Month: December 2011

Qaeda group claims kidnap

RABAT (AFP) Al-Qaeda’s north African wing said Thursday it was behind the kidnapping of two “French spies” and three other Europeans in Mali last month, in statement whose authenticity could not be verified. In...

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How Bahrain works Washington

SALON.COMIn the latest twist on lobbying, Mideast autocracies repackage propaganda as “media awareness” BY KEN SILVERSTEIN Reuters/Hamad I Mohammed/AP/J. Scott Applewhite Ever since last February, when security...

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