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US should review Egypt relations: senator

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...

Michelle Yeoh says 'lifetime opportunity' to play Suu Kyi

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...

Kidnapped foreign workers freed in Yemen: minister

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. Electricity...

West clashes with Russia in UN showdown over Syria

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...

Lebanon activists fight to curb animal trafficking, abuse

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...

Detained Bahrain protester dies: ministry

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. An...

Hitchcock, Dahl snubbed British honours: files

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...

French candidate Hollande in Shakespeare 'mix-up': report

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...

Syria, Bahrain, Yemen get worst ever press freedom ranking

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...

Libya minister denies claims Kadhafi men attack town

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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