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By By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, on May 22nd, 2013 Egyptian state TV says six policemen and a border guard kidnapped by suspected militants in the Sinai Peninsula last week have been freed.
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian state TV says 6 policemen, border guard abducted in Sinai have been released. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By Bel Trew, on May 21st, 2013 Bel Trew on a moment of hope for Egypt’s gays and lesbians
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By By STEVEN LEE MYERS, on May 21st, 2013 In an annual report, the State Department singled out nations that abused laws on blasphemy and apostasy to harass political opponents.
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By , on May 18th, 2013
Singer Bonnie Tyler is set to make her Eurovision debut on Saturday when she performs UK entry Believe In Me at the annual contest in Malmo, Sweden.
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By , on May 18th, 2013
Thousands of protesters, led by trade unionists, rally in the Italian capital Rome against the policies of the new coalition government.
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By , on May 18th, 2013
A 25-year-old Saudi woman makes history by reaching the summit of the world’s highest mountain.
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By , on May 18th, 2013
No 10 denies that “anyone in Downing Street” made comments reported in several newspapers describing Tory activists as “mad, swivel-eyed loons”.
Continue reading No 10 issues ‘loon slur’ denial
By , on May 18th, 2013
The widow of former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko calls for the inquest into his death to be abandoned and replaced with a public inquiry.
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By , on May 18th, 2013
The education secretary is like a “fanatical personal trainer” who urges schools to jump higher and run faster, a head teachers’ leader is to say.
Continue reading ‘Fanatical’ Gove attacked by union
By , on May 17th, 2013 The UN’s refugee agency says that more than 1.5m people have fled the conflict in Syria, and warns the total is likely to be far higher.
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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> US President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan insisted that President Bashar al-Assad must step down amid a flurry of moves to organise peace talks to end Syria’s bloody civil war. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 12th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A lawyer representing former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak denied that his client had spoken to a newspaper, describing as a fabrication reports that he had said it was too early to judge Mohammed Mursi’s performance as president. Sunday’s edition of El Watan said its journalist had broken through security lines to speak to Mubarak on Saturday before his retrial on charges of complicity in the death of protesters killed in the uprising that swept him from office. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By BEN HUBBARD, on May 12th, 2013 Egypt’s rising-star rappers predated the revolution that ousted President Hosni Mubarak, but the turmoil since has left a huge youth population searching for voices that address issues they care about.
Continue reading Egypt’s Chaos Stirs Musical Revolution
By By BEN HUBBARD, on May 11th, 2013 An American diplomat said that his Egyptian counterparts told him that the United States Embassy was targeted.
Continue reading Egypt Arrests 3 in Plot to Attack Cities and an Embassy
By , on May 11th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak appeared in court on Saturday to face a new trial for complicity in the murder of hundreds of protesters during the 2011 uprising, as well as for corruption. The 85-year-old Mubarak, who was taken into court in a wheelchair dressed in white and wearing sunglasses, is on trial along with his former interior minister, Habib al-Adly, and six security chiefs. He also faces corruption charges with his two sons, Alaa and Gamal. All defendants pleaded “not guilty” to the charges levelled against them. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By Justin Green, on May 10th, 2013 An apparently less than brilliant Egyptian man stabbed one of the few Americans who might have been sympathetic to his cause:
Continue reading Egyptian Man Stabs American Who is a Pro-Palestinian Arabic Professor
By , on May 8th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> At least eight people were feared dead after a container ship smashed into a control tower in Italy’s busiest port in Genoa. The 50-metre high, glass-topped tower was destroyed when the Jolly Nero ploughed into the dock during the night. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By BEN HUBBARD, on May 6th, 2013 Egyptians commemorate the arrival of spring with the holiday Sham el-Nessim, meaning “smell the breeze,” and its signature dish, a smelly fish called feseekh.
Continue reading Cairo Journal: A Taste of Spring That Reeks of Tradition
By , on May 6th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned against escalating a fraught situation in Syria after Israel struck targets near Damascus on Sunday, targeting what its officials said were Iranian missiles bound for Hezbollah militants. Israeli officials said the raid, the second in 48 hours, was not connected to Syria’s civil war. It was aimed, rather, at stopping Lebanon’s Hezbollah, an ally of Iran, acquiring weapons that could be used to strike Tel Aviv if Israel followed through on threats to attack Iranian nuclear facilities. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Egyptian state TV says 6 policemen, border guard abducted in Sinai have been released
<!– google_ad_section_start –> CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian state TV says 6 policemen, border guard abducted in Sinai have been released. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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