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CHRISTIAN WORSHIPPERS ATTEND EASTER SUNDAY MASS
Posted on April 8, 2012 | No CommentsHundreds of Christians from around the world gathered in Jerusalem‘s Church of the Holy Sepulchre for mass on Easter Sunday (April 8). Israeli border police stood in positions outside... -
RENEWED CLASHES IN EGYPT AFTER SOCCER CLUB BANNED
Posted on March 24, 2012 | No Comments(REUTERS, March 24th) Egyptian police fired tear gas and shot bullets in the air in the coastal city of Port Said today as clashes continued over the closure of the city’s... -
LIBYA SAYS HOPES TO EXTRADITE GADDAFI INTELLIGENCE CHIEF
Posted on March 22, 2012 | No Comments(REUTERS – March 22) A Libyan delegation left Mauritania on Wednesday (March 21) without Muammar Gaddafi‘s intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi, but the Libyan government spokesman said his extradition was expected soon. Libya is vying with France and the Hague-based International Criminal... -
THOUSANDS GATHER FOR FUNERAL OF EGYPT’S POPE
Posted on March 20, 2012 | No Comments(REUTERS, March 20th) Thousands of mourners dressed in black gathered in Cairo today for the funeral of Egypt‘s Orthodox Christian Pope Shenouda, who spent his final years trying... -
EGYPTIANS PROTEST “VIRGINITY TEST” DOCTOR ACQUITTAL
Posted on March 16, 2012 | No Comments(REUTERS March 16) Hundreds of Egyptians protested outside of the country’s high court today to express their anger about a military court’s acquittal of an army doctor, who was charged... -
LIBYA MILITIA RELEASE VIDEO OF DETAINED BRITISH JOURNALISTS
Posted on March 14, 2012 | No Comments(REUTERS, March 14th) A Libyan militia released last night a video of two British journalists held on suspicion of spying, in which they apologised for entering the North... -
LIBYA’S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SETS UP POLITICAL PARTY.
Posted on March 3, 2012 | No Comments(REUTERS – March 03) Libya’s Muslim Brotherhood joined forces with other Islamists on Friday (March 2) to establish a new political party that is set to be a leading player... -
CHILDREN’S LAUGHTER FILLS FORMER GADDAFI COMPOUND
Posted on February 19, 2012 | No Comments(REUTERS – February 19) Reduced to rubble in parts, the once-impenetrable fortress of Muammar Gaddafi inTripoli now has dozens of new residents. Six months on after Tripoli fell to Western-backed rebels and Gaddafi... -
PROTESTERS PREPARE FOR “DAY OF WRATH” IN CAIRO’S TAHRIR SQUARE
Posted on January 27, 2012 | No Comments(REUTERS – January 27) Hundreds of protesters camping in Cairo’s Tahrir Square for the past few days prepared on Friday for a ‘Day of Wrath’ rally against the Supreme Council of the Armed... -
TANTAWI STARTS DIPLOMATIC MISSION TO LIBYA
Posted on January 16, 2012 | No Comments(REUTERS – January 16) The head of Egypt‘s military council, Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, has arrived to Tripoli on Monday (January 16) in his first visit to Libya since the February 17 uprising that ousted...