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Iraq holds 73 as two million throng shrine city

KARBALA: Iraq has arrested 73 Al-Qaeda-linked suspects officials said were implicated in…

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British Muslims look to public relations to engage

LONDON: The last decade has been nothing less than challenging for Muslims…

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Alexandria factory collapse death toll reaches 26

CAIRO: Egyptian rescue workers have pulled 26 corpses from the rubble of…

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Swedish tolerance threatened by first suicide bombing

By Rita Devlin Marier/ AFP STOCKHOLM: Even as Sweden's Muslim community denounces the…

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Radical Islamists defy Gaza’s Hamas rulers

GAZA CITY: Radical Islamist factions are challenging Hamas's rule in the Gaza…

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In Saudi, Israeli ‘new historian’ slams Netanyahu

RIYADH: A Saudi-promoted Arab initiative is the best model for peace, Israeli-British…

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Peace deal would free Arabs to focus on Iran: Rudd

JERUSALEM: An Israeli-Palestinian peace deal would free up the Arab world to…

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US memos: Mubarak’s son as president tough sell

By Agencies CAIRO: American diplomats believe Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak would have a…

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Senior Al-Tagammu members call on party chief to step down

By Marwa Al-A'asar CAIRO: A number of senior Al-Tagammu opposition party members…

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WikiLeaks’ Assange to learn bail fate Thursday

LONDON: Julian Assange will find out on Thursday if he will be…

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