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Algeria police beat protesters at parliament: MP - 05/05/2013

ALGIERS- Algerian police beat tens of young people with batons as they protested outside parliament on Sunday about a lack of job security, and arrested several, an opposition MP said. "This morning,...

Palestinian health minister visits Israeli hospital - 05/05/2013

JERUSALEM- Palestinian health minister Hani Abdeen on Sunday paid a visit to the Hadassah hospital in west Jerusalem, the first visit by a Palestinian minister to Israel's largest medical facility,...

At least 62 bodies found in Syria's Banias: watchdog - 05/05/2013

BEIRUT- The bodies of at least 62 murdered residents have been found in a Sunni neighbourhood of the Syrian city of Banias, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Saturday. The latest...

Egypt mob lynches teenage son of an Islamist leader - 05/05/2013

CAIRO- An angry Egyptian mob has lynched the teenage son of a Muslim Brotherhood leader, accusing him of killing a man over Facebook comments critical of the Islamist movement, security sources said...

'Massacre' feared as Syria war comes to port city - 05/04/2013

DAMASCUS- Syrian troops Friday bombarded Sunni areas of the Mediterranean city of Banias, a monitoring group said, warning of a new "massacre," as Washington said for the first time it was looking at...

Clashes erupt in Libyan capital between rival protests - 05/04/2013

TRIPOLI- Clashes erupted in the Libyan capital on Friday between crowds demonstrating against militias in the city and supporters of a law to exclude Kadhafi-era officials from top government jobs,...

Ban talks Syria as UN envoy appears set to quit - 05/03/2013

UNITED NATIONS- UN leader Ban Ki-moon discussed deadlocked efforts to end the Syria conflict with the major powers on Thursday amid mounting signs that peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is to quit....

Saudi floods death toll rises to 20: civil defence - 05/03/2013

RIYADH- Twenty people have died and four people remain missing in Saudi Arabia after heavy downpours triggered flash floods in the desert kingdom for nearly a week, the civil defence authorities said...

Scores of journalists targeted in Syria: Amnesty - 05/03/2013

BEIRUT- Syria's regime and rebels fighting to overthrow it have killed, arbitrarily arrested and tortured scores of journalists over the past two years, rights group Amnesty International said on...

Egypt police arrest Islamist show host over slander - 05/02/2013

CAIRO- Egyptian police arrested an Islamist television show host on Wednesday after a court sentenced him to a year in prison for slandering an actress, a police official said. Police stormed...
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