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Amanda Knox Trial: Latest News and Pictures

Amanda Knox Trial
Amanda Knox is free to return to the United States after she and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were cleared by a Perugian court of killing Meredith Kercher late last night.
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Obama’s Next Presidential Campaign: Underdog as A Winning Tactic?

After winning over the U.S. and the world with his 'Yes we can' slogan, Obama's next presidential campaign announces itself gloomier and harder than its precedent as a new poll suggest a majority of Americans expect him to be a one-term president, only, prompting the president to call himself an 'underdog.'
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Middle East Peace Talks: Are the U.S and the UN Quartet Helping or Harming Israel?

With criticisms against the U.S. efforts to block the Palestinian statehood bid and the UN Quartet's unwillingness to directly tackle the settlements issue growing, many accuse those leading efforts to renew peace negotiations of being biased in favour of Israel, leading to the country becoming more and more regionally isolated.
Louise Bagshawe

10 Babes of the Conservative Party Conference

After modelling his whole political life on Tony Blair, has David Cameron now bought into the idea of promoting women to the top of Cabinet based on their looks, not their abilities?
Jalaluddin Haqqani

Afghanistan, The U.S. and Pakistan: Where Will the War of Words Lead?

Pakistan is still hitting back at allegations from Afghan officials that its intelligence agency masterminded the assassination of Kabul's chief peace negotiator with the Taliban, threatening the region's stability and pointing the finger at their neighbour rather than looking at the lack of efficiency of domestic forces.
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Osborne and IMF Managing Director Lagarde speak to each other at Chatham House in central London

Osborne to Address UK Growth Concerns

Chancellor George Osborne will address the Conservative Party conference Monday, with a clear message for Britain: The economy is in safe hands under the coalition government's plans.
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron

David Cameron’s Libya Visit Has Multiple Implications

British Prime Minister David Cameron, accompanied by his foreign minister, paid a visit on Sept. 15 to Tripoli, the recently liberated capital of Libya. This was the first visit there by the head of state of a key European country since the deposition of former Libyan President Col. Moammar Gadhafi.
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Labour Party Conference 2011

The Labour party conference 2011, second in the series of the UK's major parties' self-review, was a real sandwich between the preceding one of LibDems and the succeeding ones of Tories coming next week.
Moussa Ibrahim, a Libyan government spokesman, holds a news conference in Tripoli

Libya News: Doubts on Moussa Ibrahim Capture Show Lack of Transparency and Cohesion

Unconfirmed reports that Ibrahim was dressed as a woman as he attempted to flee Sirte, where the NTC fighters are currently fighting pro-Gaddafi forces emerged just after Mustafa bin Dardef a commander for the NTC's Zintan brigade said: "Misrata fighters contacted us and gave us the information that Mussa Ibrahim has been captured."
Berber

Berbers, Other Groups Stake Their Claims on the 'New Libya'

While the situation in Libya is still far from stable as the National Transitional Council forces are still fighting pro-Gaddafi forces and the new government struggles to implement the transitional plan regulating the transitional phase, emerging political voices are starting to surface. For example include the Berbers, who after fighting with the NTC now want to be assured more political space in the 'new' Libya.