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The alleys and archways along Rashid Street in central Tripoli were plunged in darkness Saturday night, as the Libyan capital struggled to cope with widespread shortages of electricity.

Syrian troops rolled into the northeastern city of Deir Ezzor with tanks and bulldozers early Sunday morning, part of a renewed crackdown on anti-government protests, an opposition activist told CNN.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced details about a new financial team Sunday, a day after more than a quarter of a million demonstrators took to the streets protesting the rising cost of living in the Jewish state.

A week ago Sunday, Iranian courts announced that they would soon formally sentence three American hikers accused of being spies. Seven days later, the world waits to see whether Iran will respond to American calls for leniency.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has arrived in Cuba for the next phase of his cancer treatment, Venezuelan state media reported Sunday.

A NATO helicopter crashed Saturday in eastern Afghanistan, marking the second crash in the region in less than two weeks.

Libyan rebel forces gained ground against ruler Moammar Gadhafi’s forces Saturday after a massive offensive in the western town of Bir Al-Ghanam.

Syria plans to hold parliamentary elections by the end of the year, the state-run news agency reports, citing the country’s foreign minister.

Al-Shabaab Islamist militants have withdrawn from the war-torn Somali capital, Mogadishu, after heavy fighting Saturday with government and African Union forces, the nation’s president says.