Protests, and crackdown, intensify in Yemen

Yemen withdraws its Qatar ambassador after Qatari PM suggests Saleh's resignation; security forces shoot protesters

• Apr 9, 2011

Japan nuclear endgame starts; body hunt renewed

Military launches new effort to find bodies of quake and tsunami victims in Japan; nuclear cleanup could take decades

• Apr 9, 2011

U.S. warns against bus travel in northern Mexico

The drug war in Mexico spirals deeper out of control; criminals boarding buses; some bodies in mass graves identified

• Apr 9, 2011

Syrian protesters' funeral shot at by police

Syrian authorities say they will crush further unrest; Death toll in 3 weeks of protests at least 170

• Apr 9, 2011

7 killed, 15 wounded in Dutch mall shooting

Gunman reportedly takes own life after opening fire with automatic weapon at shopping center in quiet suburb of Alphen aan den Rijn

• Apr 9, 2011

Bombardment blunts Libyan rebels' advance

Government forces attack Ajdabiya as rebel fighters push towards Brega; State TV shows photos of Qaddafi visiting school

• Apr 9, 2011

1 killed as Egypt army disperses Cairo protest

Demonstrators burn cars, barricaded themselves in Tahrir Square demanding resignation of military's head

• Apr 9, 2011

Man stranded in home since Japan tsunami

Kunio Shiga cannot walk very far and doesn't know what happened to his wife 12 miles from Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant

• Apr 9, 2011

Army beats people as it breaks up Egypt protest

Soldiers fire guns into air, beat protesters with clubs while breaking up demonstration in Cairo

• Apr 9, 2011

Iraqi army raids Iranian exile camp; 10 dead

Number of victims varies with camp residents saying 31 were killed; Exiles known for calling Iraqi PM a puppet of Iran

• Apr 8, 2011

Witness: Clashes in Libya's rebel-held Misrata

Rebel forces struggle to control road linking city and its port; Humanitarian relief efforts ramp up

• Apr 8, 2011

Day in pictures

A glimpse at the days news as seen through a camera's lens

• Apr 8, 2011
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Submarine shooting leaves U.K. sailor dead

Nuclear sub's sentry arrested after incident on vessel's goodwill visit to English port; crew member seriously wounded

• Apr 8, 2011

Are sanctions "tightening the noose" on Qaddafi?

Obama administration adds five more associates to sanctions list; U.S. has frozen more than $34 billion

• Apr 8, 2011

8 killed in German pileup caused by sand storm

At least 17 vehicles catch fire in highway crash near Baltic Sea, including truck carrying flammable material

• Apr 8, 2011

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