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Two killed as Tunisia protest against film spirals into violence
World NowTwo protesters were killed Friday after a massive protest outside the U.S. Embassy in Tunis turned violent, devolving into chaos after protesters scaled an embassy wall and set off a huge explosion with a Molotov cocktail.... -
Sharing refugees -- a 'good idea' that's gone nowhere
World NowKonate is one of more than 16,000 people who have boarded boats and landed on Malta over the past decade, often by accident. The tiny Mediterranean nation is a refugee destination out of happenstance, as people fleeing North Africa aim their boats at... -
Religious freedom under increasing threat worldwide, study says
World NowMore countries around the world are clamping down on religious freedom and harassment and intimidation of religious groups has surged, according to a new study released Thursday by the Pew Research Center. The new report tracked changes in religious... -
Egypt's Islamist president to visit Iran, news agency reports
World NowEgyptian President Mohamed Morsi plans to visit Iran this month for an international summit in what would mark the highest-level official contact between the two nations in more than 30 years, according to Egypt's state news agency.... -
Slain U.S. ambassador to Libya remembered for his languages, service
L.A. NOWChristopher Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya killed in an attack on the consulate there, was raised in a musical San Francisco Bay Area family and played the saxophone “about at the Bill Clinton level,” his stepfather joked in a tribute... -
Nakoula Basseley Nakoula's aliases duped many, prosecutor says
L.A. NOWNakoula Basseley Nakoula, the man behind the anti-Islamic film "Innocence of Muslims," used aliases to deceive people, a prosecutor says. Nakoula apparently has used names including Sam Bacile, Abanob Basseley Nakoula and Mark Basseley Youssef.... -
Furor over film capturing harassment on hidden camera in Belgium
World NowThe airing of the documentary, Femme de la Rue, ignited a firestorm last week in Belgium and France over the unwanted attention that many women report getting in the streets. The furor appears to be fueling real action: The Belgium interior minister... -
54 African migrants die trying to reach Italy on inflatable boat
World NowAfrican migrants die of thirst at sea trying to reach Europe, according to UNHCR: An Eritrean man was the sole survivor when an inflatable boat trying to reach Italy was lost at sea, according to the UNHCR. The man, found floating on the remains of the... -
Universal Language
LA Times MagazineTom Schnabel and Jordan Peimer riff on world music, audience pleasers...and what doesn't sell in L.A.... -
Egyptians begin voting in pivotal runoff election
World NowCAIRO -- A tense Egypt began voting Saturday in the runoff to choose a new president amid a tightening military grip and fears that the result will not lift the nation from decades of authoritarian rule. The choice is stark, if unsettling: Muslim... -
Gul drops in, talks up the Turkish political model
World NowTurkish President Abdullah Gul came to California this week after addressing the NATO summit in Chicago and talked up the Turkish political model.... -
The life and death of French gunman Mohamed Merah
World NowMohamed Merah, who confessed to killing seven people in a string of drive-by shootings in France, was shot in the head Thursday as he jumped from a window, still shooting, at the end of a standoff with police that lasted 32 hours. Though the siege is...
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