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Syria cut off from the Internet, activists and monitors report
The Internet has been shut off across Syria, monitors and opposition activists reported Thursday as fighting raged between government troops and rebels on the main road between Damascus and its international airport. Smaller outages have occurred in the...
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Egyptians pour into Tahrir Square to protest presidential decree
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.CAIRO -- Tens of thousands of Egyptians gathered in the capital and other major cities across the nation Tuesday demanding that Islamist President Mohamed Morsi rescind a self-issued constitutional decree that gives him sweeping powers. Egyptians...Tags: Activism, Politics, Nobel Prize Awards, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution
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Critics Wonder if Morsy is Egypt's Next Strongman
CNNCAIRO, Egypt -- The sun rises over Cairo, and the city's landmark Tahrir Square is buzzing. Not with traffic, not with commerce, but with protest -- a tent city packed with people rife with anger at a man they blast as a dictatorial president, one who put...Tags: Hamas, Hosni Mubarak, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Crime, Law and Justice, Injuries and Wounds
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Fractious Syrian opposition says it has formed a united coalition
World NowThe deeply divided Syrian opposition said Sunday that its myriad factions had reached an initial agreement to form a new coalition -- the Syrian National Coalition -- to oversee a push to oust the government of President Bashar Assad.... -
Syria activists say scores killed, injured in gas station attack
World NowSyrian opposition activists say at least 110 people were injured or killed Thursday when government forces bombarded a gas station, setting off a deadly explosion in the northern village of Ain Issa.... -
Nine executed overnight in Gambia, more expected, Amnesty says
World NowGambia's autocratic leader has begun acting on his vow to execute all death-row inmates within a month, sending nine to the gallows Thursday night and moving the other 40 or so out of their cells to the execution site, Amnesty International reported... -
Egyptian protesters, police continue to clash near U.S. Embassy
World NowAs Egypt’s security forces fired tear gas to disperse rock-throwing crowds near the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, President Mohamed Morsi condemned attacks on American missions in his country and Libya.... -
Opposition group says rebels executed Syrian troops
World NowSyrian rebels have executed more than 20 government soldiers in the northern city of Aleppo, a pro-opposition group said Monday.... -
Bahrain upholds sentences for dissidents accused of plotting coup
World NowThirteen people accused of plotting to overthrow the Bahraini government had their sentences upheld on Tuesday in a Manama appeals court, in a deeply disputed case that has alarmed rights groups and drawn rebukes from Britain and Denmark.... -
Morsi removes controversial prosecutor, sends him to Vatican
World NowEgypt's president removed the country's prosecutor general Thursday a day after a court acquitted loyalists of deposed leader Hosni Mubarak for plotting one of the bloodiest attacks against anti-regime protesters during last year's uprising.... -
U.N. envoy presses for cease-fire in Syria
World NowLakhdar Brahimi, the United Nations envoy to Syria, continued to push for a four-day cease-fire in the fighting.... -
Fighting rages across Syrian city of Aleppo
World NowSome of the fiercest clashes in weeks were reported Friday in the Syrian city of Aleppo as rebels pressed a “decisive” battle for the besieged northern metropolis....
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