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Paris -- An explosion that killed 15 people in Marrakesh was triggered by a remote control device, not a suicide bomber as previous reports suggested, France's interior minister said in an interview published on Saturday.
The blast on Thursday...
Sanaa -- Vast crowds of Yemenis took to the streets on Friday to demand the immediate departure of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, instead of the phased handover of power envisaged by a Gulf-mediated agreement.
Some 100,000 people flooded a five-km...
The Palestinian reconciliation accord brokered by Egypt means as much to Cairo as the rival factions it united, because it signals a clear shift in Middle East policy from the era of deposed President Hosni Mubarak.
By pushing Fatah and its Islamist...
Manama -- Thousands of Bahraini Shias gathered before a revered cleric on Friday denounced death sentences given to protesters over anti-government rallies crushed last month in the US-allied Gulf kingdom.
The verdict, handed down by a military...
Sanaa -- Yemen's opposition warned the government on Thursday that violence against street protesters demanding the removal of President Ali Abdullah Saleh could derail a deal aimed at ending the political standoff.
Plainclothes gunmen killed 12...
Egypt's central bank kept its key overnight interest rates steady on Thursday in a bid to foster economic growth without reigniting the high inflation that sparked unprecedented protests against the government.
Egypt's economy nearly ground...
Egypt will send a security team to the Gaza Strip to help implement a reconciliation agreement reached by rival Palestinian groups Fatah and Hamas, an Egyptian security source told Reuters on Thursday.
Restructuring and unifying security forces in...
A fire that erupted on an Egyptian gas export pipeline after it was attacked by an armed gang early on Wednesday could rage for days before engineers are able to begin repairs, a security source said.
It was the second attack since early February on...
Amman -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad faced dissent within government ranks with more than 200 members of his Baath Party resigning and signs of discontent within the army over the violent repression of pro-democracy protests.
Two hundred party...
Egyptian mobile phone operator Mobinil (EMOB.CA) said political turmoil and economic uncertainty hurt its first-quarter results, sending net income tumbling 93.6 percent year-on-year.
Investors had awaited Mobinil's results for the first major...
