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President Obama on Monday threatened military action against Syria if there was evidence that the government of President Bashar al-Assad was moving its stocks of chemical or biological weapons. It was Mr. Obama’s most direct warning of American intervention in Syria, where Mr. Assad’s military is fighting an 18-month-old rebellion.

Mali is on the brink of a major humanitarian disaster following a coup and rebellion in the north, Amnesty International says.

Syria claimed Friday it was putting an end to the rebellion in the besieged city.

A rebellion by border security forces in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, killed at least 49 people yesterday and is spreading outside the city today, the government and police said.

Rights manifesto distributed online slowly gains ground despite government efforts to quash it.

If one village is an indicator, the fierce rebellion headed by Gen. Laurent Nkunda may be ending with his arrest.