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Musharraf granted bail in last legal case against him

A Pakistan court on Monday granted bail to former military ruler Pervez Musharraf over a deadly raid on a radical mosque, bringing closer his possible release after more than six months of house arrest. The ruling by an Islamabad district court means the ex-general is on bail in all the cases brought against him since his …

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French and Malian troops hunt suspects of journalist killings

French and Malian forces are questioning suspects in northern Mali to find a small group of militants who carried out the killing last week of two French radio journalists, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Monday. Claude Verlon, 58 and Ghislaine Dupont, 51, both journalists at RFI radio, were found dead in northern Mali …

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Tunisia extends state of emergency

The Tunisian presidency announced Sunday it would extend the state of emergency, which has been in force since January 2011, by eight months. “The president of the republic decided to prolong the state of emergency in

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