Politics

Clooney like 'skunk in the room' for Sudan vote - 01/08/2011

JUBA, Guillaume Lavallee- Hollywood star George Clooney said on Saturday he felt like the "skunk in the room" for warning of potential violence in Sudan as he watched jubilant southerners prepare to...

Egypt Copts mark Christmas under tight security - 01/06/2011

CAIRO, Samer al-Atrush- Coptic Christians in Egypt gathered for Christmas Eve services on Thursday, protected by a cordon of steel put up by security forces after a New Year church bombing killed 21...

Kiir and Bashir, the two faces of a divided nation - 01/05/2011

KHARTOUM- One a northern Arab career soldier and devout Muslim shunned by the West, the other a former southern rebel commander and committed Roman Catholic, Sudan's two leaders Omar al-Bashir and...

US worried by 'trend' of Christian attacks - 01/05/2011

WASHINGTON- The United States said Tuesday it is "deeply concerned" about the rise in attacks against Christians in parts of the Middle East and Africa. "We are certainly aware of a recent string...

No Mideast peace for 'at least a decade:' Lieberman - 01/05/2011

JERUSALEM, Philippe Agret and Charly Wegman- Controversial hard-right Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told AFP on Tuesday "at least a decade" would be needed to reach a peace accord with...

Asia aid convoy activists enter Gaza from Egypt - 01/04/2011

RAFAH- Around 100 pro-Palestinian activists, part of an aid convoy from Asia, crossed into the Gaza Strip from Egypt early Monday, an AFP photographer said. The convoy's aid cargo is expected to...

Egyptian foreign minister in Tunisia for talks - 01/04/2011

TUNIS- Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit arrived in Tunis Monday for talks with his counterpart Kamel Morjane in the wake of a deadly church attack in Egypt which killed 21. Tunisia and...

Egypt minister pelted, fears of sectarian unrest - 01/03/2011

CAIRO, Christophe de Roquefeuil- Angry Christian demonstrators pelted an Egyptian minister with stones on Sunday, as fears rose of sectarian unrest after a bombing at a church that killed 21 people....

Asian aid ship sets sail with Gaza aid - 01/03/2011

DAMASCUS- An aid ship carrying goods for the blockaded Gaza Strip and backed by Asian activists has set sail from the Syrian port of Latakia for Egypt, a Palestinian official said in Damascus on...

Deadlock in peace efforts testing Israeli coalition - 01/03/2011

JERUSALEM, Steve Weizman- The deadlock in Middle East peace efforts is placing strain on the ruling coalition of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with ministers of the doveish Labour party...
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