Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Died Today

The crown prince of Saudi Arabia was King Abdullah's half-brother and first in line to the Saudi throne. He was also minister of defense and aviation. He was in his eighties and was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2004. He is thought to have died at a New York hospital. Prince Sultan had been on a visit to the US for medical tests, and...

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Ghadaffi captured?Killed??

Muammar Gaddafi has been captured by revolutionary forces in Libya, it has been claimed today. The former Libyan dictator was reportedly found cowering in a hole in the ground at the centre of Sirte after rebels moved in on the city for a final account. Fighter Mohammed Al Bibi told reporters that the toppled tyrant had pleaded 'Don't...

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Police shot tear gas as protesters riot in Italy

Italian police fired tear gas and water cannons Saturday in Rome as violent protesters turned a demonstration against corporate greed into a riot, smashing shop and bank windows, torching cars and hurling bottles. The protest in the Italian capital, which left dozens injured, was part of the "Occupy Wall Street" demonstrations against capitalism...

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Yemen forces kill 12

 Security forces shot dead at least 12 people protesting against the rule of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the capital Sanaa Saturday and al Qaeda insurgents blew up a pipeline, halting the nation's gas exports. Yemeni officials said the attack on France's Total gas pipeline was in retaliation for the killing of the head of the media department of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in an air raid on militant outposts...

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