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Court plunges Egypt elections into chaos
Egypt’s historic presidential run-off at the weekend has been thrown into chaos after a senior court ruled that parliamentary elections in January were unconstitutional.
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Syria heading for ‘all-out’ civil war, says peace envoy
Syria is tilting closer towards “all-out” civil war, international envoy Kofi Annan says, as eight are killed in Lebanon in clashes between supporters and opponents of President Assad.
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Former president Mubarak sentenced to life
Former Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the killing of hundreds of protesters in the first court ruling since the start of the Arab Spring.
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Syria denies role in Houla massacre
With the systematic slaughter of dozens of non-combatants, the evidence on the ground in the Syrian town of Houla is of a war crime. But Syria’s government is saying it had no hand in the massacre.
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Syrian diplomats expelled after Houla massacre
Britain and several other countries are expelling Syrian diplomats following the killing of 108 people, half of them children, in Houla.
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BAE’s £1.6bn Saudi deal reprieves 250 manufacturing jobs
British defence giant BAE Systems secures a £1.6bn deal with Saudi Arabia that will safeguard more than 240 jobs that were under threat at its Yorkshire factory.
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At least 90 dead in Yemen suicide attack
More than 90 people were killed and 222 injured when a suicide bomber attacked soldiers practising for a military parade in Sanaa, the Yemen capital.
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Syrian uprising spreads to Lebanon
Violent sectarian clashes erupt in Lebanon after the bloody uprising to oust Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad spilled over the border, killing five and wounding more than 70.
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Palestinian prisoners agree deal to end hunger strike
More than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners who have been on hunger strike in Israeli jails have agreed to end their protest following negotiations.
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Two British servicemen killed in Afghanistan
Afghan police shoot dead two British servicemen and gunmen kill a peace negotiator in separate attacks that undermine the country’s attempt to negotiate a peace deal with Taliban insurgents.
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Libyan oil minister’s body found floating in Danube
The intrigue swirling around Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s former oil minister has followed him to Austria, where his body was found in the River Danube on Sunday. Police say he drowned.
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Dozens feared dead in Syria as shaky truce crumbles
Up to 70 people are feared to have been killed in a deadly shell attack on houses in the central Syrian city of Hama amid a visit by UN observers.
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Bahrain protests continue around F1 Grand Prix
Demonstrators in Bahrain protest today’s Grand Prix denouncing it as a gaudy spectacle, and continue to call for a change in government.
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Tension before F1 race as riot police blamed for man’s death
On the eve of Bahrain’s Formula One Grand Prix race, opposition party blames riot police for protester’s death.
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Afghanistan arrest men smuggling 400 bags of explosives
Five men who smuggled 10,000 kilograms of explosives from Pakistan into Afghanistan are captured by security forces who suspect they were plotting a massive attack in Kabul.