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Protests across Tunisia demand president quits
By Mohamed Hasni and Hamida Ben Salah/AFP TUNIS: Thousands of protesters demanded…
French foreign minister to Egypt, Gaza next week: spokesman
PARIS: France's Foreign Minister Michele Alliot-Marie will visit Israel and the Palestinian…
Freedom in decline worldwide: US report
WASHINGTON: Global freedom declined for a fifth straight year in 2010 as…
MPs call for charges against media over church explosion coverage
By Abdel-Rahman Hussein CAIRO: A group of National Democratic Party (NDP) MPs…
Security disperses solidarity protest for alleged torture victim
By Tamim Elyan CAIRO: Security forces dispersed a protest held in downtown…
Forum to focus on countering food crisis in Africa
An upcoming forum will focus on ways of boosting innovation in the…
Egypt’s south Sudanese vote to go home
CAIRO: Lining up in front of a polling station in Cairo, a…
UN official discusses freedom of expression, internet at Cairo conference
CAIRO: “Freedom of expression is like a river that flows with the…
Israeli army to collect settler weapons: report
JERUSALEM: The Israeli army is to begin collecting weapons from Jewish settlers…
Rivals set for showdown in Lebanon gov’t crisis
BEIRUT: Rival parties in Lebanon on Friday prepared for a showdown over…