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Weapons secretly shipped to Syria at the behest of Saudi Arabia and Qatar go to hardline Islamic rebel groups rather than more secular organizations favored by the West. (AFP)
CIA

Most illicit arms in Syria go to Islamists: report

Classified reports voice frustration as there is no apparent effective way of…

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt
Soldiers patrol from Niger's national guard patrol in a village near Abalak (AFP/File, Issouf Sanogo)
Chad

Gunmen kidnap five aid workers, driver in Niger

Abduction confirmed by an aid group and a security source

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt
Television crews set up inside the debate hall as preparations continue for the second presidential debate (AFP, Stan Honda)
debate

Obama, Romney bunker down as crucial debate looms

Obama looking forward to the next debate

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt

Monday 15 Oct. 2012, issue 2051

DNE
DNE
Ali Zeidan, an ex-diplomat who defected from dictator Moamer Kadhafi's regime, is pictured in 2011 (AFP/File, Karim Jaafar)
elections

Ali Zeidan, ex-Kadhafi opponent, elected Libya PM

Zeidan won 93 votes, trumping the 85 garnered by his only other…

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt
The Ministry of Justice proposed a new draft law requesting a new committee to be formed (AFP Photo)
abdel meguid mahmoud

Judges affirm independence of judicial law

Ahmed Mekki releases a statement on prosecutor general crisis

Nouran El-Behairy
Nouran El-Behairy
Egypt

Injured protesters provide eyewitness testimony

Civil parties call for more protests on Friday.

Basil El-Dabh
Basil El-Dabh
The next government is set to propose a new worldwide investment plan that will seek to establish industrial zones in three parts of the Suez Canal region, the first being the North-West Gulf of Suez region. (AFP photo)
Daily News Egypt

Al-Sokhna crisis escalates: Turkish company threatens to divert ships to Israel

Workers still on strike cost the treasury up to EGP 15 million.

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt
8 April supporters protest in Tahrir Square on 16 June. File photo/ DNE
Daily News Egypt

Wadi’ back in prison

Mohamed Wadi’ back in prison after being hospitalised for a month.

Hend Kortam
Hend Kortam
The Muslim Brotherhood released a statement on their website denying responsibility for clashes in Tahrir Square on Friday. AFP
abdel meguid mahmoud

Muslim Brotherhood accepts attorney general remaining in office

Muslim Brotherhood has no plans for further protests, denies responsibility for violence…

Rana Muhammad Taha
Rana Muhammad Taha