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May 17, 2015

UN chief concerned by Egypt death sentences

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed concern about death sentences sought against Egypt’s first democratically-elected President Mohamed Morsi and more than 100 others on Saturday. Ban urged authorities to avoid...

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May 17, 2015

Egypt executes 6 convicted of ‘terrorism’

Egyptian authorities on Sunday carried out the death sentence against six people convicted of joining a “terrorist organisation,” a security source has said. “On Sunday morning, the death sentence...

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May 17, 2015

Al-Baradei’s rejected gift and the doyen of rubbish collectors

By the consensus of objective Egyptian political affairs’ observers and analysts, the testimony of Dr Muhammad Al-Baradei “and he is said to be a doctor” stands out as the...

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May 17, 2015

Do we really value stones and artefacts more than human flesh and blood?

There’s nothing like a bit of cultural vandalism to get people hot under the collar and a prime example came in the wake of David Cameron’s surprise victory in...

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May 16, 2015

Hamas is keeping ISIS at bay in Gaza

AFP reported last week on recent attacks in Gaza by groups claiming allegiance to the “Islamic State”, also known as ISIS or ISIL. The fanatical group has been bombing...

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May 16, 2015

What the West is aware of and is trying to change

“In the past, the European Union had preferred to deal with the secular intellectual level in the Arab civil society over the more represented Islamist organisations.” This was stated...

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May 16, 2015

Morsi death sentence: International legal team urges Security Council’s intervention to halt violations

Below is the full text of the press statement from ITN Solicitors,the legal representatives of the Egyptian Freedom and Justice party. President Mohammed Morsi was sentenced to death today...

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May 16, 2015

UAE releases three sisters after arrested over twitter campaign

Three sisters arrested three months ago in the United Arab Emirates over campaigning on Twitter on behalf of their jailed brother were released on Friday, Amnesty International said. According...

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May 16, 2015

Iraqi official: ISIS controls 90% of Al-Anbar

Member of Al-Anbar Council, Taha abdul-Ghani said on Friday that ISIS had controlled 90 per cent of the governorate, located in the west of the country, Anadolu reported. “ISIS...

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May 16, 2015

Turkish minister: ‘we do not accept judaising Jerusalem’

Turkish Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs Mohammed Kormaz reiterated the “full responsibility” of his country towards Al-Aqsa Mosque and the city of Jerusalem, Quds Press reported on Friday....

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