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US military and FBI captures Libyan suspect in Benghazi embassy attack

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The US military and the Federal Bureau of Investigation jointly captured a man indicted in connection with the 2012 Benghazi attack that killed four...

African Union unfreeze Egypt’s membership

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The African Union's Peace and Security Council has unanimously agreed to unfreeze Egypt's membership to the AU, state news agency MENA reported on Tuesday. The...

Ethnic clashes broke out in Sebha, killing two and injuring nine...

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Tripoli - Ethnic violence in the southern town of Germa was eventually contained yesterday evening as ethnic clashes broke out in Sebha, killing two...

Alliance called by Amr Moussa stumbles ahead of Egypt’s parliamentary poll

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An electoral alliance called to back newly-inaugurated President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi in Egypt's upcoming parliamentary elections appears to have failed to drum up interest so...

Egypt seizes Muslim Brotherhood-linked retail outlets

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Egyptian authorities seized Sunday two retail outlets owned by leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood, which has faced a relentless crackdown since the ouster of...

Fresh clashes broke out in Benghazi

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Fresh clashes broke out in Benghazi, Libya's second-biggest city on Sunday after a rogue general launched a fresh assault on Islamist militants. Tanks were seen...

Tunisia parties reach deal to first hold legislative, and then presidential...

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Tunisia's political parties have agreed to hold legislative, and then presidential, elections in 2014, a mediator has said, the first agreement on an electoral...

April 6 movement says detained founder, Ahmed Maher, on hunger strike

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The April 6 Youth Movement said Saturday its founder, Ahmed Maher, who is in jail for breaking protest laws, started a hunger strike last...

Tunisian Police forces kill two Islamist militants

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Tunis - Tunisian police killed two Islamist militants near the Algerian border in exchange of fire, the government said on Friday, two weeks after...

Al-Qaeda claims attack on Tunisia minister’s home

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Tunis - Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb said on Friday it was responsible for a recent attack on the home of Tunisia's interior minister...