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Beyond the United Kingdom -- a royal rundown
World NowThe United Kingdom isn’t the only kingdom out there. As Queen Elizabeth II is feted this weekend in a diamond jubilee marking 60 years on the throne, here are some other monarchs from around the globe -- and what they've been up to.... -
Syria's Assad assails Turkish leader Erdogan in newspaper interview
World NowSyrian President Bashar Assad took direct aim at Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday in the second part of an interview with a Turkish newspaper, signaling the latest escalation of the nasty war of words between officials of the two... -
Divisions persist in U.N. over how to halt Syria violence
World NowUnited Nations diplomats scrambled Wednesday to salvage some vestige of a peace plan that has failed to halt the fighting in Syria or protect civilians from the kind of savagery that took more than 100 lives last week in Houla, most of them women and... -
Rights groups slam death-by-stoning sentence for Sudanese woman
World NowRights groups slam death sentence by stoning for young Sudanese woman: A young Sudanese woman, Intisar Sharif Abdallah, has been sentenced to death by stoning after being convicted of adultery by a Sudanese court, according to rights groups, provoking... -
Book Review: 'Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World'
Special to the Los Angeles TimesRock the Casbah Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World Robin Wright Simon & Schuster: 320 pp., $26.99 It might seem odd to appropriate the title of a song from an English punk band for a book of in-depth reporting about the evolving political...Tags: Book, Separation of Church and State, Iraq, Taliban, Egypt
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Al Qaeda goes retro with exploding underwear
Those sultans of style at Al Qaeda have released their line of lingerie for spring and it’s a blast. Tucked away in their secret atelier in Yemen, the fanatics of fashion have come up with an updated version of the exploding underwear that caused...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Espionage and Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, Fashion Shows, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Egypt ruling military to reshuffle nation's unpopular Cabinet
World NowEgypt’s ruling military leader vowed Sunday he would reshuffle the nation’s unpopular Cabinet, according to state media, in a move seen as an attempt to calm growing anger in the Islamist-controlled parliament ahead of next month’s... -
Brennan defends U.S. drone attacks despite risks to civilians
World NowWhite House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan on Sunday defended the administration's campaign of drone missile attacks against militants while acknowledging that the airstrikes have sometimes killed noncombatants.... -
Egypt calls for calm in diplomatic row with Saudi Arabia
World NowEgypt worked to calm a diplomatic squabble Sunday by urging activists to curb protests against Saudi Arabia a day after Riyadh recalled its ambassador over the case of an Egyptian lawyer arrested for allegedly smuggling banned prescription drugs into... -
International sting operation brought down underwear bomb plot
World NowWASHINGTON -- The successful blocking of an ambitious Al Qaeda plot to bomb a U.S.-bound airliner was an international sting operation worthy of Hollywood, with spies tricking terrorists into showing their cards. Saudi Arabia’s intelligence agency,... -
McManus: A ticking clock on Syria
The interventionist liberals of the Obama administration were a doleful bunch last week. It was the 20th anniversary of the siege of Sarajevo, when a Bosnian Serb army battered a city full of civilians with artillery while the United States issued...
Tags: Bill Clinton, The Pentagon, Kofi Annan, Syria, Wars and Interventions
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Tokyo and Seoul struggle to quit Iranian oil habit
World NowU.S. allies: Oil huntry Japan and South Korea struggle to honor U.S. embargo on Iran...
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