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Gunmen abducted the American, identified by the US Embassy as Warren Weinstein, in Lahore, Pakistan, on Saturday. The kidnapping is a reminder of the risk foreigners, and especially Americans, face in a country dealing with Islamic militants. By REUTERS German artist fuels debate on problems inherent to idea of surveillance, using evidence of how Stasi secret police functioned in Cold War. Beginning of Story Content A US law enforcement expert who has agreed to help tackle gang violence in Britain in the wake of recent riots in urban centres says the government cannot arrest their way out of systemic problems facing the country. August 13, 2011 Fresh Clashes in Western Libya VOA News Libyan rebels say they have pushed closer to Tripoli by advancing on a town in a western mountainous region. August 13, 2011 (HAVANA) -- Fidel Castro marked his 85th birthday outside of the public spotlight Saturday, with little fanfare around the aging revolutionary icon who is rarely seen in public these days but still casts a long shadow over Cuban society ... By REUTERS MOGADISHU - Somalia on Saturday called for the creation of a special humanitarian force to protect food aid convoys and feeding camps in the famine-hit Horn of Africa country and secure the capital. British police have charged a man with robbing a Malaysian student during riots in London in an incident that was watched by millions of people online, Scotland Yard said. August 13, 2011 Mass Economic Protests Continue in Israel VOA News Leaders of a social protest movement in Israel say mass demonstrations will again be held on Saturday throughout the country to demand further reforms of the Israeli economic system. The June killing of 17-year-old Sarfraz Shah was caught on video and caused unprecedented anger after it was broadcast widely in Pakistan. -These targeted drone strikes kill civilians in extraordinarily low numbers compared to any other combat operations in the history of mankind. CAMPAIGNING for Norways local elections next month kicked off today with all parties making opening comments together as a sign of solidarity with the victims of last months deadly twin attacks. A train packed with passengers derailed in central Poland on Friday as it was traveling from Warsaw to Katowice, killing four passengers and injuring dozens of others. The Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton on the Grazia cover on 9 May (left) and the original image (right). Photograph: Grazia/Getty Images Grazia has admitted that it inadvertently slimmed down the waist of the Duchess of Cambridge by digitally ... Piracy has become more common off the coast of West Africa the International Maritime Bureau has said. The head of the bureau, Capt Pottengal Mukundan, said there were 15 attacks off the coast of Benin in the first half of the year. In July 2002 a small group of Israeli and Palestinian economists sat down for a rare meeting in the idyllic French village of Aix-en-Provence. AP CAIRO -- Hundreds of protesters rallied in Cairos Tahrir Square on Friday, briefly scuffling with riot police and defying Egypts military rulers who are eager to prevent any demonstrations in the iconic square since forcefully clearing a weekslong ... September 20 marked for UN vote on Palestinian statehood; PA foreign minister says Abbas “will insist on this historic initiative and Ban Ki-moon will present the request to the Security Council. The New York Police Department has formed Facebook and Twitter units in order to track down and monitor criminals and criminal behavior on social media sites.
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