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Morale hits a new low on Egypt stock market
CAIRO — His phone doesn't ring and his charts are gloomy. But every day Mostafa Ismail, a financial broker with a hangman's demeanor, steps into the Egyptian stock exchange hoping for positive blips. They are rare in a nation where revolution...
Tags: Orascom Group, Inc., Finance, International Monetary Fund, Economy, Business and Finance, Religion and Belief
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RPT-ANALYSIS-Syria's savagery will thwart reconciliation
Reuters(Repeats with no changes) * Warring parties film themselves committing atrocities * Neither side condemns brutality in their own ranks * Balkans, Lebanon show savagery delays reconciliation By Oliver Holmes BEIRUT, May 14 (Reuters) - Syrian...Tags: National Government, Government, Lebanon, United Nations, Armed Conflicts
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Bahrain blogger escapes to Britain
ReutersBy Gwladys Fouche OSLO, May 14 (Reuters) - A Bahraini blogger and human rights activist said he had been granted asylum in Britain after being in hiding for two years. A leading voice among protesters during anti-government demonstrations in 2011, Ali...Tags: Civil Rights, Demonstration, Oslo (Norway), Bahrain, Politics
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WRAPUP 1-Turkey says world must act against Syria after bombings
Reuters* Turkey blames group linked to Syria for twin car bombs * Syria denies involvement * Tension in Reyhanli, death toll at 46 * Syrian opposition to consider joining conference By Jonathon Burch REYHANLI, Turkey, May 12 (Reuters) - Turkey accused a...Tags: Saudi Arabia, National Government, Government, NATO, Turkey
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WRAPUP 3-U.S., Russia push for rapid talks to end Syria carnage
Reuters* US, Russia bury differences to push for Syria peace talks * Not clear warring parties will readily agree to negotiate * Threat of conflict spilling over has alarmed world powers * Kerry says without deal Syria could simply break apart By Arshad...Tags: Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Government, National Government, Weaponry
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Egyptian Cabinet shuffle strengthens Muslim Brotherhood
CAIRO -- President Mohamed Morsi reshuffled his Cabinet on Tuesday, strengthening the Muslim Brotherhood’s hold on power and angering the opposition amid Egypt’s economic turmoil and political unrest. The naming of nine new ministers...
Tags: Government, National Government, International Monetary Fund, Elections, Judges
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WRAPUP 1-US, Russia push for rapid talks to end Syria carnage
Reuters* US, Russia bury differences to push for Syria peace talks * Not clear warring parties will readily agree to negotiate * Threat of conflict spilling over has alarmed world powers * Kerry says without deal Syria could simply break apart By Thomas...Tags: Barack Obama, National Government, Government, Biological and Chemical Weapons, John Kerry
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Thousands in Russia demand new elections, release of prisoners
This post has been corrected. See bottom for details. MOSCOW — In the biggest show of opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin since last May, thousands of demonstrators gathered Monday near the Kremlin to demand an immediate release of...
Tags: Demonstration, Corporate Crime, Embezzlement, Riots, Vladimir Putin
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Russian opposition seek to revive protests against Putin
Reuters* Opposition marks anniversary of rally that turned violent * Protests have faded since peak early last year * Putin denies repression, has tightened grip on power By Timothy Heritage MOSCOW, May 6 (Reuters) - Russian protestors unfurled a huge banner...Tags: Protest, Human Rights, Prisons, Moscow (Russia), Activism
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Opposition says Syrian forces rounding up people in Tartus region
BEIRUT — Syrian opposition groups charged Friday that government forces were continuing to round up people in a village near Syria's Mediterranean coast where an alleged massacre left scores dead. A major opposition umbrella group, known as the...
Tags: Government, National Government, United Nations, Armed Conflicts, Wars and Interventions
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Iraqi inquiries find excessive force in Sunni protest camp raid
BAGHDAD — Iraqi security used disproportionate force, including shooting unarmed civilians, during a raid on an encampment of Sunni Arab protesters last week that left 45 people dead, according to two government investigations and foreign diplomats....
Tags: Government, Nouri Maliki, United Nations, Armed Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Syria says does not trust chemical weapons claims by U.S., Britain
Reuters* Syria says another possible chemical attack in Saraqeb * U.N. wants to investigate attacks in Aleppo and Homs * Obama says chemical weapons used, but details not known By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, April 30 (Reuters) - Syria urged the United...Tags: U.S. Military, Barack Obama, National Government, Government, Weaponry
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