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Egypt : Mubarak trial set to resume after appeal rejected

on 2011/12/10 17:15:43

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(Reuters) - An Egyptian court turned down an appeal for a new judge in the trial of former President Hosni Mubarak, the official news agency MENA said on Wednesday, signaling the trial can resume later this month.

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Libya : City's huge arsenal a test for new Libyan rulers

on 2011/12/10 17:15:30

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(Reuters) - Militias outside the control of Libya's central government are holding vast stores of tanks, rockets and small arms in the city of Misrata, an arsenal that will test the ability of the country's new rulers to assert their authority.

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Libya : Factbox: Gaddafi's children

on 2011/12/10 15:08:38

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(Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi's eight children led lives ranging from security chief and U.N. goodwill ambassador to playboy and professional footballer, often earning reputations for extravagance and violence to rival their father's.

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Libya : Factbox: Libyan city's huge store of weapons

on 2011/12/10 15:07:30

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(Reuters) - Militias in the Libyan city of Misrata have built up a vast arsenal of weapons, presenting the country's new rulers with a test of their ability to assert their authority over disparate armed groups.

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Libya : Tripoli protesters demand militias leave town

on 2011/12/10 15:06:26

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(Reuters) - Scores of Libyan judges and lawyers protested in Tripoli on Wednesday against lawless behavior in the capital by former rebel groups, whom they said should now leave the city and return to their home towns.

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South Sudan : Soaring prices bite South Sudanese in violent borderland

on 2011/12/10 15:05:21

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(Reuters) - A few months before South Sudan broke away to become the world's newest nation, James Luong Kiir's pharmacy was pulling in around 5,000 South Sudanese pounds (around $1,500) a month -- a decent living in Bentiu, capital of the conflict-stricken Unity border state.

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Côte d'Ivoire : Ivory Coast election may bolster Ouattara rule

on 2011/12/10 15:03:54

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(Reuters) - The ruling coalition of President Alassane Ouattara looks set to sweep to victory in a parliamentary election in Ivory Coast on Sunday, easing the new leader's mammoth task of rebuilding a nation crippled by war.

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North of Africa : Sudan, S.Sudan armies clash in disputed border region

on 2011/12/8 12:24:51

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JUBA/KHARTOUM (Reuters) - The armed forces of Sudan and South Sudan clashed in a border region claimed by both sides on Wednesday, in a rare direct confrontation between the old civil war foes.

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Sudan : Sudan's Bashir names new cabinet, keeps most ministries

on 2011/12/8 12:24:34

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KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan unveiled a new cabinet on Wednesday to include more opposition parties but kept major portfolios under the control of President Omar al-Bashir's ruling National Congress Party (NCP).

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Egypt : Egypt outlines plans for new constitution

on 2011/12/8 12:24:10

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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's army detailed on Wednesday plans to ensure those who draft the constitution represent all society not just groups in parliament, views set to rile Islamists seeking a commanding role in the process after early success in a parliamentary poll.

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Democratic Republic of the Congo : Congo opposition welcomes vote results delay

on 2011/12/8 12:23:52

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KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's main opposition party welcomed a delay in election results on Wednesday, saying it would allow time to make the vote more credible, as relative calm returned to the country's capital.

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Angola : Rights group urges Angola to stop using force at rallies

on 2011/12/8 12:23:32

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LISBON (Reuters) - Angolan authorities have used force to suppress peaceful demonstrations and blocked journalists from covering protest rallies in the run-up to an election next year, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday.

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Egypt : Egypt's Islamists claim most seats in run-offs

on 2011/12/8 12:23:12

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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood said on Wednesday it had won most seats in run-off votes at the expense of hardline Islamists in a parliamentary election that has put pressure on the ruling army.

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South Africa : UN Climate Conference close to deal on Green Fund

on 2011/12/8 12:22:53

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DURBAN, South Africa (Reuters) - Negotiators are close to agreeing the shape of a Green Climate Fund, which is designed to help poor nations tackle global warming and nudge them towards a new global effort to fight climate change.

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Egypt : Mubarak trial set to resume after appeal rejected

on 2011/12/8 12:22:29

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CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court turned down an appeal for a new judge in the trial of former President Hosni Mubarak, the official news agency MENA said on Wednesday, signalling the trial can resume later this month.

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Côte d'Ivoire : Pro-Gbagbo parties split over Ivorian poll boycott

on 2011/12/8 12:22:11

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ABIDJAN (Reuters) - The head of the party once led by former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo hit out on Wednesday at political allies who have broken a boycott of Sunday's parliamentary elections, marking a fracturing in what was once a unified pro-Gbagbo bloc.

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Libya : Mexico says foiled plan to smuggle in Gaddafi son

on 2011/12/8 12:21:50

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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico uncovered and stopped an international plot to smuggle late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's son Saadi into the country using fake names and false papers, authorities said on Wednesday.

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Egypt : Factbox: Policies of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood's party

on 2011/12/7 15:27:04

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(Reuters) - The Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) gained most seats in the first round of Egypt's first democratic parliamentary elections for six decades.

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Egypt : Islamist success is democracy at work: Egypt's Moussa

on 2011/12/7 15:23:30

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(Reuters) - The Muslim Brotherhood's party will seek to extend a lead over hardline Islamists in run-offs in Egypt's parliamentary vote Monday, with liberal parties struggling to hold their ground in a political landscape redrawn by the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak.

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Egypt : Egypt's Islamists claim most seats in run-off vote

on 2011/12/7 15:17:00

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(Reuters) - The Muslim Brotherhood said on Wednesday it had won most seats in an opening round of run-offs in Egypt's staggered parliamentary vote, consolidating its lead over rival liberals and hardline Salafi Islamists.

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