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Arab League considers new Syria measures
CAIRO (AP) -- The Sudanese head of the Arab League observer mission to Syria resigned Sunday, hours before foreign ministers were to consider a proposal to send a new mission to the country including U.N. monitors, according to officials....

Iraq opens new oil export terminal in Persian Gulf
BAGDHAD (AP) -- Iraq inaugurated a new offshore oil export terminal in the Persian Gulf on Sunday in a vital step to ease infrastructure constraints and to bring sorely needed cash for reconstruction after decades of war and international sanctions....

Hamas strongman in Gaza rejects unity deal
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- A rare public rift broke open Sunday in the usually tightly disciplined Islamic movement Hamas over a reconciliation deal that would require it to relinquish key areas of control in the Gaza Strip....

Turkmenistan votes in presidential election
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) -- Voters in Turkmenistan headed to the polls Sunday in a presidential election designed to cement the incumbent's hold on power in the authoritarian Central Asian nation....

UK gov't: Press must face tougher penalties
LONDON (AP) -- The British Cabinet minister responsible for the media says the press must face tougher penalties for breaches of standards in the wake of the tabloid phone-hacking scandal....

Venezuelans: Will Chavez's challenger pose threat?
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- With Venezuela's first-ever opposition primary set to begin, allies and adversaries of President Hugo Chavez are focused on one burning question: Will the winner have what it takes to defeat a shrewd and charismatic leader who thrives during election campaigns?...

Militants decry attacks against Pakistani military
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistan's leading militants have called on fighters to honor an agreement not to attack the Pakistani military in the most important sanctuary for the Taliban and al-Qaida along the Afghan border....

Al-Qaida urges Muslims to help Syrian rebels
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Al-Qaida's chief has called on Muslims from other countries to support rebels in Syria seeking to overthrow President Bashar Assad, saying they cannot depend on the West for help....

Gunmen kill provincial judge, child in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Gunmen burst into a family home of a provincial judge in eastern Afghanistan, killing him and his niece in the latest assassination of an Afghan government official, authorities said Sunday....

France's far-right leader attempts image change
PARIS (AP) -- Marine Le Pen has purged the old guard from her father's extreme-right National Front party and is reaching out to Jews, maligned under his leadership, in her bid to be the next president of France....

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