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Leading party tries to calm Egyptians' fears

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 04:06 PM PST


CAIRO -- Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, emerging as the biggest winner in the first round of parliamentary elections, sought Saturday to reassure Egyptians that it would not sacrifice personal freedoms in promoting Islamic law.
The deputy head of the ...

Al-Maliki envisions Iraq stability

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 04:06 PM PST

BAGHDAD -- Weeks before the U.S. pullout, Iraq's prime minister confidently predicted Saturday that his country will achieve stability and remain independent of its giant neighbor Iran even without an American troop presence.Nouri al-Maliki also warn ...

Analysis: Defectors have potential to complicate Syria uprising

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 04:06 PM PST


BEIRUT -- Nearly nine months into the Syrian uprising, many protesters are pinning their hopes on an increasingly bold group of army defectors to give their revolution a fighting chance against President Bashar Assad's fiercely loyal forces.
But a ...

25 die in Syria, as defectors battle regime forces

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 11:00 PM PST

BEIRUT (AP) -- Violence sweeping across Syria killed 25 people on Saturday, most of them in a battle between troops and a growing force of army defectors who have joined the movement to oust the autocratic ruler, President Bashar Assad, activists sai ...

Al-Qaida implants itself in poor African nation

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 04:06 PM PST


SOKOLO, Mali -- The first time the members of al-Qaida emerged from the forest, they politely said hello. Then the men carrying automatic weapons asked the frightened villagers if they could please take water from the well.
Before leaving, they ro ...

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