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WRAPUP 1-Opposition in Syria slams coalition in exile ahead of peace talks
Reuters* Syria opposition says National Coalition in exile lacks legitimacy * Coalition deadlocked over its own membership * Rebels in Syria want half the seats on Coalition bodies * Turkey sees Geneva peace talks slipping from June to July By Khaled...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Bashar Assad, Saudi Arabia, Christianity, Qatar
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Egypt drags its feet in privatisation tussle
Reuters* Court rulings to renationalise plunge companies into legal limbo * Officials say implementing rulings is complicated * Critics say government stalling on implementation * Dozens more rulings pending By Maggie Fick CAIRO, May 29 (Reuters) - A thorny...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Egypt, Cairo (Egypt), Trials, Career and Workplace
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WRAPUP 5-Syrian rebels lose strategic town in boost for Assad
Reuters* Syrian army says rebels face "surrender or death" * Rebels say Hezbollah intervention hastened their defeat * Date for proposed peace conference slips back to July (Adds detail from Qusair, Arab League comment) By Mariam Karouny QUSAIR, Syria, June...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Bashar Assad, Lebanon, European Union, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
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Egypt's youths feel disenfranchised after revolution
CAIRO — Egypt's 2011 uprising was often referred to as a youth revolution, but two years after longtime President Hosni Mubarak was forced out of office, many in the younger generation say they feel more politically isolated than ever. The country...
Tags: Egypt, Cairo (Egypt), Employment, Career and Workplace, Mohamed ElBaradei
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WRAPUP 3-Syria opposition unity take face spectre of collapse
Reuters* U.S., Russia to discuss peace talks on Monday * Russia says Syrian govt agrees in principle to talks * West will step up support to opposition if talks fail (Recasts with opposition talks facing collapse, adds quotes) By Khaled Yacoub Oweis...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Bashar Assad, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Moscow (Russia)
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ANALYSIS-Crackdown on radical Islamists tests Tunisia's stability
Reuters* Moderate Islamist-led government cracks down on Salafists * Rupture raises risk of fuelling armed radicals in N.Africa * Main Salafist group rejects state, shuns elections * Secular Tunisians fear for freedom, stability By Tarek Amara TUNIS, May 23...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Egypt, Libya, Zine el Abidine ben Ali, Tunisian Revolution (2010-2011)
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Mock Revolutionary Battle In Wethersfield To Bring History To Life
The Hartford Courant— The British are coming to Old Wethersfield. The Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum will host its fifth annual Revolutionary War encampment Saturday featuring a mock battle between the Fifth Connecticut Regiment and a redcoat raiding party. Commanding...Tags: George Washington, Museums, Tolland (Tolland, Connecticut), Military Equipment, Human Interest
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From four Iranians, four views of the coming election
TEHRAN -- Elections are scheduled in Iran for June 14, the first presidential balloting since the disputed 2009 vote. Iran’s Guardian Council, an oversight body, is expected to release the list of vetted candidates this week. The Times sought out...
Tags: Saudi Arabia, Abusive Behavior, Books and Magazines, Colleges and Universities, Breads
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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: Economy, Business and Finance, Egypt, Cairo (Egypt), Mohamed ElBaradei, Stock Market
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The Week Ahead: Imelda's back, Iran at impasse, Syria in turmoil
Marcos dynasty enhancing its political comeback in the Philippines Monday, May 13 -- Unrepentant over her role as treasure-squandering first lady, the widow of late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos is poised for victory in Monday’s...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Bashar Assad, European Union, NATO, Nuclear Weapons
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Global Voices: Ahmadis' mission of peace in an age of terror
This post has been updated and corrected. See the notes below for details.Just weeks after the terrorist bombings at the Boston Marathon, the global leader of the world’s 10-million-plus Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has brought his religion’s message of peace, public service and uplift to the faithful of Southern...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Shimon (music group), Sports, Separation of Church and State, Islam
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