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Despite truce, Syrian troops resume attack on Homs
By Karin Laub / AP BEIRUT: Nearly a week after a cease-fire…
PEC upholds bans on all 10 presidential hopefuls
By Reuters CAIRO: Ten candidates for the Egyptian presidency including Hosni Mubarak's…
Port Said trial adjourned to May 5
By Safaa Abdoun CAIRO: The Port Said Criminal Court adjourned Tuesday the…
Salafi, Mubarak ex-VP fail in election appeals
By Ali Abelatti / Reuters CAIRO: The commission overseeing Egypt's presidential election…
SCAF general slams parliament attempt to limit military judiciary powers
By Heba Hesham CAIRO: Major General Mamdouh Shahin, member of the ruling…
Candidate bans may ease rancor of Egypt vote
By Tom Pfeiffer and Yasmine Saleh / Reuters CAIRO: A move to…
Turkey PM accuses Damascus of holding two journalists
By AFP ANKARA: Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Tuesday called on…
Palestinians begin mass hunger strike on Prisoners’ Day
By AFP RAMALLAH: At least 1,200 Palestinian inmates of Israeli jails began…
Huge tire fire causes Kuwait ‘catastrophe’
By AFP KUWAIT CITY: Hundreds of Kuwaiti firemen on Tuesday fought to…
Hackers take down 15 Lebanese government websites
By Oliver Holmes / Reuters BEIRUT: A group calling itself "Raise Your…