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Gulf Cooperation Council: Gulf Arab states close Syria embassies
World

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…
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