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View Article‘Syria is in free-fall’, say UN human rights experts
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View ArticleEgypt courts hands jail terms to 43 NGO workers, including 15 US citizens
The court sentenced Egyptian and foreign defendants, most of whom were not present at the hearing, to jail terms of one to five years. Twenty-seven defendants received five years in prison, another...
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View ArticleEgypt: Mursi cuts ties with Syria, calls for no-fly zone
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View ArticleBulgaria’s president ‘proud’ of anti-government protesters
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View ArticleEU Ministers unable to agree on who bails out banks
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View ArticlePortugal braces itself for general strike
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View ArticleIsrael undermines Kerry’s peace visit with more settlement building
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View ArticleFemen activists freed in Tunisia set to go home
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View ArticlePublic transport in Portugal hit by strike
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View ArticleMursi and Egypt’s traditionalist-liberal clash
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European Union leaders gathered for the start of a two-day summit in Brussels. Their focus is action against youth unemployment. Their aim is to unlock six billion euros over the next two years. The...
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