London mayor turns Games into political gold

London mayor Boris Johnson has had a golden political Olympics, emerging for the first time as a serious contender for prime minister despite -- or perhaps because of -- his clownish antics.

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Brahimi to be new Syria envoy

Lakhdar Brahimi, a veteran diplomat and former Algerian foreign minister, is expected to be named as the new UN-Arab League envoy to Syria in place of Kofi Annan, diplomats said Thursday.

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Pro-Islamist elected Libya assembly chief

Libya's new national assembly late Thursday elected as its president,Mohammad Yousuf Maqrif, a staunch opponent of Moamer Kadhafi's overthrown regime who is seen as being pro-Islamist. Maqrif, who had led the Libyan National Salvation Front that grouped exiled opponents of Kadhafi,

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