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CAIRO (Reuters) - A senior Egyptian security source denied on Saturday a report carried in U.S. media of an assassination attempt on Egypt's vice president Omar Suleiman.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - Saboteurs blew up a gas pipeline in northern Egypt in a further sign of the country's instability on a 12th day of demonstrations on Saturday against the 30-year-rule of President Hosni Mubarak.

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NIAMEY (Reuters) - A party ally of deposed Nigerien leader Mamadou Tandja will head into a decisive presidential run-off vote next month with the backing of a broad coalition, results of a first-round poll showed on Thursday.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - The Obama administration is discussing with Egyptian officials the immediate resignation of President Hosni Mubarak as one of several scenarios for a transition of power, a U.S. official said.

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RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco said on Thursday it was not worried about opposition plans for a peaceful protest later this month to press for reforms in the monarchy and the resignation of the government.

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Interim government continues efforts to dismantle Ben Ali's legacy while struggling to restore order and stability.

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President says country's 19-year state of emergency will be lifted in near future in apparent bid to stave off unrest.

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- The White House is in close talks with Egyptian officials on Egypt's power transition amid the country's current political unrest, the New York Times reported on Thursday.

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CAIRO, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said he would like to leave office but was afraid that chaos would spread across Egypt after that, the ABC TV reported Thursday.

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CAIRO, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- After 10-day consecutive chaos, the Egyptian people are yearning for normal life to be restored. Going to school, shopping and visiting friends safely have become their keenest desire.

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said on Thursday that if he resigns today, there will be chaos in Egypt.

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CAIRO, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Egypt's Vice President Omar Suleiman said the government has started dialogue with the opposition parties and representatives of protesters to end the mass protests that began on Jan. 25.

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LAGOS Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Nigerian troops operating in southeast Abia State said it has recorded 95 percent success in checking the spate of kidnapping and other criminal activities in the state.

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ABUJA, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Nigerian federal government has vowed to restore peace and tranquility in troubled northern Plateau and Borno States.

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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- A group which identified itself as ''Jama atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda a Waati Wal Jihad'' has claimed responsibility for last Friday's assassination of a top politician and six others in Nigeria's northeastern Borno State.

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CAIRO, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- The anti-government protests must end in order to bring normal life back to Egypt before dialogue with the political parties can start, Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman said Wednesday.

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CAIRO, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Another two persons died in clashes between pro- and anti-government protesters in the Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, bringing the death toll to three, Egypt's health ministry said.

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CAIRO, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Heavy gunfire was heard near Egyptian museum in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo on Wednesday and some protestors were injured, Xinhua reporter said.

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NAIROBI, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Prolonged conflict and instability have largely impacted on the mental and psychological well-being of the Somali people, the UN health agency said on Wednesday. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), one in three Somalis has been affected by some kind of mental illness, a prevalence which is higher than in other low-income and war-torn countries.

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CAIRO, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- The Egyptian army denied on Wednesday that it opened fire into the sky to disperse protestors, state media reported.