Is al Qaeda outdoing U.S. on truth?

Peter Bergen says an al Qaeda leader's apology contrasts with U.S. silence about the drone that hit a wedding party



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Ukraine activist-journalist beaten

A prominent Ukrainian civic activist and journalist was beaten on Christmas Day by a group of men who dragged her from her car outside of Kiev in the latest attack on government opponents, authorities said.



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Ice storm chaos on U.S.-Canada border

About 129,000 customers were without electricity in parts of Michigan, and hundreds have taken refuge in Red Cross shelters in Michigan, Vermont and Maine.



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Former Egyptian PM arrested

Egyptian police arrested former Prime Minister Hisham Qandil in an apartment in Giza governorate, according to state-run news agency EGYNews.



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Escaping violence in South Sudan

Escaping violence in South Sudan



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Iran sends Christmas Tweet

Another sign of new rapprochement with Western culture, or a cynical public relations ploy?



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Egypt calls Brotherhood 'terror group'

Egypt's interim government officially declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization Wednesday, blamed it for a bombing this week that killed 16 people, and announced that anyone who is a member of the group will be punished.



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