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Yemen: Fighting in south kills 50 militants

By Ahmed Al-Haj / AP SANAA: Yemeni artillery and military aircraft backing…

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South Sudan’s Kiir rejects calls to withdraw troops

By Hannah McNeish / AFP JUBA: South Sudan's President Salva Kiir rejected…

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Admin court keeps alive Abu Ismail’s election hopes

By Sarah El Deeb / AP CAIRO: The Cairo Administrative Court has ordered…

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Court delays verdict on citizenship of presidential candidate’s mother

By Heba Hesham CAIRO: The court was yet to rule late Wednesday in…

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Profiles of Egypt’s main presidential candidates

By AP The Islamists: Khairat Al-Shater Deputy head of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's…

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In post-Mubarak Egypt, it’s one ‘giant conversation’

By Dina Zayed / Reuters LUXOR: Scrambling down the tunnel of a 3,000-year-old…

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First president of independent Algeria dies

By Christian Lowe /Reuters ALGIERS: Ahmed Ben Bella, Algeria's first president after…

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PA to discuss amending political rights participation law Thursday

By Safaa Abdoun CAIRO: The People’s Assembly will hold an emergency session Thursday…

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Bahrain activist blocked from entering Egypt

By Sarah El Deeb / AP CAIRO: A Cairo airport official says a…

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Court recuses itself in Al-Shater presidential qualification case

By Heba Hesham CAIRO: The court looking into the qualification of Muslim Brotherhood…

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