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A poster welcoming Pope Benedict XVI appears under an billboard advertisement for a retail shop on the Dbayeh highway, north of Beirut AFP PHOTO / PATRICK BAZ
Beirut

Vatican Pope to visit Beirut

Pope Benedict XVI calls Middle East visit a “pilgrimage for peace”

Basil El-Dabh
Basil El-Dabh
Fighters pass weapons through a hole in a building before an offensive against government forces in Izza neighbourhood of the embattled northern city of Aleppo AFP PHOTO / ZAC BAILLIE
Afghanistan

Al-Qaeda-linked militant threatens Syria

Abu Sayyaf vows to fight against Al-Assad

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt
Constituent assembly debates a clause in the proposed constitutional document (File photo) Mohamed Omar
Constituent Assembly

National Front for Democracy and Justice goes after Constituent Assembly

Constituent assembly accused of lacking transparency

Ahmed Aboulenein
Ahmed Aboulenein
Syrian women protesting outside of the Arab League building in Cairo Hassan Ibrahim / DNE
Arab League

Syrian women on hunger strike in Cairo

Six women on seventh day of hunger strike in front of the…

Rana Muhammad Taha
Rana Muhammad Taha
Ultras Ahlawy members protesting Hassan Ibrahim/ DNE
Al Ahly

Ultras protest Super Cup game

Super Cup game played despite opposition by Ultras Ahlawy fan group

Hend Kortam
Hend Kortam
Lawyers protesting in Nasser City on 7 July (File Photo) Hassan Ibrahim/ DNE
Egypt

Dozens protest membership price hike at Lawyers’ Syndicate

Protesters vow to continue protesting until board decision reversed

Basil El-Dabh
Basil El-Dabh
An Egyptian traditional scarf vender sews a scarf in front of the historical site of the great Sphinx in Giza (AFP Photo/Amr Nabil)
antiques

Tour guides call for restoring security

Protest in front of Egyptian Museum calling for the restoration of security…

Rana Muhammad Taha
Rana Muhammad Taha
Abd al-Rahman al-Shurbagi, a member of the Freedom and Justice Party’s (FJP) High Council of the North Sinai, stated that the Muslim Brotherhood’s Renaissance program is one that will serve all Egyptians, and seek to establish a constitutional democracy based on Islamic principles. (File Photo)AFP Photo AFP Photo
air defence

Former AIO chief slams El-Brince’s statements

Lieutenant General Hamdy Wahiba denies El-Brince's accusations

Ahmed Aboulenein
Ahmed Aboulenein
Libyan security guards patrol Benghazi (File photo) AFP PHOTO / Mohammed Abed
breach

Libyan parliament security breach

Libyan parliament evacuated over security breach

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt
Police officer monitor proceedings in an Egyptian Court (File photo) Mohamed Omar
defendants

Former Port Said security chief and three of his top aides acquitted

Cleared of premeditated and attempted murder of protestors during 25 January revolution

Nouran El-Behairy
Nouran El-Behairy