Saturday, January 21st, 2012 | Post a comment

A teacher and volunteer from the Muslim Brotherhood revises lessons for free with school pupils before their exams, at a mosque in Alexandria January 20, 2012.
Credit: Reuters/Asmaa Waguih
The Muslim Brotherhood won by far the biggest share of seats allocated to party lists in Egypt’s first freely-elected parliament in decades, final results confirmed, giving it a major role in drafting the country’s new constitution.
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Thursday, January 12th, 2012 | Post a comment

Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) gestures to the media next to Cuba’s Vice president Esteban Lazo at Havana’s Jose Marti Airport January 11, 2012.
Photo by: Reuters
Ahmadinejad’s Latin America tour seen as effort side-step international tensions and find new markets as the European Union considers an outright embargo on Iranian oil.
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Saturday, December 31st, 2011 | Post a comment

The Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice party holding a campaign rally
As Islamists emerge from elections as the country’s leading political force – to the alarm of democracy campaigners and regional autocrats alike – western governments will have to adapt to a power shift they have long sought to prevent
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Monday, December 26th, 2011 | Post a comment

The devastating scene outside St Theresa Catholic Church near the Nigerian capital Abuja on Sunday
Jos, Nigeria (CNN) — A string of bombs struck churches in five Nigerian cities Sunday, leaving dozens dead and wounded on the holiday, authorities and witnesses said.
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Tuesday, December 20th, 2011 | Post a comment

Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S.-born cleric linked to al Qaeda’s Yemen-based wing, gives a religious lecture in an unknown location in this still image taken from video released by Intelwire.com on September 30, 2011.
Credit: Reuters/Intelwire.com
U.S.-born al Qaeda militant Anwar al-Awlaki, killed in a CIA drone strike in September, posthumously called on U.S. Muslims to join the group in the Middle East in a video released on Tuesday.
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