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Egypt interim government faces tough task selling IMF reforms
By Patrick Werr / Reuters CAIRO: Egypt's interim government will have to muster…
Saudi says to honor $3.7 bln aid pledge to Egypt
By AFP RIYADH: Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday that it would honor…
Egypt detains Islamist, confusion over Al-Qaeda link
By Edmund Blair / Reuters CAIRO: An Egyptian Islamist, mistakenly identified as a…
Judges in NGO case faced ‘political pressure’; travel ban on Americans lifted
CAIRO: Political pressure may be the reason why the panel of…
Tanks mass at Syria’s Homs as US makes new bid at UN
By AFP DAMASCUS: Elite troops backed by tanks massed round the Syrian…
Iran: two worlds meet, over tea
By Parisa Hafezi and Zahra Hosseinian / Reuters TEHRAN: Mina and Mohammad stood…
Bombs kill six as Iraq says 70,000 dead 2004-2011
By W.G. Dunlop / AFP BAGHDAD: Car bombs in Iraq killed six people…
‘Party’ spirit moves aspiring Libyan leaders
By Dominique Soguel / AFP TRIPOLI: There may be no law governing the…
FJP’s Fahmy elected to head Upper House
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: The Islamist-dominated Shoura Council chose its presidents and two…
Syria death toll well over 7,500: UN
By AFP UNITED NATIONS: The death toll in the Syrian government crackdown…