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Climate-Conflict Link May Help Avert Crisis: Study

A new study has revealed a stronger evidence for the climate-conflict link, with data showing that tropical countries affected by the El Niño-Southern Oscillation are twice as likely to suffer internal unrest compared to the phenomenon's cooler, wetter counterpart, La Niña.

Notorious El Nino Doubles Civil Wars, Scientists Say

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The El Nino climate cycle brings not only high temperatures and dry weather, but also possibly civil wars, a new study claims.Between 1950 and 2004, the risk of civil wars doubled in 90 tropical countries when bit by El Nino every three to seven years, according to a study published in Wednesday's Nature.
Cario’s Tahrir Square on fire , frenzy on Police services ( Photos)

Flash Mobs: 5 Biggest Flash Mobs of All Time

Flash mobs are becoming an increasingly terrifying phenomenon in many American cities. But they have been used as a tool of political protest for a decade, and text messaging and social media have helped people communicate in many significant instances.
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Libya: Fall of Tripoli

Libya Rebels Close in on Gaddafi Compound

Libyan rebels battled on Tuesday around Muammar Gaddafi's headquarters, where a son of the veteran leader had emerged overnight to confound reports of his capture and to rally cheering loyalists for a rearguard fightback.
A wall mural depicting Gaddafi government propaganda is pocked with bullet holes after Libyan rebel fighters pushed pro-Gaddafi soldiers out of the center of the strategic coastal city of Zawiyah

Analysis: Gaddafi's Fall will Inspire Arab Revolutions

The implosion of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's 41-year-old rule will put a new spring in the step of the Arab revolutions and demonstrate once again that these entrenched autocratic governments are not invincible.
Members of the Libyan community in Tunisia gather outside the Libyan Embassy in Tunis

Gaddafi's Tanks Open Fire in Tripoli

Libyan government tanks shelled parts of central Tripoli Monday after rebels swept into the heart of the city and crowds took to the streets to celebrate the expected downfall of Muammar Gaddafi.
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Egypt and Israel Try to Calm Crisis over Border Killings

Egypt and Israel tried Sunday to defuse a diplomatic crisis over the killing of five Egyptian security personnel during an Israeli operation against cross-border raiders, as crowds of Egyptians protested angrily at the Israeli Embassy in Cairo.
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Atom Egoyan to direct movie based on West Memphis

Atom Egoyan, the Egyptian-born director, plans to start shooting a movie based on convicted murderers the West Memphis Three - the subjects of the 1996 documentary Paradise Lost - in early spring 2012, TheWrap has confirmed.
Israel-Palestine

Egypt Withdraws Envoy to Israel Over Killing of Troops

Egypt has said it is withdrawing its envoy to Israel, holding Tel Aviv responsible for the deaths of five Egyptian border troops on Thursday. The latest development marks the lowest ebb in the relations between the two countries that had maintained cold peace over the last several decades.
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Egypt Enters Fray After Israel Attacks

According to reports, five Egyptians were killed in the fire-fight between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian militants. The event occurred Thursday, near the southern Israel city of Eilat.
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BART Police Site Hacked by Beginner

When Northern California's Bay Area Rapid Transit agency turned off cell phone service to disrupt peaceful protests, "hacktivist" group Anonymous, breached BART's Web site and released personal information in protest.

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