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Tunisian branch of Libyan orphan charity opens

A charity based in Zintan that takes care of orphans as swell as providing humanitarian services and crisis management in the town has opened a branch in Tunisia. The Ikhlas…

Italy wrong to send back illegals from Libya

Italy wrong to send back illegals from Libya

Italy was wrong to force the return 200 migrants to Libya in 2009, the European Court of Human Rights ruled yesterday, in a judgement that is likely to have far-reaching…

Libyan-Egyptian border riot

Libyan-Egyptian border riot

It was still unclear today what caused Monday’s outbreak of gunfire and rock throwing between Libyans and Egyptians at the border crossing at Solloum on the International Coastal Road. Traffic…

Egyptian Stock Exchange Index world’s biggest climber

Egyptian Stock Exchange Index world’s biggest climber

The Egyptian Stock Exchange has bounced back from a precipitous fall in January 2011 during the Egyptian Revolution, to become the world’s best-performing bourse so far this year. After collapsing…

Libya excluded from Saudi-Tunisian Talks

  Following talks with the Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali who arrived in Saudi Arabia for a two-day visit on 18 Februry, the Secretary-General of the Council of Saudi Chambers of…

Smuggled Libyan arms in Egypt: 2 arrested

Police in the 6th of October City, Cairo’s largest satellite city, have arrested two people trying to sell a large quantity of arms, ammunition and explosives worth an estimated $145…

Libyans die in Syrian fighting

Libyans die in Syrian fighting

Islamist websites have confirmed the deaths of three Libyans during fighting against Syrian government troops in the Baba Amr district of the city of Homs. The dead men are said…

Algeria, Mauritania pledge to boost Sahel security

ALGIERS, Dec 13, 2011 (AFP) -Algeria and Mauritania’s leaders Tuesday vowed to beef up security in the Sahel region, where Islamist militants are holding a dozen Western hostages. Algeria’s President…

Memories of Arab Spring’s key actors divide Tunisian town

SIDI BOUZID, Tunisia, Dec 13, 2011 (AFP) -A roadside vendor’s altercation with a policewoman and his subsequent self-immolation in Tunisia started the Arab Spring that toppled veteran rulers in North…

Egypt’s ElBaradei ready to head government

Body : CAIRO (AP) — Leading Egyptian democracy advocate Mohamed ElBaradei says he is prepared to head a “national salvation” government to steer the country out of its political crisis.…

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