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Morsi may have misjudged Egypt's tolerance of authoritarianism

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 06:04 PM PST

The president's recent power play has brought tens of thousands back into Tahrir Square amid fear that he and the Muslim Brotherhood are going too far.

CAIRO — Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood inherited a corrupt police state with failing institutions. Crime was rising, and the economy was in free fall immediately after longtime leader Hosni Mubarak was toppled last year.

M23 rebels ignore deadline to give up control of Goma, Congo

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 12:00 AM PST

Instead they issue a long list of demands. The army threatens military action to take back the city.

GOMA, Congo — Rebels who seized the eastern city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo ignored a deadline set by regional leaders to leave and instead spelled out a long list of demands Tuesday.

Conflict has left Syria a shell of its former self

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 08:45 PM PST

Millions of homes, schools, mosques, churches and hospitals have reportedly been damaged or destroyed since the uprising began in March 2011.

BEIRUT — First his parents' home in eastern Syria was reduced to rubble, followed by his father's pharmacy. Then Melad received a call last month informing him that his own apartment in a Damascus suburb had been obliterated by a bomb unleashed by a MiG jet.

State Department warns U.S. travelers about violence in Mexico

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 12:00 AM PST

The State Department urges travelers to 'defer nonessential travel' to four of Mexico's 31 states — Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango and Tamaulipas.

Although the number of U.S. citizens killed in Mexico so far this year is down, the U.S. State Department has again issued a detailed travel warning for visitors to the country.