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Building collapses in Egyptian city; 22 dead
CAIRO -- At least 22 people were killed and 11 injured Wednesday morning when an eight-story building collapsed in Egypt's coastal city of Alexandria, according to the state-run news agency. Rescue teams searched into the evening for possible survivors...
Tags: Afghanistan, Mohamed Morsi, Disasters and Accidents
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The real reason there won't be women priests
A lot of the commentary about the election of the next pope has focused on the possibility — or, more often, impossibility — that Benedict XVI’s successor would allow women to be ordained to the priesthood. The usual reason given for...
Tags: Roman Catholicism, Christianity, Rome (Italy), Religion and Belief, College of Cardinals
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Morsi's hateful speech
Zionists are "bloodsuckers" and "the descendants of apes and pigs." Egyptians should "nurse our children and our grandchildren on hatred for them: for Zionists, for Jews." Those are the words not of an anonymous fanatic on a Cairo street corner but of...
Tags: Israel, West Bank, White House, Religion and Belief, Hamas
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Grand mufti chosen in Egypt; many activists surprised by pick
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt-- Senior Egyptian clerics elected a new top Islamist jurist Monday in the first such ballot in six decades. Shawky Ibrahim Abdel Karim, a professor of Islamic jurisprudence at Tanta University, was chosen as grand mufti to succeed...Tags: Education, Religion and Belief, Colleges and Universities, Hosni Mubarak, Islam
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Netanyahu's choices
As President Barack Obama begins his second term, he faces a series of Middle East challenges far more daunting than when he began his presidency in 2009. These problems include: •what to do about the Arab-Israeli conflict, with peace talks between...
Tags: West Bank, Hamas, Peace Negotiations, Arts and Culture, Knesset
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Egyptian lawyer gets 5 years, 300 lashes for Saudi drug conviction
CAIRO — An Egyptian human rights lawyer was sentenced Tuesday to five years in prison and 300 lashes by a court in Saudi Arabia after being found guilty of smuggling drugs into the kingdom. Ahmed Gizawy was arrested with his wife on their way to a...
Tags: Cairo (Egypt), Mohamed Morsi, Justice and Rights, Imperial and Royal Matters, Abdullah II of Jordan
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Egyptian human rights group says police abuses continue
CAIRO — An Egyptian human rights groups reported this week that torture and police brutality, which helped spark a national uprising two years ago, have continued under the new Islamist-led government. Over the course of 2011 and 2012, the...Tags: Cairo (Egypt), Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Hosni Mubarak, Human Rights
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Inauguration 2013: What foreign media say about Obama's second term
People around the world tuned in Monday to President Obama's inauguration and weighed in on the challenges facing the U.S. leader in his second term. Here are some of the opinions expressed in foreign media about President Obama on his inauguration day:...
Tags: China, Iran's Nuclear Program, Republican Party, Toronto Star, Finance
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Abraham Foxman: Morsi must reject anti-Semitism
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi's blatantly anti-Semitic statements nearly three years ago should hardly be shocking to anyone familiar with the history of the Muslim Brotherhood movement. In newly unearthed videos, Morsi is shown railing against...Tags: Religious Conflicts, U.S. Department of State, Government, Mohamed Morsi, Israel
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China Stands Out in 2012's Leadership Transitions
The year 2012 will go into the history books as one of contrasting transitions. China’s five- year cycle for Communist Party congresses and leadership turnover overlapped with the U.S.’s four-year electoral calendar. And if that once-in-20-...Tags: China, Xi Jinping, U.S. Elections, Parties and Movements, Elections
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Governor of Egypt's Central Bank resigns
CAIRO -- Egypt's Central Bank Gov. Farouk el-Okdah resigned Thursday amid tumultuous economic conditions marked by shrinking foreign reserves and the continuing decline of the Egyptian pound against the U.S. dollar. President Mohamed Morsi accepted El-...Tags: Executive Branch, Auction Service, Government, Politics, Regional Authority
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With the Do Lab, journeys near and far
On a cold and rainy December night, the dance floor at Hollywood's King King brims with young, urban hippies for the final show of the year presented by the Do Lab. Founded by brothers Dede, Jesse and Josh Flemming, the production troupe is best known in...
Tags: Beats Antique (music group), Entertainment, Cairo (Egypt), Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Mexico
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