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Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 11:53
The Egyptian government describes its struggle against jihadists in Sinai as a war on terror -- reaching for another phrase in the American political lexicon to describe its military campaign there, dubbing it "Operation Desert Storm."
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 12:10
The Misr Al-Qawia Party, the National Coalition to Support Legitimacy (NCSL) and the Press Syndicate have criticised draft amendments to the 2012 constitution proposed by the legal experts’ committee.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 12:22
Is the National Liberation Front (FLN) heading for division? Will the party be divided into two wings, each with its own secretary-general claiming to be more legitimate than the other?
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 12:26
Libya's largest western oilfields closed when an armed group shut down the pipeline linking them to ports, its deputy oil minister said on Tuesday, reducing its oil output to a trickle.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 12:30
The Pentagon has notified Congress of US $13 billion in prospective Middle East arms deals over the past 10 weeks, with Saudi Arabia and Iraq leading the administration’s summertime manifest with $10 billion in pre-approved sales.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 12:42
The government on Tuesday labelled the municipal elections a success despite the low turnout. Officials said the overall number of the voters across the Kingdom reached around 880,000 out of the 2.357 million registered for the polls.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 12:47
The United States established diplomatic relations with Nigeria in 1960, following its independence from the United Kingdom. Post-independence, the country saw a mix of coups, military rule, assassinations, massacres, civil war, and elections. The 1999 inauguration of a civilian president ended 16 consecutive years of military rule. Following this, the U.S.-Nigerian relationship began to improve, as did cooperation on foreign policy goals such as regional peacekeeping.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 12:50
The United States established diplomatic relations with Somalia in 1960, following its constituent parts' independence from British and Italian administration, respectively. A 1969 coup replaced Somalia's elected government with military rule that reflected both ideological and economic dependence on the Soviet Union. Following war with Ethiopia in the 1970s, Somalia began turning toward the West, including the United States, for international support, military equipment, and economic aid. Civil war in the 1980s led to the collapse of Somalia's central government in 1991.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 12:55
The leaders of the Arab world on Tuesday blamed the Syrian government for a chemical weapons attack that killed hundreds of people last week, but declined to back a retaliatory military strike.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 13:00
The national dialogue initiative that was launched on Sunday by Prime Minister Ali Zidan soon came under fire by some groups claiming that the government did not consult enough with important actors in the national dialogue.