring', a new global order forms
With American unilateralism ebbing, Western nations and the rising BRICS countries are still finding their way to a new geopolitical balance – and Arab Spring nations like Syria are caught in the middle.
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Iran assassination plot: Four attacks that have been blamed on Iran
For years, US officials have described Iran as the “most active” state sponsor of terror in the world. Here’s a list of major terror attacks blamed on Iran in the past four decades.
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In Pictures: Military helicopters
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Why France moved forcefully on Ivory Coast, Libya
While it was late in embracing movements that ousted old allies in Tunisia and Egypt, France has led on Ivory Coast and Libya. How much are domestic politics influencing this role?
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Terrorism & Security
Ivory Coast's Gbagbo may be considering surrender
Overnight attacks by the UN and France on the residence of renegade president Gbagbo have empowered the forces of elected President Ouattara and reportedly brought Gbago to the brink of surrendering.
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Gbagbo plays 'ugly colonialist' card as France intervenes in Ivory Coast
French-speaking Ivory Coast has long had close ties to its former colonial power. But relations have deteriorated under strongman Laurent Gbagbo.
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Libyan officials decry air strikes as immoral and undemocratic
On a tour of a missile storage area that was still smoldering, Libyan officials cast the UN-sanctioned air strikes as contrary to Western values and inconsistent with the stated aim of protecting civilians.
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What NATO looks like in the age of European austerity
Amid budget cutbacks and a 'diminishing appetite' for war, Europe has turned increasingly to the 'soft power' assignments like training and institution-building.
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Petraeus’s impossible mission in Afghanistan: armed nation-building
The US can’t build society at the barrel of a gun, but it can hunt Al Qaeda in Afghanistan.
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Cannes Film Festival's 'Hors la Loi': How well does France face its past in Algeria?
At the Cannes Film Festival last month, riot police reined in protests over 'Hors la Loi,' a film that sparked clashes over the French Army's 1945 massacre in Algeria of at least 10,000.
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In Pictures: Flight school
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Editor's Blog
Sports dynasties are impressive, but dark horses capture the imagination
Yankees, Blue Devils, Manchester United: A sports powerhouse is fun to watch. But motley crews of underdogs have a special place in our hearts.
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In Pictures: Somali pirates
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Global News Blog
Top 5 blunders of Somali pirates
Somali pirates attacked a French Navy ship by accident Tuesday night. Five suspects are in custody.
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Battling Somali pirates: Maritime businesses weigh in
In London, the business capital of the world's maritime industry, firms shape decisions on arming ships and negotiating with pirates.
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Israel finds more sympathy in Europe
Concerns about Islamist threat have influenced traditionally pro-Arab Europe's view of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Terrorism & Security
British intelligence chief: Terror threat in Britain lessened
MI5 head Jonathan Evans said Wednesday prosecutions have reduced risk. But Europe's siding with Israel on Gaza may incite European Muslims to hostility.
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Sarkozy resolute on Afghanistan despite death of 10 French soldiers
The French president sees Afghanistan, unlike Iraq, as a matter of global security and NATO responsibility.
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