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Syria: Quickly Going beyond the Point of No Return
Brussels - The situation in Syria is quickly going beyond the point of no return. By denouncing all forms of protest as sedition, and dealing with them through escalating violence, the regime is closing the door on any possible honourable exit to a deepening national crisis. (Full Story)
Sudan: Abyei at a Dangerous Tipping Point
Nairobi/Brussels - Abyei is on the brink of dangerous new conflict that risks escalation of violent confrontation between security forces and other armed proxies from North and South Sudan on the eve of Southern independence. Fighting in recent days follows months of recurring incidents in the hotly contested border territory, underscoring dangerous tensions both on the ground and between leaders of the National Congress Party (NCP) and Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM) in Khartoum and Juba, respectively. (Full Story)
Ben Laden's death : historic day -Obama
At 11:35 pm EST on May 1, President Barack Obama made an announcement that the American people had waited almost 10 years to hear: (Full Story)
French war planes pound Libyan targets
French war planes pounded Libyan targets Saturday evening, the first foreign strikes enforcing a United Nations "no-fly" zone over Libya, following an emergency international summit in Paris earlier in the day. (Full Story)
Dangerous Radiation Levels Reported at Japan's Stricken Nuclear Plant
Japanese officials say radiation levels have reached dangerous levels around an earthquake-damaged nuclear plant after a fire broke out in a storage pond holding used nuclear fuel rods. (Full Story)
Protesters Begin Marching in Libyan Capital
Protesters in Libya staged a new push to oust long-time leader Moammar Gadhafi Friday, with reports of gunfire against demonstrators in the capital. (Full Story)
Mubarak resigns
Friday was the day the demonstrators had been awaiting. The announcement of Mr. Mubarak’s resignation drew an immediate roar of cheers and honking automobile horns throughout Cairo that went on for hours. It was 18 days of sometimes violent demonstrations that forced the man who ruled Egypt for nearly 30 years to step down. (Full Story)
Egypt. ElBaradei : We cannot go back
ElBaradei told some 5,000 protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square Sunday that they "cannot go back." He called for "a new Egypt" in which every citizen "lives in freedom and dignity."

Tens of thousands of Egyptians were protesting in Cairo's Tahrir Square Monday, defying a government-imposed curfew as they continue to press for an end to President Hosni Mubarak's nearly 30-year rule. (Full Story)
A role for the United States in Tunisia’s transition?
by Rabab Fayad

Geneva - What started with a desperate act by one individual four weeks ago in Tunisia, turned into a social media campaign and culminated in a revolution that ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali from power after almost 30 years of rule. The revolution – a grassroots movement – was spurred by the suicide of an unemployed 26-year-old college graduate who set himself on fire after police confiscated his fruit cart. (Full Story)
Tunisia. Three ministers resign from coalition government
Officials with the country's main labor union, the UGTT, announced Tuesday that the group's three ministers were withdrawing because the union has decided it will not recognize the new government (Full Story)
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