EGYPT BORDER RESTRICTIONS LEAVE THOUSANDS STRANDED
EGYPT BORDER RESTRICTIONS LEAVE THOUSANDS STRANDED A Palestinian student waits to cross the border from Gaza into Egypt at the Rafah crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Sept. 29,…
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TUNISIA’S GOVERNING ISLAMISTS TO STEP DOWN
By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA FILE- Tunisian Prime Minister Ali Larayedh addresses the media in this file photo dated Monday, July 29, 2013, in Tunis, Tunisia. It is announced Saturday Sept.…
SUDAN POLICE FIRE ON FUNERAL MARCH, WITNESSES SAY
By MAGGIE MICHAEL Sudanese men pray over the body of Salah Sanhory, 26, who was killed on Friday Sept. 27, 2013 by security forces, during his funeral in Khartoum, Sudan,…
TUNISIA LEADER URGES IRAN TO PUSH PEACE IN SYRIA
By LARA JAKES In this video image taken from AP video, Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki, talks with a reporter at United Nations headquarters Monday, Sept. 23, 2013. Marzouki is in…
EGYPT TROOPS STORM ISLAMIST STRONGHOLD NEAR CAIRO
By AHMED ABDEL-FATTAH and MOHAMMED WAGDY Egyptian security forces help the lifeless body of Giza Police Gen. Nabil Farrag, center, who was killed after unidentified militants opened fire on security…
EGYPT COURT UPHOLDS FREEZE OF ISLAMISTS’ ASSETS
against ousted President Mohammed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood as she expresses her support for Mubarak at a court in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013. The ousted long-time autocrat…
EGYPTIAN SECURITY FORCES STORM SOUTHERN TOWN
By HAMZA HENDAWI FILE — In this Sept. 3, 2013 file photo, Egyptian Christian villagers clean up the damaged ancient chapel inside the Virgin Mary and St. Abraam Monastery that…
NEW EGYPTIAN PETITION: RUN, GENERAL, RUN
By SARAH EL DEEB Supporters of Egypt’s Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, Gamel Soliman, left, and Islam el-Nabwi, hold a campaign to nominate the minister to run for president at…