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LONDON - Al-Qaeda is poised to overrun five states in North Africa and the Middle East, creating terrorist safe havens from which the network can launch attack on the West, Europe and the US have been warned.

WASHINGTON - National Public Radio (NPR)'s decision to fire news analyst Juan Williams over his remarks on "seeing Muslims on airplanes" has been slammed by Muslim American activists and scholars.

NEW YORK/KABUL - Civilians in southern Afghanistan are in greater danger now more than ever, with American-led forces mercilessly pounding Taliban strongholds in the region, especially in Kandahar province.

MONTRIAL - Pakistan is an oligarchy (a government in which a small group exercises control, especially for corrupt and selfish purposes), which has money to buy F-16s and exempts the rich from paying income tax, has money to keep an atomic arsenal capable of destroying half the planet, but does not have money to provide aid to flood victims, a media professional has said.

LONDON - For a dog, walking on its hind legs might be at most a smart trick, but for diva dog Lulu it's a habit and not just that - the fancy pooch prefers to carry her own handbag.