ALGIERS- Algerian youths working on fixed-term contracts for the government took to the streets Sunday threatening to boycott the May 10 legislative polls if they were not awarded permanent jobs....
PARIS- Moamer Kadhafi's regime agreed to fund French President Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 election campaign to the tune of 50 million euros, a news website reported Saturday, publishing what it said was...
BRUSSELS- The European Union said Friday it was "extremely concerned" about continuing violence in Syria in violation of a ceasefire and in spite of the presence of UN monitors on the ground. "I call...
DUBAI- Thousands of Bahrainis demonstrated on Friday against police repression, witnesses said, after the Gulf kingdom insisted it respects the right to protest and that its security forces intervene...
UNITED NATIONS- The Syrian government is "in contravention" of an agreed peace plan by keeping troops and heavy weapons in cities, UN leader Ban Ki-moon said Thursday. Ban also said he was "gravely...
DAMASCUS- French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe on Wednesday labelled the UN-backed peace plan for Syria "seriously compromised" and held out the threat of seeking military action to end the year-long...
UNITED NATIONS, Tim Witcher- UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan called Tuesday for the rapid deployment of 300 ceasefire monitors in Syria but a top UN official said it will take at least one month to...
"They cannot be an extension of a political party abroad or receive foreign funding," said Mustafa Landi, a member of the legal committee. Political parties must have a minimum of 250 founding...
DAMASCUS- Syrian troops killed 28 civilians in the city of Hama, monitors said, as UN military observers toured protest centres near the capital, and both Brussels and Washington imposed new...
LYON- Interpol, the international police organisation, Monday said it had rejected a call by Cairo for the arrest of 15 foreigners linked to non-governmental organisations operating in Egypt. The...
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