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Israeli soldiers fire teargas at Palestinian protesters near the village of Aqraba in July AFP PHOTO / JAAFAR ASHTIYEH

Politics Region

Israeli defence minister proposes West Bank withdrawal

Jewish settlers should leave West Bank or accept Palestinian Authority government

Daily News Egypt September 24, 2012

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert speaks to the press following a sentence hearing in his corruption case at Jerusalem's District Court AFP PHOTO / GALI TIBBON

Politics Region

Former Israeli prime minister escapes harsh sentencing

Ehud Olmert could return to politics

Connor Molloy September 24, 2012

About 2,000 villages had been hit by overflowing waters from the rain-swollen Brahmaputra River AFP, Biju Boro

India floods displace millions

More than one million persons displaced in Guwahati

Daily News Egypt September 24, 2012

Hailemariam Desalegn, who was Foreign Minister at the time, addresses the UN General Assembly on 26 September 2011 AFP PHOTO / EMMANUEL DUNAND

Ethiopia’s new leader takes office

Hailemariam Dessalegn assumes role as Ethiopian leader

Connor Molloy September 22, 2012

Indian Premier Manmohan Singh said he acted in the national interest to stop "a loss of support in our economy" AFP Photo / Punit Paranjpe

Indian PM heckled over reforms

Supreme Court lawyer shouted for the prime minister to "roll back" the…

Daily News Egypt September 22, 2012

Hailemariam Desalegn, who was Foreign Minister at the time, addresses the UN General Assembly on 26 September 2011 AFP PHOTO / EMMANUEL DUNAND

Ethiopia’s next ruler to be sworn in Friday

Opportunity or status quo?

Daily News Egypt September 20, 2012

Our revolution: a tourist attraction!

The "Freedom, Social Justice and Bread" calls that rocked the square 20…

Rana Allam January 13, 2013

People take part in a demonstration in Madrid on September 15. Mass protests in Spain and Portugal, against ever tougher austerity measures, have ramped up the pressure on Iberian governments struggling to avoid international bailouts AFP Photo

Mass anti-austerity rallies in Spain, Portugal

"I see the future as very black", says a 55-year-old worker

Daily News Egypt September 16, 2012

Ahmed Shafiq, Egypt's former prime minister and presidential hopeful AFP PHOTO / MARWAN NAAMANI

Ex-presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq, a fugitive

Mubarak’s last prime minister charged alongside Mubarak’s two sons, Gamal and Alaa…

Rana Muhammad Taha September 11, 2012

President Yanukovych speaks during a political rally (File photo) AFP PHOTO / Sergei Supinsky

Journalists in Ukraine protest media crackdown

Protesters disrupt Ukrainian president’s speech on press freedom

Luiz Sanchez September 4, 2012