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Libyan Prime Minister Is Kidnapped, Then Freed

CAIRO Libyas prime minister, Ali Zeidan, was

kidnapped from a hotel in the capital, Tripoli, on Thursday and briefly held in an apparent act of retaliation for his presumed consent to the capture of a suspected Qaeda leader by an American commando team.

 Malala Yousafzai wins EU's Sakharov human

rights prize BBC News - 37 minutes ago Pakistani schoolgirl and campaigner Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban, has won the EU's Sakharov human rights prize.

 Egypt criticizes US decision to halt aid

Times of India - 3 hours ago

CAIRO: Egypt on Thursday criticized a decision

by the United States to halt some military and economic aid to the army-backed government in the wake of a crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood.

 Myanmar president pardons political prisoners ahead

of international summit Published October 08, 2013Associated Press

YANGON, MYANMAR Myanmar's president has pardoned 56

political prisoners, moving forward with his pledge to by the end of the year release all those jailed for opposing the government. President Thein Sein ordered their release Tuesday, just ahead of a forum in Brunei to be attended by leaders from across Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Myanmar is expected to face questions about ongoing sectarian violence. It has become a pattern for prisoner amnesties in Myanmar to coincide with high-profile international meetings as a way of highlighting the nominally civilian government's reforms since taking office after years of absolute military rule. A member of the government's political prisoner scrutiny committee, Ye Aung, said those released Tuesday included several ethnic minorities. He said about 130 political prisoners are still believed to be jailed.

 President Obama sought to assuage global

worries on Wednesday that the political dysfunction in Washington has allowed the ship of US economic policy to veer wildly off course

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