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Arab League Prepares Plans for Sanctions Against Syria

Anti-government protesters pray next to the bodies of people who were among the Sunni Muslims killed on Wednesday, in Hula near Homs November 2, 2011.
Arab officials will prepare plans for sanctions against Syria on Saturday over its failure to let Arab League monitors oversee an initiative aimed at ending a violent crackdown on protesters seeking an end to President Bashar al-Assad's rule.
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Yemen’s president reportedly on brink of quitting

Yemen's Saleh Signs Deal to Give up Power

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh signed a deal on Wednesday under which he stepped down from 33 years in power and 10 months of protests against his rule that have brought the country to the edge of civil war.
Saif al-Islam is seen after his capture, in the custody of revolutionary fighters in Obari, Libya

ICC prosecutor happy for Libya to try Gaddafi son

The International Criminal Court's prosecutor said on Wednesday he was happy for Libya to try Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam instead of sending him to the Hague, and cast doubt on whether the country's former intelligence chief had been caught.
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Pakistan Names 'Dedicated Democrat' as U.S. Envoy

Pakistan appointed a former information minister and human rights campaigner as its ambassador to the U.S. States Wednesday, moving quickly to fill a post left vacant after tension between the civilian government and military.
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South Africa passes secrets bill, media furious

South Africa's parliament passed a bill on protecting state secrets on Tuesday despite criticism at home and abroad that it harks back to apartheid legislation and makes it easier for corrupt officials to conceal graft.
A riot policeman fires rubber bullets at protesters during clashes on a side street near Tahrir Square in Cairo

Egyptian protesters struggle to throw off army rule

Egyptians frustrated by army rule battled police in Cairo streets again on Tuesday as the military struggled to cope with a challenge to its authority that has jolted plans for the country's first free election in decades.
Protesters carry a man injured during clashes with riot police in a side street near Tahrir Square in Cairo

Egyptian Protestors Struggle to Throw Off Army Rule

Egyptians frustrated with military rule battled police in the streets again on Tuesday as the generals scrambled to cope with the cabinet's proffered resignation after bloodshed that has jolted plans for Egypt's first free election in decades.
Egyptian riot police clash with protesters at Tahrir Square in Cairo

Protesters Hold Tahrir, Call for Huge Rally to Oust Army

Egyptian activists called for a huge turnout in protests Tuesday to put an end to rule by the military which also saw its authority challenged by the resignation of the civilian Cabinet, casting uncertainty on elections due next week.
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Gaddafi's son captured, scared and without a fight

Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam has been captured in Libya's southern desert, scared and with only a handful of supporters, by fighters who vow to hold him in the mountain town of Zintan until there is a government to hand him over to.

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