Abbas to make scaled-down bid at U.N.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during a press conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday , Sept. 8, 2012. Abbas said will ask the United Nation's General Assembly to be accepted as a non-member state in the international organization.(AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
Palestinian leader to ask for upgrade one year after failed statehood effort.
Islamist militants claim responsibility for Israel border attack
Group says raid was in response to anti-Muslim video.
Loyalist Libyans oust Benghazi militias
Takeover of bases follows street protest against groups that many blame for U.S. Consulate killings.
Syrian rebels move HQ back home
Free Syrian Army announces shift of its headquarters from Turkey to an unidentified location in Syria.
Desperate Syrians cross a hazardous border
In Turkey, worry that the frontier with Syria is too porous and too wild.
Dueling protests in Libya reflect struggle for country’s soul
Anti-militia protesters overrun four militia bases in Benghazi amid call for the rule of law.
4 dead in clash on Sinai border
Israeli soldiers kill 3 gunmen who crossed from Egypt and attacked; 1 soldier also slain
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Islamists in Egypt
Since ousting Mubarak, the Islamists and liberals have quarreled over Egypt’s religious tenor.
Palin makes trip to holy site in Jerusalem
Palin visited a Jewish holy site in Jerusalem soon after arriving in Israel.
Making demands across the Middle East
Demonstrations inspired by uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia quickly spread.
Making demands across the Middle East
Demonstrations inspired by uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia quickly spread.
Clearing Tahrir Square
Egypt’s army and military police try to clear the last protesters from Cairo's main square.
After Egypt’s regime change
Ruling council says it will run the country for six months, or until elections are held.
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Middle East
- Turkish media say 7 killed in explosion targeting security forces in eastern province
- Egypt court sentences 3 Islamists to 15 years for killing student sitting with his fiancee
- UN chief demands international action to stop war in Syria, calls it 'a regional calamity'
- Swiss court finds 3 men guilty of aiding nuclear smuggling ring that supplied rogue states
Europe
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- Electronic fault in refueling system causes dozens of delays, cancellations at Oslo Airport
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The Americas
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