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Israel ‘increasingly isolated’ in Middle East, says US

TEL AVIV: The Arab Spring has left Israel "increasingly isolated," the US…

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Egypt’s Copts threaten to boycott elections

CAIRO: Lawyer and head of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights Naguib…

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Ain Shams faculty, students demand ouster of president

CAIRO: A protest by some 6,000-university professors, faculty and students from across…

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Egypt supports Palestinian conditions for peace talks

CAIRO: Egypt's foreign minister Mohammed Amr said on Sunday that his country…

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Al-Wafd, Freedom and Justice parties backtrack on joint electoral lists

CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) and Al-Wafd Party…

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Imprisoned blogger on hunger strike nears death, says brother

CAIRO: Maikel Nabil, a blogger and activist imprisoned by a military court…

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Mubarak never told army to fire on crowds: Tantawy

  CAIRO: Ousted president Hosni Mubarak never ordered the army to open…

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Call of a lifetime: ‘Congrats! You win a Nobel!’

By Karl Ritter / AP STOCKHOLM: Scientists, writers and brokers of peace around…

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Egypt volunteer in Libya wants Qaddafi ‘dead or alive’

SIRTE: He protested peacefully in Cairo's Tahrir Square to topple Hosni Mubarak…

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UN officials highlight importance of Cairo office on World Habitat Day

  CAIRO: Celebrating World Habitat Day, which falls on the first Monday…

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