Politics

US urges Egypt to lift state of emergency - 09/13/2013

WASHINGTON- The United States called again Thursday on Egypt's interim authorities to lift a state of emergency in force since August, which Cairo said it is extending for two months. "We remain...

Iraqi Kurd nature reserve looks to shed violent legacy - 09/13/2013

CHOMAN, Abdel Hamid Zebari- Near Iraq's northernmost point, close to Turkey and Iran, a national park of snow-capped peaks and forested valleys is drawing tourists and researchers keen to explore a...

On Benghazi anniversary, US Republicans demand answers - 09/12/2013

WASHINGTON- US House Republicans used the occasion of Wednesday's 9/11 anniversary to demand Obama administration accountability over a deadly attack on the American mission in Benghazi, Libya one...

Obama agrees to give Russia's Syria plan a chance - 09/11/2013

WASHINGTON, Stephen Collinson- US President Barack Obama postponed his threat to strike Syria on Tuesday, after Bashar al-Assad's regime welcomed a Russian plan to gather and destroy its chemical...

Toronto film festival pleads for duo detained in Egypt - 09/11/2013

TORONTO- The sister of one of two Canadians being held in Egypt rallied 300 filmmakers and 100,000 moviegoers at North America's largest film festival Tuesday to press for their release. John Greyson...

Booker nominee's novel mourns Zimbabwe's 'lost decade' - 09/11/2013

JOHANNESBURG, Susan Njanji- Zimbabwean author NoViolet Bulawayo, who is nominated for the prestigious Man Booker Prize on Tuesday, called for new leadership in her country where President Robert...

Egypt military seizes Gaza-linked weapons in Sinai - 09/10/2013

CAIRO- Egypt's military says it has seized caches of weapons in a Sinai operation including a mortar apparently belonging to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group in neighbouring Gaza. The military has...

Syria's chemical weapons arsenal - 09/09/2013

BEIRUT- Damascus Monday welcomed a Russian initiative to place Syria's decades-old chemical weapons arsenal -- one of the most important in the Middle East -- under international control to avoid air...

Obama gears up for all-out push on Syria - 09/09/2013

WASHINGTON, Jo Biddle- Washington deepened its diplomatic offensive at home and abroad Sunday as President Barack Obama braced for a key week in his push to persuade skeptical Americans to back...

Egypt army presses Sinai op as jihadists claim Cairo bomb - 09/09/2013

CAIRO, Samer Al-Atrush- Egyptian military helicopters hit militants in Sinai on Sunday as an Al-Qaeda inspired group in the peninsula claimed credit for a bombing that targeted the interior minister...
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