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Syrian Troops Shell Homs Following UN Condemnation

Activists say tank fire, artillery shelling hit four neighborhoods in central city

Image from amateur video purports to show Syrian forces in Homs, Syria, February 16, 2012. (AP cannot independently verify the content, date, location or authenticity of this material.)

India Treads Lightly Amid Accusations Against Iran

Indian police have yet to locate suspect in bombing attack on Israeli vehicle that Israel blames on Iran

Police officers stand around an Israeli diplomat's car that was damaged in an explosion in New Delhi, India, February 14, 2012.

Uganda Warns Somali Leaders to Unite Ahead of Conference

Uganda's foreign minister is urging Somalis to make the most of a high-powered London meeting in support of their country

Uganda's Acting Foreign Affairs Minister Okello Oryem (R) is greeted by Somali Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defense Hussein Arab Issa upon his arrival at Mogadishu Airport, February 13, 2012

Report: China Detains Hundreds of Tibetans

Human rights group says detainees undergoing mass political re-education after traveling to India for religious teachings

Tibetans display portraits of  those who killed themselves in self-immolation, Taipei, Taiwan, Oct. 19, 2011.

Bahrainis Complain of Government Tear Gas Attacks on Neighborhoods

Bahrain facing mounting unrest surrounding first anniversary of the country's pro-democracy uprising

Riot police fire tear gas toward anti-government demonstrators in Musalla, Bahrain, on the edge of the capital of Manama, February 16, 2012.

Syrian University Town Could Hold Key to End to Conflict

Aleppo left divided; it is still a government stronghold, but also source of anti-government opposition

Aleppo, Syria

ECOWAS Ends Summit, Elects New Chairman

Economic Community of West African States elects Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara as chairman

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara (file photo)

Will Fatah-Hamas Accord Affect Mideast Peace Process?

Analyst says power-sharing agreement represents gift for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Qatar's Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani and Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal (L-R) talk before an agreement signing ceremony in Doha, Qatar, February 6, 2012.

Group: Sudanese Police Arrest 'Hundreds' of Student Protesters

Students had been holding sit-in since January to protest alleged cases of harassment, intimidation, violence by police

Map of Sudan

Challenges Remain for Kosovo, Four Years After Declaring Independence

Relationship with Serbia - which has not recognized independence of its former province - is at center of myriad of challenges

Kosovo Albanians set up Albanian national flags in the town of Kacanik, southeast of the capital Pristina, February 16, 2012. Kosovo celebrates the fourth anniversary of its declaration of independence from Serbia on February 17.

US Pro-Democracy Groups Under Fire for Work in Egypt

Several US aid organizations are facing criminal charges in Egypt for allegedly inciting pro-democracy protests

In this Thursday, December 29, 2011 file photo, workers from one of the US non-governmental organizations, the National Democratic Institute, wait as Egyptian officials raid their office in Cairo.

Somali Youth Warned Not to Become Pirates

Conference in Nairobi focuses on how to prevent young people from falling prey to lure of quick and big money on high seas

Map of Kenya

Adopted Russian Children in US Maintain Homeland Ties

Adoptive parents say most of the 60,000-some Russian children are doing well in the US

Dimitry Miller, known as Dima and his sister, Dasha keep up their connections with family back in Russia by telephone or Internet
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