EGYPT’S MILITARY CHIEF: ARMY TO CONFRONT VIOLENCE
By MAGGIE MICHAEL A friend of Ammar Badie, 38, killed Friday by Egyptian security forces during clashes in Ramses Square, and also son of Muslim Brotherhood’s spiritual leader Mohammed Badie,…
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OFFICIALS: 56 KILLED IN EGYPT, MOST IN CAIRO
By HAMZA HENDAWI and MAGGIE MICHAEL Egyptian security forces clear a sit-in camp set up by supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in Nasr City district, Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday,…
ZIMBABWE’S PRESIDENT: NO GOING BACK ON POLL RESULT
By ANGUS SHAW Zimbabwean President elect, Robert Mugabe at the country’s Commemoration of Heroes day in Harare, Monday, Aug.12, 2013. Mugabe received more than 60 percent of the vote in…
EGYPT SAYS DIPLOMACY HAS FAILED TO RESOLVE CRISIS
By AYA BATRAWY A supporter of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi holds his posters with Arabic writing which reads ” Yes for legality,” during a protest outside Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque,…
EGYPT’S LEADERSHIP DENOUNCES ‘FOREIGN PRESSURE’
By MAGGIE MICHAEL This image released by the Egyptian Presidency shows interim Vice President Mohamed Elbaradei, left, meets with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns, center, in Cairo, Egypt,…
AP INTERVIEW: MOUSSA ON EGYPT AFTER BROTHERHOOD
By JON GAMBRELL Amr Moussa, longtime Egyptian diplomat and former presidential contender, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013. Moussa says the…
MALI PRESIDENTIAL RACE GOES TO RUNOFF
By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI Supporters of Ibrahim Boubacar Keita briefly celebrate as they watch the televised reading of election results, at Keita campaign headquarters in Bamako, Mali, Friday, Aug. 2, 2013.…
PAKISTANI LAWMAKERS POISED TO ELECT PRESIDENT
By SEBASTIAN ABBOT In this Wednesday, July 24, 2013 photo, Mamnoon Hussain, a candidate from ruling party Pakistan Muslim League-N arrives to submit his nomination papers for upcoming presidential election in…