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The fragile coalition in Lebanon has collapsed after 12 ministers mostly from Hezbollah and its allies resigned. It follows rising tension after strong indications that some members of Hezbollah could be indicted by a United Nations-backed investigat
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President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia has announced that he'll not stand for re-election in 2014. The president, who has enjoyed almost unchallenged power for more than 20 years, was speaking as violent demonstrations against unemployment and
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The Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali has been forced from power after a month of protests over unemployment and high food prices. The announcement was made on state TV by the Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi, who said he was now assuming p
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A night curfew is back in force in Tunisia after a day of unrest and confusion following the removal from power and flight into exile of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. More than 40 people lost their lives after riots and then a fire swept through
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Security forces in Tunisia have been fighting a gun battle with suspected members of the presidential guard at the presidential palace, several kilometres north of the capital Tunis. The Tunisian Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi told national televi
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The Prime Minister of Tunisia, Mohamed Ghannouchi, has named the ministers in the interim government intended to fill the vacuum left by the overthrow of President Ben Ali. Six ministers stay on in their posts, despite street protests in the capital
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The new unity government in Tunisia appears to be in danger of falling apart just a day after it was formed. At least three ministers, all with strong trade union links, have already resigned, and others are threatening to go. Our correspondent Wyre
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The Chinese President Hu Jintao, who's visiting the United States, has acknowledged that China still needs to do a lot more on human rights and said his country was willing to engage in dialogue on the issue. Mr Hu made the unusually candid comments
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Federal authorities in the United States have made 115 arrests in what the US Attorney General Eric Holder called the largest ever single-day operation against the mafia. Those detained include prominent members of at least six organised crime famili
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Riot police in Algeria have broken up an opposition demonstration by dozens of people in Algiers, whove been calling for greater freedom. Officials say 19 people were injured. The opposition puts the figure at more than 40. Several arrests were also
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The American congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head while meeting voters almost two weeks ago, has left hospital in Arizona to go to a rehabilitation centre in Texas. The shooting, in which Ms Giffords was injured and six others w
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The Arabic news network al-Jazeera has published details of what it says are hundreds of leaked records of Middle East negotiations. The BBC has not independently verified the documents, but al-Jazeera says they show among other things that in 2008 P
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Thirty-five people have been killed and many more injured in a bomb attack at the busiest airport in Moscow. Russian investigators say the blast in the arrivals hall at Domodedovo airport was caused by a suicide bomber. Daniel Sandford is at the scen
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Riot police in the Egyptian capital Cairo have fired tear gas and water cannon to try to break up large anti-government demonstrations. Our correspondent Jon Leyne was there. 埃及首都开罗防暴警察施放了催泪弹和水炮，试图驱散大规
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The United States has urged the Egyptian authorities to implement political and economic reforms as they face continuing anti-government protests. The American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the government had an important opportunity to res
