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WASHINGTON- The United States must "re-evaluate" its ties with Egypt over Cairo's apparent plans to put dozens of pro-democracy activists, including 19 Americans, on trial, a senior US senator said...
HONG KONG- Actor Michelle Yeoh said Friday playing the role of Aung San Suu Kyi in the "The Lady" was an opportunity of a lifetime, as the film about the Myanmar democracy leader made its debut in...
SANAA- Four international aid workers kidnapped by gunmen north of the Yemeni capital have been released, the minister who led mediation efforts to free them said on Wednesday.
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UNITED NATIONS, Shaun Tandon- Western powers clashed with Russia at the United Nations on Tuesday as they pushed for a UN resolution demanding the resignation of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and...
BEIRUT, Natacha Yazbeck- Lebanon's animal rights activists are fighting to bring to national attention what they say are rampant trafficking and abuse, problems that are far from priorities in a...
DUBAI- A Bahraini protester detained after clashes with police in a Shiite village has died in hospital, police said on Thursday, as the opposition accused security forces of running him over.
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LONDON- Film director Alfred Hitchcock, author Roald Dahl and artist Lucian Freud are among the people who have snubbed honours from the British monarch, government records revealed for the first...
LONDON- French presidential frontrunner Francois Hollande mistakenly used a quote that came not from William Shakespeare but from a distant relative of the Bard, a British newspaper claimed...
PARIS- Syria, Bahrain and Yemen received their worst ever press freedom ranking Wednesday in Reporters Without Borders' (RSF) index for 2011, a tumultuous year that saw the downfall of several Arab...
BANI WALID, Imed Lamloum- Deadly clashes erupted on Monday in Bani Walid, with a Libyan minister denying local officials' claims the attack on the former bastion of Moamer Kadhafi was carried out by...
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