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US arms sales triple in 2011

Selling weapons worth $66.3 billion overseas, the US arms sales triple

Basil El-Dabh

New protests set for Friday

“We shall organise different marches to Tahrir square right after the Friday…

Rana Muhammad Taha

Libyan Minister resigns after Sufi mosque destroyed

Public pressure leads Libyan Interim Interior Minister to resign, following the recent…

Luiz Sanchez

Morsy appoints Islamist-dominated presidential team

Morsy's presidential team consists of four assistants and seventeen advisers, predominantly Islamists

Ahmed Aboulenein

Nakhnoukh “Prince of Thugs” feud with Al-Beltagy

Nakhnoukh claimes his arrest was influenced by the FJP, says his firearms…

Basil El-Dabh

Reports denied of Kuwaiti citizen kidnapped in Lebanon

Despite statements by his wife, Lebanese media denies Al-Hooty's abduction

Rana Muhammad Taha

Refugees stranded as Turkey closes border

With 80,000 refugees have already crossed its borders, Turkey declares it’s a…

Fady Salah

Taliban attack suspected of having insider help

Ten Afghani soldiers killed by Taliban driving suspicion

Daily News Egypt

Algerian hostage in Mali pleads for his life

Movement for Oneness and Jihad kidnaps an Algerian consulate employee

Luiz Sanchez

Dictatorship through democracy

New emergency law threatens to severely curb freedom

Ahmed Aboulenein