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May 3, 2014

‘You are heroes,’ Egyptian judge tells killers of January 25 protesters before acquitting them

An Egyptian judge offered apologies to officers accused of shooting protesters to death during the January 25 revolution. Before announcing their acquittal, Judge Hassan Eissa told the officers: “you...

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May 3, 2014

Senior Lebanese politicians: Assad is suffering from paranoia

The leader of the Lebanese Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) Walid Jumblatt said that the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is suffering from paranoia and Syria is heading to “complete disintegration.”...

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May 3, 2014

Egypt: More than 20,000 detainees to start ‘uprising’

For the first time since the July 3 coup, thousands of Egyptian prisoners announced they would join an “uprising” against the politicization of justice in post-coup Egypt. In a...

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May 3, 2014

Abbas: Hamas is part of Palestinian nation

Head of Fatah reconciliation delegation Azzam al-Ahmad has revealed that he is going to head a Palestinian Authority (PA) delegation to the Gaza Strip next week to discuss reconciliation...

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May 3, 2014

US concerned by the ‘dire and tragic’ situation in Homs

In her daily press briefing, the spokeswoman of the US State Department Jennifer Psaki said that the United States “is deeply concerned by the dire and tragic situation in...

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May 3, 2014

Abbas alludes to dissolving Palestinian Authority

The Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday he might withdraw from the political arena and “hand over the key to Israel to run Palestinian territories” should...

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May 3, 2014

Egyptian minister of transitional justice slams the January 25 revolution

The Egyptian military-appointed minister of transitional justice slammed the January 25 revolution as “a phenomenon” that fragmented the state and spread “double-citizenship”. In an interview with Tahrir channel on...

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May 3, 2014

29 Morsi supporters arrested during protests in Egypt

The Egyptian ministry of interior said Friday it arrested 29 Morsi supporters during anti-coup protests held in 5 governorates. According to a statement by MOI, police forces dealt firmly...

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May 3, 2014

Morsi and aides may face death sentence in ‘grand espionage’ case, says lawyer

A lawyer in the defense team of ousted President Mohamed Morsi said in press statements that he expects defendants in the “Grand Espionage” case to be sentenced to death...

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May 3, 2014

Activists in London demand justice for Palestinian prisoners

International activists staged protests in London and other major cities around the world on what is known as Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, which this year fell on Thursday, to express...

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