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Gulf Cooperation Council: Gulf Arab states close Syria embassies
World
March 16, 2012
Gulf Cooperation Council: Gulf Arab states close Syria embassies
Four more members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have decided to close their embassies in Syria over its violent crackdown…
Karzai asks NATO to leave Afghan villages, Taliban scraps talks
World
March 15, 2012
Karzai asks NATO to leave Afghan villages, Taliban scraps talks
KABUL — Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai called for NATO troops to leave Afghan villages and confine themselves to major bases…
China removes top leadership contender Bo from post
World
March 15, 2012
China removes top leadership contender Bo from post
BEIJING — Ambitious Chinese Communist Party leadership contender Bo Xilai has been sacked from his post as head of the…
Afghan dies from burns after airfield drama mars Panetta visit
World
March 15, 2012
Afghan dies from burns after airfield drama mars Panetta visit
KABUL — An Afghan man who emerged ablaze from a stolen pickup truck as an aircraft carrying US Defense Secretary…
Yemen Salafis form first ever political party
World
March 14, 2012
Yemen Salafis form first ever political party
Ultra-conservative Salafis in Yemen have formed their first political party, urging recently elected President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi to apply Islamic…
Street vendors cash in on revolutionary spirit
Egypt
March 14, 2012
Street vendors cash in on revolutionary spirit
A year after it claimed center stage in the Arab Spring, Cairo's Tahrir Square has become a giant open-air market…
Annan has Syrian reply, seeking answers to halt crisis
World
March 14, 2012
Annan has Syrian reply, seeking answers to halt crisis
U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan has received a response from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to his mediation proposals for ending…
Stock market recovers as political tension eases, IMF team plans visit for next week
Business
March 14, 2012
Stock market recovers as political tension eases, IMF team plans visit for next week
Egyptian stocks rallied on Wednesday after their biggest losing streak in months created fresh buying opportunities. The stock exchange had…
US candidate wins big in South, grabs conservative banner
World
March 14, 2012
US candidate wins big in South, grabs conservative banner
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — Republican Rick Santorum won a pair of crucial Deep South primaries on Tuesday, taking control of the…
Brotherhood takes softer line on Egypt government
Egypt
March 13, 2012
Brotherhood takes softer line on Egypt government
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood said on Tuesday it recognized its demand to sack Prime Minister Kamal al-Ganzouri's cabinet is unlikely to…