Politics

Bahrain frees medic after time served in jail - 10/08/2012

DUBAI- A Bahraini medic was freed on Sunday for time served in jail, just five days after he was sentenced with five colleagues in connection with last year's anti-regime protests in the Gulf state,...

Libyan assembly dismisses PM, rejects cabinet - 10/08/2012

TRIPOLI, Imed Lamloum- Libyan premier Mustafa Abu Shagur was dismissed on Sunday after the General National Congress rejected his proposed "crisis" cabinet of just 10 ministers, days after his first...

US judge orders Abu Hamza remain in detention - 10/08/2012

NEW YORK, Brigitte Dusseau- A US judge ordered that Islamist preacher Abu Hamza, who Washington sees as an Al-Qaeda mastermind, be kept in detention after a brief court hearing Saturday. Abu Hamza...

50 dead as Syria rebels take border town - 10/07/2012

DAMASCUS- Nearly 50 soldiers and rebels were killed on Saturday in clashes near Syria's northern border, as Turkey hit back against what it said was new mortar fire from inside Syria. Damascus, for...

US judge orders Abu Hamza remain in detention - 10/07/2012

NEW YORK, Brigitte Dusseau- A US judge ordered that radical Islamist preacher Abu Hamza, described by the US government as an Al-Qaeda mastermind, be kept in detention after a brief court hearing...

Egypt's Morsi lists successes of first 100 days - 10/07/2012

CAIRO- Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi on Saturday listed the accomplishments of his first 100 days in office to a packed Cairo Stadium of mainly Muslim Brotherhood supporters bussed in for the...

Radical preacher Abu Hamza extradited to US - 10/06/2012

LONDON- Radical Islamist preacher Abu Hamza and four other terror suspects have finally been deported from Britain to the United States, Home Secretary Theresa May said Saturday. The Egyptian-born...

Tunisia president offers 'state apology' to rape woman - 10/05/2012

TUNIS- Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki on Thursday offered a state apology to the women allegedly raped by two policemen who is waiting to hear if she will face indecency charges, Marzouki's...

Libya assembly rejects government line-up - 10/05/2012

TRIPOLI, Dominique Soguel- Libya's national assembly rejected on Thursday the government line-up put forward by new Prime Minister Mustafa Abu Shagur after protesters stormed its headquarters, a...

Syria army steps up operations in Aleppo, Damascus - 10/03/2012

DAMASCUS- The Syrian army rained shells on rebel bastions in and around Damascus on Tuesday and sent extra troops to second city Aleppo, as a watchdog said the death toll from 18 months of violence...
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