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Lawlessness in Somali port after Islamist retreat
World
September 30, 2012
Lawlessness in Somali port after Islamist retreat
Lawlessness is reigning in the Somali port city of Kismayo, where gunmen have killed at least three people since the…
US pushing Gulf nations to develop missile defense
World
September 29, 2012
US pushing Gulf nations to develop missile defense
The United States is pushing Gulf countries to develop missile defense plans, amid what they see is a rising threat…
Blair could have prevented Iraq war, says Annan
World
September 29, 2012
Blair could have prevented Iraq war, says Annan
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was the only person capable of turning George Bush against the 2003 Iraq…
Saudi denies entry to some 1,000 Nigerian women for Hajj
World
September 26, 2012
Saudi denies entry to some 1,000 Nigerian women for Hajj
AFP — Saudi Arabia has denied entry to some 1,000 Nigerian woman seeking to visit for Hajj because they were…
France court upholds Total convictions over spill
Environment
September 25, 2012
France court upholds Total convictions over spill
PARIS — France's top court on Tuesday upheld energy giant Total's conviction for negligence in a 1999 shipwreck and oil…
Israeli FM: Israel won’t accept Egypt treaty changes
Egypt
September 23, 2012
Israeli FM: Israel won’t accept Egypt treaty changes
Israel will not accept alterations to its 1979 peace treaty with Egypt, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Sunday,…
Nazi war criminal died in Egypt: German court
Egypt
September 22, 2012
Nazi war criminal died in Egypt: German court
BERLIN — German judicial authorities Friday officially said for the first time that Nazi war criminal Aribert Heim, known…
Source: Israel hands Egypt bodies of Sinai gunmen
Egypt
September 22, 2012
Source: Israel hands Egypt bodies of Sinai gunmen
Israel has transferred to Egypt the bodies of three militants who killed an Israeli soldier in a cross-border raid before…
NGO: Daqahlia resident ‘tortured to death’ by police
Egypt
September 21, 2012
NGO: Daqahlia resident ‘tortured to death’ by police
A Daqahlia resident was allegedly tortured to death and another shot dead by police north of Cairo, a human…
Update: Three killed in Egypt-Israel border attack, Sinai security on maximum alert
Egypt
September 21, 2012
Update: Three killed in Egypt-Israel border attack, Sinai security on maximum alert
Egyptian state security declared a maximum security alert along the Egypt-Israel border Friday as army patrols began combing the…