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British ambassador to US denies he helped Saif Gaddafi with PhD
Afghan police arrest suspected mastermind behind UN attack
Pastor Terry Jones: a homophobic used furniture salesman with a love of controversy
Forces serving in Libya to be told: you face the sack
Afghanistan: United Nations workers beheaded in attack on compound
Libya: rebels seek to break stalemate
Moussa Koussa, high-profile Lockerbie spymaster
Moussa Koussa profile: high-profile Lockerbie spymaster

British ambassador to US denies he helped Saif Gaddafi with PhD

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 04:33 PM PDT

The British ambassador to the US has denied claims he helped the son of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi with his PhD.

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Afghan police arrest suspected mastermind behind UN attack

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 04:21 PM PDT

Afghan police tonight arrested the suspected mastermind behind a ''brutal'' attack on a UN compound in the country which has killed around 20 people.

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Pastor Terry Jones: a homophobic used furniture salesman with a love of controversy

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 03:14 PM PDT

Pastor Terry Jones is a homophobic used furniture salesman who has become famous solely through the use of controversy.

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Forces serving in Libya to be told: you face the sack

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 02:12 PM PDT

Exclusive: Royal Navy personnel taking part in the Libyan intervention and soldiers fighting in Afghanistan will be told next week that they could be sacked under defence cuts.

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Afghanistan: United Nations workers beheaded in attack on compound

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 10:14 AM PDT

Eight foreign employees of the United Nations are killed after protesters overrun compound in northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif.

Libya: rebels seek to break stalemate

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 08:09 AM PDT

A senior rebel commander leads the charge towards the disputed oil town against the better-equipped troops loyal to Colonel Gaddafi.

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Moussa Koussa, high-profile Lockerbie spymaster

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 03:57 PM PDT

Moussa Koussa, the Libyan foreign minister who defected from Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's regime, was one of the architects of its rehabilitation in the international community but a deeply controversial figure who is likely to pose David Cameron a particularly thorny political problem.