Adam Nossiter New York Times

The French government said Tuesday that it was helping negotiate the surrender of Ivory Coast's strongman, Laurent Gbagbo, a day after the United Nations and France struck targets at his residence, his offices and two of his military bases in a significant escalation of the international intervention into the political crisis engulfing the nation.F...

Even as North African neighbors have smoldered, the oil-producing giant Algeria  has kept a sullen calm in the wake of a stifled protest march here last week, with the regional upheaval, for now, not catching on.Police officers deployed widely in the whitewashed streets to tamp down an antigovernment rally on Feb. 12, and they are expected to ...

The French government said Tuesday that it was helping negotiate the surrender of Ivory Coast's strongman, Laurent Gbagbo, a day after the United Nations and France struck targets at his residence, his offices and two of his military bases in a significant escalation of the international intervention into the political crisis engulfing the nation.F...

Even as North African neighbors have smoldered, the oil-producing giant Algeria  has kept a sullen calm in the wake of a stifled protest march here last week, with the regional upheaval, for now, not catching on.Police officers deployed widely in the whitewashed streets to tamp down an antigovernment rally on Feb. 12, and they are expected to ...