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Activist accused of ‘counter-revolution activities’ on hunger strike in prison

By Marwa Al-A'asar CAIRO: Activist Wael Ali Aboul-Leil accused of conducting “counter-revolutionary…

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Al-Qaeda: No. 2 al-Zawahri succeeds bin Laden

CAIRO: Al-Qaeda's longtime No. 2 leader, a doctor from a prominent Egyptian…

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Egypt spy allegations a throwback to another time

CAIRO: Egypt's arrest of a US-born Israeli on suspicion of spying for…

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CSR meets civil society to plot the way forward at CARE conference

CAIRO: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) executives and civil society members gathered to…

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National Security to serve the people not the government, says minister

By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: Minister of Interior Mansour El-Essawy stressed on Wednesday that…

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Differing viewpoints on achieving social justice in Egypt

By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: “Despite the kind of government that comes next, be…

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Mubarak probe ‘extremely difficult’, says investigator

By AFP CAIRO: A judicial official investigating the wealth of ousted Egyptian…

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Egypt imams get their own union

By AFP CAIRO: Egypt's ministry of endowments has approved a request by…

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Syrians flee northern town as tanks close in

AMMAN: Thousands of Syrians have fled the historic town of Maarat Al-Numaan…

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Dozens dead in new front between north-south Sudan

NAIROBI: Fighting has erupted along a new front near the internal border…

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