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Nigeria’s respected finance minister loses to American expert in World Bank race
World
April 17, 2012
Nigeria’s respected finance minister loses to American expert in World Bank race
The World Bank on Monday chose Korean-born American health expert Jim Yong Kim as its new president, maintaining Washington's grip…
US prepares for last major Afghan offensive
World
April 16, 2012
US prepares for last major Afghan offensive
KABUL - For Taliban militants and US strategists alike, all roads in this impoverished country of mountain passes, arid deserts…
North Korea says satellite ‘failed to enter into orbit’
World
April 13, 2012
North Korea says satellite ‘failed to enter into orbit’
PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea's widely condemned rocket splintered into pieces over the Yellow Sea soon after takeoff Friday,…
Update: Ministers did not issue decision on Abu Ismail’s mother’s nationality, govt lawyer says
Egypt
April 10, 2012
Update: Ministers did not issue decision on Abu Ismail’s mother’s nationality, govt lawyer says
The Cairo Administrative Court continued to hear presidential hopeful Hazem Salah Abu Ismail’s lawsuit demanding that the interior minister give…
Iran opposes nuclear weapons, Ahmadinejad tells Japan ex-PM
World
April 8, 2012
Iran opposes nuclear weapons, Ahmadinejad tells Japan ex-PM
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stressed to visiting former Japanese premier Yukio Hatoyama on Sunday that Tehran opposes nuclear weapons, his…
Brotherhood launches diplomatic push in Washington
Egypt
April 5, 2012
Brotherhood launches diplomatic push in Washington
WASHINGTON — With PowerPoint presentations and political promises, Egypt's influential Muslim Brotherhood made its US diplomatic debut this week hoping…
Abu Ismail’s mother entered Egypt in 2009 on a US passport, say sources
Egypt
April 1, 2012
Abu Ismail’s mother entered Egypt in 2009 on a US passport, say sources
Presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail's mother entered Egypt on an American passport in August 2009, according to a report…
Clinton doesn’t comment on Shater nomination, says US will hold Egypt politicians ‘accountable’
Egypt
April 1, 2012
Clinton doesn’t comment on Shater nomination, says US will hold Egypt politicians ‘accountable’
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has declined to comment on the decision by Egypt's biggest political force, the Muslim…
US continues military aid to Egypt, but future ambiguous
Egypt
March 29, 2012
US continues military aid to Egypt, but future ambiguous
The US government announced last Friday that it would give the Egyptian military US$1.3 billion in aid for the 2012…
US downplays concerns over Islamist domination of constituent assembly
Egypt
March 27, 2012
US downplays concerns over Islamist domination of constituent assembly
The US State Department on Monday downplayed concerns about Islamists tightening their grip on the formation of a 100-member panel…