Iran mass producing anti-ship cruise missile: TV
Monday, February 6th, 2012 | Post a comment
Iran has begun mass production of an anti-ship cruise missile, state television’s website said on Saturday.
Islamists secure top spot in new Egypt parliament
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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Iranian president arrives in Cuba; U.S. warns of ‘dangerous alliance’
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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Egypt Islamists seen winning near two-thirds of seats
Monday, January 9th, 2012 | Post a comment
The Muslim Brotherhood said on Saturday it had won at least 41 percent of the seats in Egypt’s lower house of parliament, with Islamists of various stripes occupying almost two thirds of the assembly so far.
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Panetta: Iran is seeking capability to build nuclear weapon but hasn’t decided to develop one
Sunday, January 8th, 2012 | 3 comments
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says Iran is laying the groundwork for making nuclear weapons someday, but is not yet building a bomb and called for continued diplomatic and economic pressure to persuade Tehran not to take that step.
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Egypt: A religious revival
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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Egypt Islamists take two-thirds of 2nd-round vote
Monday, December 26th, 2011 | Post a comment
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s two leading Islamist parties won about two-thirds of votes for party lists in the second round of polling for a parliament that will help draft a new constitution after decades of autocratic rule, the election committee said Saturday.
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Christmas carnage in Nigeria; 5 churches bombed
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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Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood says to seek civil state
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011 | One comment
CAIRO, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) — The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) in Egypt is on the way to power as it ranks the first in votes based on initial results of the first two stages of voting for the People’s Assembly (the lower house of parliament).
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Witches arrested for alleged blackmail
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011 | One comment
BUCHAREST, Romania — A court has ordered the arrest of two self-described witches on blackmail and extortion charges in a high-profile case involving a TV star and, reportedly, other public figures.