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Egypt sending team to help realize Palestinian deal

CAIRO: Egypt will send a security team to the Gaza Strip to…

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200 quit Syria’s ruling party to protest crackdown

BEIRUT: More than 200 members have quit Syria's ruling Baath party in…

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Bahrain sentences 4 Shia protesters to death

DUBAI: A military court in Bahrain on Thursday convicted four Shia protesters…

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Yemen opposition warns bloodshed may derail deal

SANAA: Yemen's opposition warned the government on Thursday that violence against street…

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Libya’s Qaddafi trains volunteer army to fight NATO

TARHUNAH: The man squats down and fires. A rocket-propelled grenade shoots into…

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Palestinians applaud surprise unity deal, Israel growls

RAMALLAH: A surprise deal to end decades of rivalry between Fatah and…

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US board faults Egypt on religious freedom

WASHINGTON: A US commission called Thursday for Egypt to be put on…

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Cairo University students protest at Israeli embassy

CAIRO: Tens of Cairo University students protested Wednesday in front of the…

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Perpetrators of Arish gas pipe blast unidentified, says official

CAIRO: Security officials have yet to identify the perpetrators of an explosion…

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Army says media completely free, despite HRW report

CAIRO: The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) said in a…

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