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Protests at Alexandria plant turn violent

“One person died yesterday.  Approximately 12 to 14 were injured” during protests…

Connor Molloy Connor Molloy
Opinion

Rethinking 24 August

If participating political forces can redefine the day and use it for…

Ziad A. Akl Ziad A. Akl
A Bahraini Shiite Muslim joins a demonstration in solidarity with jailed Bahraini human rights and political activists in the village of Sitra, south of Manama, in the early hours of 14 August AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH
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Trials of Bahraini protesters

The verdict of the thirteen men and an additional seven being tried…

Hend Kortam Hend Kortam
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Jordan police disperse angry Syrians at desert camp

Around 60 Syrians at the Zaatari refugee camp clashed with security guards…

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Cairo Metro (File photo) Hassan Ibrahim / DNE
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Protest over death of metro passenger

A female passenger, Madeeha Saber, was killed on the tracks earlier in…

Hend Kortam Hend Kortam
Tunisian demonstrators shout slogans and one holds a poster reading, "don't touch my rights" during a protest calling for the respect of women's rights and other fundemental rights on 13 August in Tunis AFP PHOTO / FETHI BELAID
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Thousands of women marched in Tunis to protest constitutional amendment

Roughly 6,000 protesters, mostly female, took to the streets of Tunis

Luiz Sanchez Luiz Sanchez
Rights groups, trade unionists and members of the February 20 movement protest against the high cost of living and other causes of social discontent in Rabat on 11 August AFP PHOTO / FADEL SENNA
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Moroccans protest against high prices

Activists are upset at government subsidy cuts

Luiz Sanchez Luiz Sanchez
Shiite Muslims take part in a demonstration in solidarity with human right activists Nabeel Rajab in the village of Sitra, South of Manama, on 6 August AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH
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Bahraini policemen charged with hospital violence

Authorities make some concessions to rights groups but crackdown against opposition continues

Hend Kortam Hend Kortam
Rebels of the Free Syrian Army arrive at the scene of a bombed building purportedly hit during Syrian army shelling which was targeting the Free Syrian Army command center, but instead hit a building in a residential neighborhood located behind, in Sheikh Najar area of the restive city of Aleppo, on 6 August AFP PHOTO/ACHILLEAS ZAVALLIS
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Three of the Iranians abducted in Syria killed

IRNA claimed the abducted are pilgrims visiting the Shi’a shrine of Sayyida…

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Employees at Ministry of State for Administrative Development protest their marginalisation in the new cabinet

By Mohamed Fawzy Employees in the Ministry of State for Administrative Development…

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