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(AP) More than 1,000 inmates escape Libyan prison By ESAM MOHAMEDAssociated PressTRIPOLI, Libya More than 1,000 detainees escaped from a prison near the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi in a massive jailbreak Saturday, as protesters stormed the offices of political

Pope Francis told 30,000 young people from his native Argentina that he expected them to cause a “revolution” after World Youth Day. “Shake things up,” he urged them. “Don’t forget to make a mess, to disturb complacency!” According to Catholic

Accused Ft. Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Hasan has released a statement claiming the U.S. military is at war with his religion. Acting as his own attorney in his trial over the shooting that killed 13 and wounded more than 30

(AFP) – At least 21 people have been killed and four reported missing in floods and mudslides that hit a Chinese province where at least 95 others died this week in twin earthquakes, state media reported on Saturday. Floods, landslides

(AP) Syria says agreement reached on UN chemical probeBy BARBARA SURKAssociated PressBEIRUTTalks between the Syrian government and a U.N. delegation tasked with investigating chemical weapons allegations in the nation’s civil war have “resulted in an agreement on ways of moving

(AP) Libyan protesters storm Islamist officesBy ESAM MOHAMEDAssociated PressTRIPOLI, LibyaProtesters stormed the offices of Islamist-allied parties in Libya’s main cities on Saturday, angry at the assassination of an activist critical of the country’s Muslim Brotherhood group. Hundreds gathered in the

(AP) Spain train driver suspected of negligent homicideBy YESICA FISCHAssociated PressSANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, SpainSpain’s interior minister announced Saturday that the driver whose speeding train crashed, killing 78 people, is now being held on suspicion of negligent homicide. Minister of Interior

(AFP) – Almost three quarters of Bulgarians consider their country “intolerable”, according to a new survey released Saturday by the Open Society Institute, following weeks of protest against the government and a worsening economy. The survey of 1,155 people by

AP) At least 38 Morsi supporters killed in EgyptBy SARAH EL DEEBAssociated PressCAIROClashes erupted early Saturday in Cairo between security forces and supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi, killing at least 38 protesters and overwhelming field hospitals with the

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Morsi facing treason charge as millions demonstrate in Egypt Ousting Morsi may have saved Egypt from austerity, for a while Eastern Mediterranean becomes the next Persian Gulf Morsi facing treason charge as millions demonstrate

By DAVID DISHNEAU and PAULINE JELINEKAssociated PressFORT MEADE, Md.Army Pfc. Bradley Manning’s fate was in the hands of a military judge Friday after nearly two months of conflicting portrayals of the soldier: a traitor who gave WikiLeaks classified secrets for

The European Union, which decided to end contact between the Union and any Israeli companies operating in Judea and Samaria, is now facing repercussions and complaining about it. In response to the EU directive that forbid its members from cooperating,

As hundreds of thousands of demonstrators protested throughout Egypt on July 26, state media reported that former president Mohammed Morsi is “under investigation for charges including murder.” According to Reuters, thousands of protesters gathered in support of Egypt’s military while

Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie took on Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-KY) libertarian foreign policy directly, calling it a “very dangerous thought” in a post-9/11 world. Christie made his remarks at the Aspen Institute in Colorado on Thursday and said he has not

On Thursday, Secretary of State John Kerry spoke at the United Nations, where he gushed over the “courageous decision” by the Israelis and Palestinians to try to restart negotiations. Then Kerry mistakenly referred to the Palestinian territories as a sovereign

A Palestinian toddler who was abandoned by his parents and refused payment for medical care by the Palestinian government, has been cared for at an Israeli hospital where doctors privately fundraised to cover costs of his care. According to the

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) believes that Huma Abedin, the Hillary Clinton confidante and wife of New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner, and the State Department are stonewalling his investigation of the undisclosed consulting work Abedin did while on the

The Egyptian general in control of the forces that deposed Mohammed Morsi is calling for more protests so the military can show that it, rather than Islamists, are in charge. According to the New York Times, on July 24 General

Tunisia faced a general strike on Friday as the country was plunged into crisis after gunmen shot dead a leading opposition figure, an assassination that brought thousands onto the streets. The killing of MP Mohamed Brahmi, a father-of-five who was

A huge crowd of 1.5 million Catholics greeted Pope Francis on Brazil’s Copacabana beach after the pontiff toured a notorious Rio slum to defend the cause of the poor. Latin America’s first pope was confronted with starkly contrasting images of

A Russian court on Friday ruled to keep a member of punk band Pussy Riot in prison, after she appealed an earlier decision denying her release on parole from her sentence over a church protest against President Vladimir Putin. The

It’s a long way from your average flower show, with mock missiles bristling behind the begonias, and garden gnome-sized troops lobbing grenades over a bed of orchids. But then, as the North Korean staff inside the cavernous bloom-decked exhibition hall

A knife-wielding Chinese man stabbed five people to death and wounded another three, state media reported Friday. Ding Jinhua, 38, killed three people in a village in the central province of Henan, the official Xinhua news agency said, citing local

The Islamist Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip slammed Egypt on Friday after a Cairo court ordered ousted president Mohamed Morsi be detained for questioning over suspected collaboration with the Palestinian militant group. Morsi will be quizzed on whether he