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Iranian special forces march during a military parade in Tehran AFP/File, Atta Kenare

Strike on Iran would trigger ‘World War III’: Guards

Iran could launch a pre-emptive strike if Israel prepares to attack it

Daily News Egypt September 23, 2012

Iranians shout slogans during a demonstration outside the French embassy in Tehran AFP/File, Atta Kenare

400 protest near French embassy in Iran

No violence was reported

Daily News Egypt September 23, 2012

Israel: No change to Egypt peace treaty

Israeli foreign minister says Israel won’t change peace treaty with Egypt

Daily News Egypt September 23, 2012

The presidents of Sudan and South Sudan are planning to meet to settle the conflict between the two formerly joined states AFP PHOTO / ADRIANE OHANESIAN

Presidents of Sudan and South Sudan to meet

Ethiopian summit comes amidst fighting along disputed border

Daily News Egypt September 24, 2012

Palestinian women hold pictures of their relatives held in Israeli jails during a sit-in outside the Red Crescent offices near the West Bank city of Ramallah on 18 September (File photo) AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI

Palestinian prisoners still face solitary confinement in Israeli prisons

Israel continues solitary confinement of Palestinian prisoners as more attention is directed…

Hend Kortam September 22, 2012

An Iraqi tailor sews a national flag at his workshop in Baghdad AFP Photo / Sabah Arar

Iraq aims to unite with new national anthem, flag

Iraq aiming to create new unifying national symbols

Daily News Egypt September 22, 2012

USAID estimates there are roughly 4 million Syrians in need of humanitarian assistance inside the country, with 2 million internally displaced persons. AFP PHOTO/KHALIL MAZRAAWI

Syrian clashes near Jordanian border

Fighting in Syria approaches borders again

Rana Muhammad Taha September 22, 2012

Tens of thousands protest anti-Islam film in Nigeria

(AFP) –KANO, Nigeria — Tens of thousands of people on Saturday protested…

Daily News Egypt September 22, 2012

A picture dated 19 September 1982 shows a Palestinian woman crying while civil defence workers remove the body of one of her relatives from the rubble of her home in the Palestinian refugee camp of Sabra, in West Beirut AFP PHOTO

Sabra and Shatila, 30 years on

Evidence continues to highlight responsibility and failed intervention

Daily News Egypt September 24, 2012

Palestinian relatives of Anis Abu al-Aynin attend his funeral in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip on 20 September An Israeli strike on Gaza killed two people, whom Palestinian officials described as border guards, but Israel said it had thwarted an attack in the advanced planning stage AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB

Two Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrike

Israel claims those killed terrorists, Hamas claims border patrol

Basil El-Dabh September 20, 2012