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Egypt to prosecute 44 NGO workers, including 19 Americans, for illegal acts in country
Egypt will prosecute 44 non-governmental organization workers, including 19 American nationals, on charges of allegedly receiving foreign funds illegally and being involved in banned activities in the
Gilani arrives in Qatar Monday
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani begins Monday a three-day official visit to Qatar, a country from which Pakistan wants to import gas to feed its power generation units.
Egypt to try 19 Americans in case straining ties
Ignoring a U.S. threat to cut off aid, Egypt has referred 19 Americans and 24 other employees of nonprofit groups to trial before a criminal court on accusations they illegally used foreign funds to ...
PA's Abbas, Hamas's Mashaal meet in Qatar
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met with Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani and Hamas Political Bureau head Khaled Mashaal in Doha Sunday. The three, along with the Qatari ...
FIFA's Sepp Blatter wants Egypt's federation reinstated | Soccer
FIFA President Sepp Blatter said he will seek to reinstate fired Egypt soccer federation leaders, calling their dismissal last week "direct interference" by the Cairo ...
Egypt says it'll put 19 Americans on trial in pro-democracy probe
CAIRO — Nineteen Americans will face criminal charges as part of a probe of the funding of pro-democracy groups, Egyptian officials announced Sunday, a provocative move that could deprive ...
Concession fails to quell violent Egypt clashes
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's army-backed government said it was preparing to move ousted President Hosni Mubarak to a Cairo prison hospital in an apparent bid to calm protests, but clashes ...
Can Saudi Arabia fix its housing time bomb
RIYADH: Like thousands of young Saudis, Nayef al-Nasser is trapped between love and a dysfunctional real estate market.Nasser, 34, has been engaged for the past seven years. His job as a car ...
Protesters say revolution must continue
Protesters pack out Tahrir Aquare, one year on from the start of the rising that overthrew Hosni Mubarak. The streets of Cairo were full of protesters on January 27, two days after the first ...
Cops fail to act as 74 died
Egyptian citizens have accused the police and military of failing to intervene on February 1 to stop clashes at an Egyptian football match that killed at least 74 people. Dozens of angry protesters ...
Egypt army moving Mubarak to calm protests
Egypt's army-backed government said it was preparing to move ousted President Hosni Mubarak to a Cairo prison hospital in an apparent bid to calm protests, but clashes continued with police ...
Palestinian rivals hold unity talks in Qatar
(02-05) 13:03 PST DOHA, Qatar (AP) -- The Palestinian president and the head of rival Hamas resumed talks Sunday over efforts to move along a reconciliation pact that remains stalled after nearly a ...
Russian-Chinese Veto of U.N. Resolution on Syria Outrages U.S., Arabs
China vetoed a U.N. resolution that would have backed an Arab plan urging Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to give up power, and Washington vowed harsher sanctions against ...
US seeks 'clarification' on Egypt activist trials
The United States demanded "clarification" over Cairo's apparent plans to put dozens of pro-democracy activists, including 19 Americans, on trial over charges of illegal funding of ...
End to Armstrong probe gets welcome in Qatar
DOHA, Qatar (AP) -- Cycling teams at the Tour of Qatar welcomed the end of a U.S. federal investigation into Lance Armstrong, saying Sunday they were hopeful the seven-time Tour de France champion ...
Turkey, Qatar oppose military strikes on Iran, urge more dialogue
MUNICH, Germany, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Ministers from Turkey and Qatar dismissed on Sunday a proposal of attacking Iran for its nuclear program, saying that a war would only lead to chaos in the region ...
Arab Spring stumbles in Kuwait
Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah held an emergency meeting of the Cabinet. After the meeting, the Kuwaiti government media learned of the decision of the monarch to dismiss the ...
Lawrie holds off Day to win Qatar Masters
A strong finish on the back nine wasn't enough for Australian Jason Day to snatch the Qatar Masters as Scotland's Paul Lawrie claimed a four-shot win at the Doha Golf ...
Rosy outlook for Egypt
Egypt is one of the top performing markets globally this year, rising 28 per cent, and further gains are forecast as stocks recover from the ravages of 2011, when the index slid nearly 50 per cent ...
12 times in 12 months / Egypt-Israel gas pipeline sabotaged again
An explosion hit a gas pipeline running from Egypt to Israel late Saturday night, the latest in a series of attacks on the installation that crosses Sinai. The pipeline, which also supplies gas to ...