- Algeria lifts 19-year-old state of emergency
- Gun battles rage in Libya as Gaddafi fights on
- New Zealand quake toll rises as hope fades for survivors
- Bahrain says ready to talk, activist can return
- Woes pile up for family of U.S. contractor in Cuba
- UK court agrees Assange extradition to Sweden
- U.S. lobbies for UN rights sleuth on Iran-diplomats
- Suicide bomber kills 15 in Iraq
- Iran warships dock in Syria, Israeli fears dismissed
- Ivorians flee street clashes, fighting hits west