Polls open in Algeria elections amid voter apathy
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Polls open in Algeria elections amid voter apathy

ALGIERS, Algeria ― Polls have opened in Algeria for parliamentary elections being billed as the fairest in 20 years and…
Voters skeptical of change in Algeria elections
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Voters skeptical of change in Algeria elections

ALGIERS, Algeria — In the gritty, working-class Algiers suburb of Harrache, activists sporting the green baseball caps of the Islamist…
UAE squeezes Islamist group on Arab Spring fringe
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UAE squeezes Islamist group on Arab Spring fringe

RAS AL-KHAIMAH, United Arab Emirates — Morning prayers had just ended. Worshippers streamed out, squinting into the rising sun and…
Amid violence and boycott, Syria holds parliamentary vote
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Amid violence and boycott, Syria holds parliamentary vote

Polls opened Monday in Syria’s parliamentary elections billed by the regime as key to President Bashar al-Assad’s political reforms but…
Polls open across France in presidential election
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Polls open across France in presidential election

PARIS — France voted in a presidential run-off election on Sunday that could see Socialist challenger Francois Hollande defeat incumbent…
Greeks vote in critical but uncertain election
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Greeks vote in critical but uncertain election

ATHENS, Greece — Greeks cast ballots on Sunday in their most critical — and uncertain — election in decades, with…
Saudi ambassador returns to Egypt
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Saudi ambassador returns to Egypt

Saudi Arabia's ambassador returned to Cairo on Saturday, a week after he was recalled following a wave of protests against…
Rights group urges Libya to revoke speech law
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Rights group urges Libya to revoke speech law

TRIPOLI, Libya — Human Rights Watch urged the new government in Libya Saturday to revoke a law that criminalizes glorifying…
Ahmadinejad rivals winning in Iran parliamentary runoff election
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Ahmadinejad rivals winning in Iran parliamentary runoff election

Final results for many Iranian parliamentary constituencies announced Saturday show supporters of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad relegated to a small fraction…
Egypt’s ousted president turns 84 in detention
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Egypt’s ousted president turns 84 in detention

CAIRO — Egypt's ousted leader Hosni Mubarak turned 84 on Friday and celebrated his birthday at a Cairo hospital where…
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