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Bulgarian envoy escapes Yemen kidnap attempt
May 13th, 2012
Bulgaria's ambassador to Yemen escaped a kidnap attempt while he was driving through Sanaa in a diplomatic car, security officials said on Sunday. (Source: AFP) -
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) - The center-right party of former Prime Minister Boiko Borisov has fallen far short of winning a majority needed to form a government, according to nearly final election results released on Monday, and appears to have no willing partners to join a coalition. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
BEIJING (AP) - A top North Korean envoy delivered a letter from leader Kim Jong Un to Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday and told him Pyongyang would take steps to rejoin stalled nuclear disarmament talks, in an apparent victory for Beijing's efforts to coax its unruly ally into lowering tensions. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Syria's prime minister narrowly escaped an assassination attempt in the heart of the heavily defended capital Monday, state media said, laying bare the vulnerability of President Bashar Assad's regime. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
ISLAMABAD (AP) - President Barack Obama's speech on the use of drones and the fate of Guantanamo prisoners was largely welcomed Friday in two key countries affected by the policies- Pakistan and Yemen. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
By Tom Perry and Yousri Mohamed CAIRO/ISMAILIA (Reuters) - Seven Egyptian security men kidnapped by Islamist militants in Sinai last week were freed on Wednesday and President Mohamed Mursi vowed to pursue a crackdown on lawlessness in the desert peninsula. The abduction underlined the threat posed by jihadists who have exploited a security vacuum ... [Full Article]
BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian opposition forces have targeted government officials, army and police officers and civil servants in their campaign to topple President Bashar Assad's regime. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]