Europe Urges Citizens To Leave Libya's Benghazi -- Reuters
(Reuters) - European countries urged their nationals to leave the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Thursday, with Britain citing a "specific and imminent" threat to Westerners days after a deadly attack by Islamist militants in neighboring Algeria.
Officials declined to give details, but Britain has warned of a growing militant threat in North Africa, which Prime Minister David Cameron has called a "magnet for jihadists".
The call to leave Libya's second largest city irked Libyans keen to win foreign investment to rebuild a fractured infrastructure and boost the oil industry after the revolution which toppled Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
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MIDDLE EAST
France sees no sign Syria's Assad will be toppled soon.
Syrian jets bomb rebel-held areas near Damascus.
REPORT: Saudi Arabia sent 1,200 death row inmates to fight in Syria.
About 20,000 Syrian refugees flee to Jordan in a week. Jordan reels over Syrian refugee crisis.
Turkey aids Iran through gold trade.
Bahraini princess facing multiple torture charges.
Turkey-PKK peace talks hit new snag.
Palestinians say they may have no choice but to take Israel to Hague court.
Tribal movement wins Jordan vote, Islamists to protest.
ASIA
U.N. to consider validity of China's claim over disputed islands.
Philippines aims to drill in South China Sea.
Japan logs record trade deficit in 2012.
N. Korea hints at nuclear test following UN resolution.
China-North Korea ties strained over nuclear tests. China urges calm and restraint on North Korea nuclear test plan.
Pakistan admits to holding 700 militants without charge.
India issues Kashmir nuclear war advisory.
Japan forces Taiwanese activists to retreat from islands. Japan turns Taiwan activists back from disputed islands.
Trial in India gang rape case begins in New Delhi
AFRICA
Al-Shabab threatens to kill Kenyan prisoners.
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Mali army accused of 'summary executions'.
U.S., Africa say Mali action counters growing Islamist threat.
Mali rebel splinter group says it is ready for talks.
UK special forces active in Mali.
Burkina Faso soldiers join french troops in Mali.
Isabel dos Santos: 'First African female billionaire'.
Algeria militants played shrewd media game.
CAR rebels break terms of cease-fire.
Two years since uprising, Egypt braces for more protests.
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EUROPE
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Azeri police use tear gas to break up protests.
Catalan lawmakers pass resolution on sovereignty.
Spain's unemployment rate reaches record high.
Malta parties fight "tablet war" as election nears.
Slovenian government on verge of collapse.
Russian pollster says approval for Putin at 12-year low.
AMERICAS
Canadian police in Algeria to investigate gas plant attack.
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UN launches inquiry into drone killings.
U.S. drone kills six suspected al Qaeda members in Yemen: sources.
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Japan rejects currency war fears.
Apple's weak results spark fresh round of price target cuts.
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