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UN consultant shot dead in Egyptian capital

CAIRO: A United Nations freelance consultant was fatally shot in the head…

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Labor activist, journalist, two others arrested for ‘inciting civil disobedience’

CAIRO: Veteran labor unionist Kamal El-Fayoumi was arrested in the industrial city…

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Security, football federation, Port Said stadium authority responsible for massacre, says PA report

CAIRO: The preliminary report by a parliamentary fact-finding committee probing the Feb.…

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Calls for general strike see limited appeal

CAIRO: Marking a year since ousted President Hosni Mubarak handed over power…

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Arabs to end Syrian mission, seek UN force

CAIRO: Arabs will end their observer mission to Syria and will ask…

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CAF gives $150,000 to Port Said victims’ families

LIBREVILLE, Gabon: The Confederation of African Football says it will give $150,000…

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PA to propose binding solutions to bread crisis

CAIRO: The People’s Assembly (PA) referred the bread and wheat crisis to…

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Arab ministers mull new steps in Syria crisis

CAIRO: Arab foreign ministers gathered in Cairo on Sunday to consider new…

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Malaysia deports Saudi journalist in Twitter row

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia on Sunday deported a young Saudi journalist wanted in…

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Saif Qaddafi to be moved to Tripoli, then tried

TRIPOLI: Saif Al-Islam Qaddafi, son and one-time heir apparent of toppled Libyan…

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