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Tunisia to elect post-uprising parliament by March
World

Tunisia to elect post-uprising parliament by March

Tunisians are likely to vote for their first full post-revolutionary parliament in just under a year's time, a government official…
Mali hit by looting after coup, president ‘safe’
World

Mali hit by looting after coup, president ‘safe’

Soldiers looted petrol stations and hijacked cars in Mali's capital Bamako on Friday, 48 hours after a military coup, and…
European bishops slam Saudi fatwa banning churches in Gulf
World

European bishops slam Saudi fatwa banning churches in Gulf

Christian bishops in Germany, Austria and Russia have sharply criticised Saudi Arabia's top religious official after reports that he issued…
UN agency: New foot-and-mouth disease strain hits Egypt
Egypt

UN agency: New foot-and-mouth disease strain hits Egypt

A new strain of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) has hit Egypt and threatens to spread throughout North Africa and the Middle…
French gunman jumps to his death in hail of bullets
World

French gunman jumps to his death in hail of bullets

TOULOUSE, France — A 23-year-old gunman suspected of killing seven people in southwestern France in the name of Al-Qaeda, jumped…
Egypt unlikely to hit 2012 investment target
Business

Egypt unlikely to hit 2012 investment target

Egypt is unlikely to lure the foreign investment it hoped for this year as nervous overseas businesses spend small following…
Mali soldiers say seize power after palace attack
World

Mali soldiers say seize power after palace attack

BAMAKO — Renegade Malian soldiers went on state television on Thursday to declare they had seized power in a coup…
Armed group surrounds international peacekeeping base in Sinai
Egypt

Armed group surrounds international peacekeeping base in Sinai

  An armed group blocked access to the headquarters of a peacekeeping force in Egypt's Sinai to pressure the government…
Egypt searches for lost border patrol
Egypt

Egypt searches for lost border patrol

The Egyptian military has lost contact with a border patrol at the country's southern frontier and a search is underway…
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