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Violence-scarred Tunisia announces new government
By Bouazza Ben Bouazza and Elaine Ganley /AP TUNIS: Tunisia's prime minister…
Whistleblower hands Assange offshore bank secrets
LONDON: An offshore banking whistleblower on Monday personally handed WikiLeaks founder Julian…
Security continues to arrest Salafis in connection with Alex church attack
By Essam Fadl ALEXANDRIA: Security forces arrested four people associated with Salafi…
Ain Shams students prevented from sitting mid-year exams for distributing flyers
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: Two Ain Shams University law students were prevented…
Arab activists hope Tunisia events inspire change
By Hadeel Al-Shalchi / AP CAIRO: Celebrations over the Tunisian president's ouster…
Gov’t proposes law on election rule change
By Ashraf Badr /Reuters CAIRO: Egypt's cabinet said on Sunday it had…
Sudan split ‘virtually certain’, says observer mission
KHARTOUM: The largest foreign poll observer mission said on Monday that the…
Talks to find new Lebanon PM postponed
BEIRUT: Talks on naming a new premier in crisis-hit Lebanon were postponed…
Israel’s defense minister quits Labor Party
JERUSALEM: Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak abruptly announced Monday that he was…