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Rome protest turns up heat on new PM Letta

ROME - Thousands of people protested in Rome on Saturday against austerity policies and high unemployment, urging new Prime Minister Enrico Letta to focus on creating jobs to help pull the country out of recession. | Video

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Armed groups bomb Libyan military posts in Benghazi

BENGHAZI - Armed groups attacked military posts in Libya's second city Benghazi with bombs and a rocket-propelled grenade, an army commander said on Saturday.

Libya 1:55pm EDT

Israel warns against Russian arms supply to Syria

JERUSALEM - Israel said on Saturday that advanced weapons supplied by Russia to war-torn Syria could end up in the wrong hands and be used against the Jewish state.

Russia, Syria, Israel 2:58pm EDT

At least four suspected militants killed in Yemen drone strike

ADEN - At least four people were killed and a number of others wounded in a drone strike on a vehicle carrying suspected al Qaeda members in southern Yemen, a local official said on Saturday.

Yemen 2:35pm EDT

Germany's Merkel visits Pope, urges tougher market controls

VATICAN CITY - German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Pope Francis on Saturday and, apparently responding to his criticism of a heartless "dictatorship of the economy", called for stronger regulation of financial markets. | Video

Ivory Coast arrests militia chief accused over massacre

ABIDJAN - Authorities in Ivory Coast on Saturday arrested a militia leader accused of participating in one of the worst massacres committed during the West African nation's post-election violence in 2011, a military official and witness said.

Ivory Coast, Africa 1:46pm EDT