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Lawlessness in Somali port after Islamist retreat
World

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…
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