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Egypt's Islamists claim sweep of second round vote

Egypt's Islamists claim sweep of second round vote

Egypt's two leading Islamist parties said on Sunday their separate party lists secured about three-quarters of votes cast in the second round of a parliamentary election, extending their lead in the three-stage vote.

Egypt's Islamists claim sweep of second round vote
Islamists win most seats in Moroccan vote
Islamists win most seats in Moroccan vote
Morocco's moderate Islamist PJD party won the most seats in the country's parliamentary election, final results showed Sunday, in the latest sign of a resurgence of faith-based movements since the Arab Spring uprisings.
Protesters in Egypt call on military to leave power
Protesters in Egypt call on military to leave power
Several thousand protesters in Cairo called on the ruling military on Friday to promptly transfer power to a civilian government and exclude old regime figures from politics.
Gaddafi's driver on the endgame: 'He didn't seem to know what to do'
Gaddafi's driver on the endgame: 'He didn't seem to know what to do'
Huneish Nasr last saw the boss he served for 30 years standing in the ruins of Sirte looking confused as all hell broke loose around them.
Don't shoot! Muammar Gaddafi begged for his life after being dragged from a drain. Seconds later he was summarily executed
Don't shoot! Muammar Gaddafi begged for his life after being dragged from a drain. Seconds later he was summarily executed
Colonel Gaddafi was executed by a frenzied mob of rebel fighters after pleading: 'Don't shoot, don't shoot!' The final humiliation for the man who had so brutally ruled Libya for 42 years came when he was hauled from his hiding place in a sewer. Shocking vi...
Libya's Moammar Gadhafi killed in hometown battle
Libya's Moammar Gadhafi killed in hometown battle
Moammar Gadhafi, Libya's dictator for 42 years until he was ousted in an uprising-turned-civil war, was killed Thursday as revolutionary fighters overwhelmed his hometown of Sirte and captured the last major bastion of resistance two months after his regime...
Egypt Christians vent fury after clashes kill 25
Egypt Christians vent fury after clashes kill 25
Egypt's Coptic Christians turned their fury against the army on Monday after at least 25 people were killed when troops broke up a protest, deepening public doubts about the military's ability to steer the country peacefully toward democracy.
Riots over church attack in Egypt kill 19
Riots over church attack in Egypt kill 19
Massive clashes that drew in Christians angry over a recent church attack, Muslims, and Egyptian security forces raged over a large section of downtown Cairo Sunday night, leaving at least 19 people dead and more than 150 injured, Health Ministry officials ...
Egypt's Islamists claim sweep of second round vote
Egypt's Islamists claim sweep of second round vote
Egypt's two leading Islamist parties said on Sunday their separate party lists secured about three-quarters of votes cast in the second round of a parliamentary election, extending their lead in the three-stage vote.

Libya's rebels launch the final push for Sirte and their crowning victory

Libya's rebels launch the final push for Sirte and their crowning victory

Libyan rebel forces launched a furious 'final offensive' on the loyalist stronghold Sirte on Friday, battling to clea...

Libya's rebels launch the final push for Sirte and their crowning victory

Gaddafi calls on Libyans to wage campaign of disobedience against rebel leaders in new tape

Message: Syrian-based Arrai television has shown Gaddafi previously urging his supporters to fight the new regime

Moammar Gaddafi called on Libyans to take to the streets and wage a campaign of civil disobedience against the countr...

Gaddafi calls on Libyans to wage campaign of disobedience against rebel leaders in new tape

Libya's National Transitional Council may delay forming gov't again - source

Libya's National Transitional Council may delay forming gov't again - source

Senior members of Libya's ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) are leaning towards putting plans for a new care...

Libya's National Transitional Council may delay forming gov't again - source

Libya could fall into hands of extremists, Nato warns

Libya could fall into hands of extremists, Nato warns

Libya is in danger of falling into the hands of Islamic extremists if a stable government is not rapidly established,...

Libya could fall into hands of extremists, Nato warns

Egypt's military rulers ignored pleas from US as mob attacked Israeli embassy

Egypt's military rulers ignored pleas from US as mob attacked Israeli embassy

Egypt's military leaders have been accused of turning a blind eye to the mob attack on Israel's Cairo embassy at the ...

Egypt's military rulers ignored pleas from US as mob attacked Israeli embassy

Libya fighters' push stalled by Gadhafi troops

Libya fighters' push stalled by Gadhafi troops

Fierce resistance by Moammar Gadhafi loyalists entrenched in two strongholds has stalled the rebels' final push for c...

Libya fighters' push stalled by Gadhafi troops

Gaddafi last tracked in southern Libya

Gaddafi last tracked in southern Libya

Muammar Gaddafi has probably left the Libyan desert town of Bani Walid and is heading further south, with the help of...

Gaddafi last tracked in southern Libya

Foreigners complain of harassment by Libya rebels

Ukrainians living in Libya and suspected of being mercenaries for Gadhafi are detained in a Libyan military base held by rebels from the Zentan Al Kakaa Brigade, in Tripoli, Libya, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011.

A Ghanaian teacher cowers in his house, certain he will be grabbed at a checkpoint because of his dark skin. Armed re...

Foreigners complain of harassment by Libya rebels

Jihadists plot to take over Libya

Jihadists plot to take over Libya

Jihadists among the Libyan rebels revealed plans last week on the Internet to subvert the post-Moammar Gadhafi govern...

Jihadists plot to take over Libya

Media rights group warns Egypt blogger may die in jail

Media rights group warns Egypt blogger may die in jail

A media watchdog on Saturday called for the immediate release of a blogger sentenced by Egypt's military to three yea...

Media rights group warns Egypt blogger may die in jail

Gaddafi vows fight as world backs new leaders; Rebels extend surrender deadline 1 week

Gaddafi vows fight as world backs new leaders; Rebels extend surrender deadline 1 week

Muammar Gaddafi urged his supporters from hiding to fight on as Libya's new interim rulers met world leaders on Thurs...

Gaddafi vows fight as world backs new leaders; Rebels extend surrender deadline 1 week

Gaddafi sons broadcast confusion as battle looms

Gaddafi sons broadcast confusion as battle looms

Muammar Gaddafi's sons clashed on the airwaves Wednesday, with one offering peace and another promising a 'war of att...

Gaddafi sons broadcast confusion as battle looms
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