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Iran 'building copy' of captured US drone
Iran says it has reverse-engineered a US spy drone captured by its armed forces last year and has begun building a copy. General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, chief of the aerospace division of the powerful Revolutionary Guards, related on Sunday what he said were details of the aircraft's operational history to prove his claim that Tehran's military experts.. More -
UN team tours Syria amid reports of violence
Syrian troops backed by tanks have stormed a Damascus suburb, activists said as an advance team of UN ceasefire observers continue their tour of flashpoint areas to lay the groundwork for an expanded monitoring mission. Activists said that explosions shook the town of Douma early on Sunday as soldiers launched an operation there to crush an armed rebellion.. More -
Egypt terminates gas deal with Israel
The head of the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company has said it has terminated its contract to ship gas to Israel because of violations of contractual obligations, a decision Israel said overshadows the peace agreement between the two countries. Mohamed Shoeb, the gas company's top official, said Sunday's decision was not political. This has nothing.. More -
Tahrir rally calls for end to military rule
Thousands of people have taken to Cairo's Tahrir Square to protest against the handling of the nation's transition period by the ruling military council following the fall of former president Hosni Mubarak. Friday's demonstrators called for a quick exit of the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) and that officials from the ousted president's government.. More -
Erdogan denies Iraq's meddling claim
Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish prime minister, has rejected charges he sought to inflame sectarian divisions in Iraq and accused Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of trying to gain "prestige", the latest in a series of bitter exchanges between the neighbors. The Turkish PM comments on Saturday came just days after he had accused Nuri al-Maliki.. More -
UN approves Syria monitor mission
The UN Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution that authorizes an initial deployment of up to 300 unarmed military observers to Syria for three months to monitor a fragile week-old ceasefire in the country's 13-month old conflict. The Russian and European drafted resolution said that deployment of the UN observer mission, which will.. More -
Egypt presidential hopefuls launch campaign
The number of candidates in Egypt's presidential election has been almost halved to 13, and an appeal by10 candidates who were barred has been rejected by the election panel. Some have welcomed the Electoral Commission's decision, particularly those who have seen the odds on their favored candidate improve dramatically. Supporters of Amr Moussa,.. More -
Syria 'pledges respect' for Annan plan
Syria's foreign minister has pledged to respect UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan and to co-operate with a UN team sent to monitor a fragile ceasefire between government forces and opposition fighters. Walid al-Muallem's comments, made as he met his Chinese counterpart in Beijing on Wednesday, came as both the opposition and authorities.. More -
India tests long-range missile
India has test launched its first long-range missile capable of reaching deep into China and as far as Europe, with a scientist at the launch describing the mission as successful. "It has met all the mission objectives," S P Dash, director of the test range, told the Reuters news agency on Thursday. "It hit the target with very good.. More -
Egypt panel turns down candidates' appeal
The committee overseeing the Egyptian presidential election has upheld rulings disqualifying 10 candidates from the race including Hosni Mubarak's spy chief Omar Suleiman and Salafi preacher Hazem Salah Abu Ismail, the state-owned al-Ahram newspaper has reported. Disqualification of the Muslim Brotherhood's Khairat al-Shater was also upheld on Tuesday. A.. More -
Chaos marks Egypt football riot trial
The opening day of the trial of 73 men accused of involvement in an Egyptian football stampede, which left more than 70 dead, has been marked with chaos and had to be briefly adjourned. Dozens of defendants began shouting and pleaded "not guilty", as the prosecutor read out charges on Tuesday in the capital, Cairo. Some chanted "Allahu.. More -
Syria urged to implement faltering peace plan
The Arab League ministerial committee on Syria has backed the six-point plan devised by international envoy Kofi Annan and called on Damascus to stick to it. "We hope the Syrian government responds" to Annan's plan, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani, Qatar's prime minister, said during talks in Doha on Tuesday. "We don't see any progress.. More -
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Sudan calls government of South an 'enemy'
Sudan's parliament has branded South Sudan's government an "enemy" and called for a swift recapture of a disputed oil-producing region, as rising border tensions pushed the old civil war foes closer to another full-blown conflict. South Sudan, which seceded from Sudan last July, seized the contested Heglig oilfield last Tuesday, prompting.. More -
Syria fighting casts shadow over UN mission
Security forces are locked in fierce battles with opposition fighters in one Syrian city and have been shelling another, activists say. Monday's reports came as a handful of UN monitors entrusted with overseeing a ceasefire were due to begin work. President Bashar al-Assad's forces killed two civilians in the central city of Hama, and were fighting.. More
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