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Spread of nuclear capability feared

Wealthy neighbors Kuwait and Bahrain are also planning nuclear plants, as are Libya, Algeria and Morocco in North Africa and the kingdom of Jordan.

Al-Qaida No. 2 pledges more attacks

Al-Qaida has claimed responsibility for the Sept. 11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in New York and Washington in 2001, while its affiliates in Iraq, Afghanistan and Algeria regularly set off bombs in crowded urban areas that have taken ...

French Resistance fighter dies at 100

She was also a prominent voice against the French colonial presence in Algeria and spoke out against torture. French President Nicolas Sarkozy's office hailed Tillion as "an exceptional woman for whom courage, dedication and humanism were lifelong ...

Zimbabwe launches controversial vote recount

Conference on Trade and Development, which is likely to focus on high world food prices and is due to be attended by heads of state from Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania and Algeria. Ban said he would discuss the post-election situation in Zimbabwe and in ...

Mauritania forces find bomb-making plant

Mauritanian officials say the men behind the attack are linked to an al-Qaida-affiliated terror cell headquartered in neighboring Algeria. The tourist attack and a subsequent assault on a Mauritanian military outpost led organizers of the Dakar Rally ...