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Egypt seeks to ease Lebanon-Israel tension

AP - Thursday, August 28

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Egyptian officials are trying to ease tension between Lebanon and Israel that has risen over an exchange of threats. More »

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  • Libya talks to Sudan jet hijackers after passengers freed

    Libya talks to Sudan jet hijackers after passengers freed

    AFP - Thursday, August 28

    TRIPOLI (AFP) - - Two hijackers claiming to be Darfur rebels on Wednesday released all 87 passengers from a Sudanese jet at a remote Libyan airport, keeping the crew captive for a reported bid to fly to France. More »

  • Sudan jet hijackers ready to free women, children: Libya

    Sudan jet hijackers ready to free women, children: Libya

    AFP - Wednesday, August 27

    TRIPOLI (AFP) - - Hijackers holding 100 passengers on board a Sudanese airliner at a remote airport in the Libyan desert have agreed to release the women and children among their hostages, a Libyan official said on Wednesday. More »

  • Sudanese hijackers from hardline Darfur rebel faction: airport

    AFP - Wednesday, August 27

    TRIPOLI (AFP) - - The hijackers of a Sudanese plane with more than 100 passengers on board have said they are from a hardline Darfur rebel group, the director of Libyan airport where the aircraft stopped said on Wednesday. More »

  • Libyan official: Hijackers release passengers

    AP - Thursday, August 28

    TRIPOLI, Libya - The hijackers of a plane that took off from Sudan's Darfur region were releasing passengers Wednesday after landing hours earlier at a remote desert airfield in southern Libya, a civil aviation official said. More »

  • Hijacked Sudan passenger jet lands in Libya

    AFP - Wednesday, August 27

    KHARTOUM (AFP) - - A Sudanese passenger jet hijacked on Tuesday shortly after takeoff from the country's war-torn region of Darfur by unknown assailants has landed in Libya with more than 100 people on board. More »

  • Zimbabwe opposition: Mugabe will fail alone

    AP - Thursday, August 28

    HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe's opposition accused President Robert Mugabe of abandoning talks aimed at forming a unity government, and said Wednesday he would fail if he tried to rule alone. More »

  • Egypt septuplets stir debate on fertility drugs

    AP - Wednesday, August 27

    ALEXANDRIA, Egypt - The 27-year-old woman and her husband already had three children _ all girls. More »

  • Hijacked Sudan plane lands in Libya: airline

    Hijacked Sudan plane lands in Libya: airline

    AFP - Wednesday, August 27

    KHARTOUM (AFP) - - A Sudanese passenger jet hijacked on Tuesday shortly after takeoff from the country's war-torn Darfur region landed in Kufra, in southern Libya, the executive manager of the airline said. More »

  • Warlord says he played part in Burkina Faso coup

    AP - Wednesday, August 27

    MONROVIA, Liberia - One of Liberia's most infamous warlords admitted Tuesday that he had trained in Libya and helped topple the government of Burkina Faso before overthrowing Liberia's president. More »