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Confrontation looms as Tunisia moves on salafis
Tunis :: Tunisia | 6 days ago
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Tunisia is taking a harder line on preaching by ultraconservative Muslim groups, a crackdown that has sparked demonstrations by rock-throwing protesters and ominous warnings of terrorist attacks to come. As it struggles to hunt down al-Qaida linked
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Khartoum-Juba talks on rebel support end without agreement: sources
Khartoum :: Sudan | 6 days ago
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A joint meeting that took place yesterday in Khartoum between military intelligence teams from north and south Sudan has failed to reach an agreement on the thorny issue of harboring and supporting rebel groups in both countries. Tiksa Negeri) Last
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Sudan’s NCP says upcoming shuffle will bring new faces
Khartoum :: Sudan | 6 days ago
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Sudan's ruling National Congress Party (NCP) has disclosed it would undergo imminent changes within its institutions aiming at promoting youths to leadership positions. Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah) The NCP's head of the political sector who is also
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New Arab media landscape needed
Dubai :: United Arab Emirates | 6 days ago
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Wednesday 15 May 2013 Last Update 15 May 2013 1:44 am The Arab world needs a new media landscape to free itself from corruption, politics and vested interests, Arab Media Forum was told yesterday. Speakers at the forum also discussed the role of
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Egypt: detained Christian teacher released on bail
Luxor :: Egypt | 7 days ago
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Egypt The lawyer of an Egyptian Coptic Christian teacher detained over charges of insulting Islam says she has been released on bail. Badawi Abu-Shanab said 24-year-old Dimiana Abdul-Nour, a history and geography teacher in the southern city of
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Africa: U.S. Ambassador Rice At UN On Terrorism in Africa
Arusha :: Tanzania | 7 days ago
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Permanent Representative to the United Nations, At a Security Council Briefing on Counterterrorism, May 13, 2013 Thank you, Mr. President, and thank you especially for convening today's important session. I'd also like to thank the Secretary-General
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Pew Survey on World’s Muslims
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 7 days ago
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Religion, Politics and Society A new Pew Research Center survey of Muslims around the globe finds that most adherents of the world's second-largest religion are deeply committed to their faith and want its teachings to shape not only their personal
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Detained Sudanese lawyer and activist at risk of torture: Amnesty
Khartoum :: Sudan | 7 days ago
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Amnesty International has called for the release of Sudanese lawyer and human rights activist Asma Ahmed, who has been detained incommunicado by security services since 4 May, warning she is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. Ahmed's family
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Salafist leader threatens Tunisia government
Tunis :: Tunisia | 7 days ago
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The head of a radical Salafist group in Tunisia has threatened to wage war against the government, led by moderate Islamist party Ennahda, accusing it in a message posted online of un-Islamic policies. To the tyrants who think they are Islamists ...
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Egypt's temporary legislative body: Expel Israeli ambassador
Cairo :: Egypt | 7 days ago
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Breaking News The Shura Council, Egypt's temporary legislative body, demanded that Israeli Ambassador Yaakov Amitai be expelled from the country immediately and that the normalization of relations with Israel be halted. An Egyptian minister said
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