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Egyptian killed as protest targets Morsi's palace - 02/02/2013

CAIRO, Samer al-Atrush- An Egyptian was shot dead as security forces battled petrol-bomb throwing protesters at the presidential palace in Cairo on Friday and President Mohamed Morsi vowed "decisive"...

Egypt factions seek talks, opposition call for protests - 02/01/2013

CAIRO, Jailan Zayan- Rival factions Thursday condemned violence which has killed dozens of people in a week of unrest in Egypt, and pledged support for a national dialogue, as the opposition called...

Researchers decode rock pigeon genome - 02/01/2013

WASHINGTON- A team of international researchers has decoded the genome of the pigeon, 5,000 years after it was first domesticated, according to a study published Thursday. Known as Columba livia, the...

Syria accuses Israel of striking research centre - 01/31/2013

DAMASCUS- Syria accused Israel of staging an air raid on a military research centre on Wednesday, a day after a peace envoy issued a fresh warning of the 22-month conflict spilling over into...

New Syria massacre as UN envoy warns of disaster - 01/30/2013

UNITED NATIONS, Tim Witcher- The man tasked by the United Nations with finding an end to the war in Syria warned Tuesday that the country faces "unprecedented levels of horror" and is on the verge of...

Clinton says goodbye in global TV interview - 01/30/2013

WASHINGTON, Jo Biddle- Despite being grounded on doctor's orders after a bout of ill-health, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Tuesday took a round-the-world trip from Antarctica to London to say...

Russia says Assad blundered as regime courts opposition - 01/28/2013

DAMASCUS- Russia's prime minister on Sunday said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had made a "grave, perhaps fatal error" by delaying political reforms, as Damascus courted opposition forces. "He...

Clinton says can't predict her future, as 2016 looms - 01/28/2013

WASHINGTON, Jo Biddle- With only days left until she steps down as America's top diplomat, Hillary Clinton left the door open Sunday to a possible future run in the 2016 presidential elections. And,...

Deadly clashes in Egypt sparked by football verdicts - 01/26/2013

PORT SAID, Egypt, Haitham El-Tabei- Street clashes killed at least 30 people in Egypt's Port Said on Saturday after 21 supporters of a local football club were sentenced to death over a bloody...

Tunisia promises measures to protect Sufi shrines - 01/26/2013

TUNIS- Tunisia's government has promised emergency measures to protect Sufi Muslim mausoleums, which have been targeted in a number of attacks by suspected hardline Islamists, the culture minister...
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