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June 26, 2014

Egypt to try 24 activists over illegal protests

Some 24 activists will go on trial in Egypt charged with taking part in an illegal protest, campaigners said. The detained activists include Sanaa Seif, sister of leftist activist...

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June 26, 2014

Journalists’ jail sentences complicate Egyptian ambassador’s mission in London

Despite Egypt’s closure of Al-Jazeera‘s offices in Cairo, arrest of its correspondents and demonising the channel in mainstream media, it seems that Al-Jazeera has been chasing General Abdel Fatah...

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June 26, 2014

Algeria is Sisi’s ‘only gate into Africa’, says expert

Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi’s foreign outreach started in Algeria because it is “his only gate into Africa”, an Algerian expert said. According to Algerian political scientist Tawfik Boukaida, Egypt seeks...

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June 26, 2014

Egyptian authorities accuse Muslim Brotherhood of blasting metro stations

The Egyptian ministry of interior has accused the Muslim Brotherhood of orchestrating five hand-made explosions that went off in subway stations and outside a court in Cairo during Wednesday...

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June 26, 2014

Algeria arrests Salafist leader for protesting against Al-Sisi visit

The leader of the Algerian Free Islamist Salafist Awakening Front, Abdel Fattah Hemdash Zarawi, said his countries’ authorities arrested him for eight hours yesterday in central Algiers, after he...

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June 26, 2014

Fighting a losing battle, UK’s Israel lobby bolsters links with Christian fundamentalists

The Jewish Leadership Council (JLC) recently published an item announcing the arrival of the “United Christian Alliance for Israel” (UCAI). The new organisation, described as “still in the infancy...

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June 26, 2014

Beaches of the Gaza Sea are almost fully contaminated

The Palestinian Environment Quality Authority (PEQA) announced in a statement on Wednesday that half of Gaza’s beaches are dangerously contaminated and called for acquiring the necessary equipment to stop...

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June 26, 2014

Netanyahu ejects one of his ministers from weekly meeting

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prevented on Wednesday a senior leader of the Jewish Home party from attending a security cabinet meeting, Israeli media reported. The meeting was to...

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June 26, 2014

Kurdistan’s PM denies accusations of plotting to control Mosul

The Prime Minister of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region, Nechervan Barzani, denied the Baghdad government’s accusations that his government participated in a plot in which gunmen took control of large areas...

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June 26, 2014

Security expert: Cairo bombings aimed at dispersing people from next uprising

Egyptian security expert Dean Tariq Al-Gawhary accused the interior security forces of being behind yesterday’s bombings in Cairo saying they were orchestrated to distract people from the problems caused...

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