A decade after the attacks on New York and Washington, has the American and British "war on terror" made either the Western or the Islamic world signficantly safer place, or has it simply bred resentment on all sides?
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David Cameron’s appearance in front of MP’s yesterday at the House of Commons Liaison Committee has done little to quieten the calls for a vote on continuing European Union membership within the ranks of his party.
As rebel forces continue the manhunt for fugitive leader Muammar Gaddafi in Libya's desert triangle, reports emerging said that more than 200 armoured vehicles possibly sheltering Gaddafi and his sons had crossed into Niger, with sources saying the colonel could be heading for Burkina Faso.
Despite Gaddafi being in hiding since the rebels assault on Tripoli, the National Transitional Council (NTC) forces are still struggling to take control of the country as latest report say that talks between the new regime and Gaddafi loyalists have broken down, leading many to fear a bloody battle for the town of Bani Walid.
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The issue of Scottish independence is one that will dominate the parliamentary landscape of the next British parliamentary term but is it a fight that either the coalition government or the Scottish National Party need to be fighting?
Throughout the last six months, Algeria has been a constant feature of the conflict: imaginary or real ally of Gaddafi, the country has been accused throughout the months of sending troops, arming Gaddafi forces or sheltering the former dictator.
After months of conflict, the rebels control most of Tripoli, but there is still no news of Moammar Gaddafi and his followers are still setting up resistance.
As the 41-year-old regime of Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi is falling apart, leaving space for the National Transitional Council to take over the country, analysts are already attempting to look at the consequences of the fall of the man that managed to cling to power for so many years.
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London is ablaze and after three days of violence rioters and looters have taken over what started off as a peaceful demonstration outside of Tottenham police station, following the death of Mark Duggan.
After weeks of debate, struggles and hesitation, a divided US House of Representatives has approved a massive austerity plan to prevent the U.S. from entering into default.
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Just a week before the Aug. 2 deadline for Congress to act, hope for a compromise between Republican and Democratic proposals, and with Washington looking stuck in an impasse, Washington the mood in the U.S. is becoming more and more tensed as the risks of a downgrade to the top-notch US credit rating are looming everyday a little bit closer.
Gaddafi is once again causing havoc it seems as coalition forces supporting the Nato-led operation in Libya appears to be at loggerheads with the International Criminal Court.Recent weeks have been marked by declaration from France, the U.K and the Rebels saying they could allow for Gaddafi to remain in Libya.
With popular uprising in Syria refusing to back down, cracks in the establishment are starting to show.However unlike Tunisia or Egypt, it seems that despite months of popular protests the Assad family, in power in Syria for more than 40 years, is not yet ready to be ousted by the dissidents.
Breivik boasted about having friends in the EDL, and meeting "entrepreneurs and political leaders" in London.
A Southern Sudanese official says northern Sudan has declared "economic war" by violating an agreement and issuing a new currency just weeks after the two countries split.
On Saturday, July 23, Norway was hit by two deadly terrorist attacks. In the first, a bomb exploded in Oslo's government sector, political analysts and commentators quickly started looking in the direction of an Al-Qaeda style Islamist group as the likely culprits in such a horrific attack.
Thousands of Africans are taking to Twitter to vent grief and anger over another famine in Somalia, raising money and comforting each other showing that once again social network are increasingly used to highlight international issues.
While the international community battles over road maps, peace talks and cease fire plans, saying they are in touch with the Libyan government, one leader, Muammar Gaddafi seems blissfully unaware that he supposedly is on the brink of accepting a deal that will force him to step down from power.
Four elderly Kenyans today won a ruling which takes them one step nearer to winning damages from the Government over alleged colonial atrocities during the Mau Mau uprising.
Chinese President Hu Jintao told his South African counterpart, Jacob Zuma, on Thursday that China will continue to work with the African Union in finding a solution to the Libyan crisis, state news agency Xinhua reported.
The Libyan conflict is now being treated as a civil war, but while the Transitional National Council (TNC) is now recognised as the legitimate representative of the people of Libya by various international states including the U.K., France and most recently, the U.S., not much is known about who the Libyan people really support.
After Sarah Palin's interview with Newsweek last weekend, speculation has intensified that she's ready to throw her hat into the ring for the Republican nomination for the right to challenge President Obama for the White House.
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Somalia is close to famine, causing over a 1,000 people a day to travel over the border into Kenya and Ethiopia, according to the United Nations.
A senior Chinese diplomat visited the Libyan rebel stronghold of Benghazi and met members of the opposition, state media said Thursday, as Beijing becomes more deeply engaged in the war-torn nation.Chen Xiaodong, in charge of North African affairs at the foreign ministry, met with officials of the opposition's National Transitional Council (NTC), the official Xinhua news agency said.
On Monday evening, it was alleged that the News of the World had hacked the phone of Milly Dowler just days after the teenager went missing near her home in Walton on Thames in 2002. As Tuesday passed, it was clear that the public was both outraged and shocked by the allegations.
