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1994, the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, Egypt, recognized reproductive health and family planning as fundamental human rights. Delegates committed to making voluntary family planning services universally available by... Full Article at Treehugger
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Dunne: Democracy takes tim e Michele Dunne is the director of the Atlantic Council's Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East in Washington. Previously, she was a Middle East affairs specialist at the State Department and the White House. She also... Full Article at CNN
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Countries that "sow chaos" in Syria could find the tables turned, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told a state-run Russian television station in comments aired on Wednesday. Assad gave one of the few interviews he has conducted... Full Article at Reuters Mobile
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15 plainclothes police carried out the raid because the station was operating without a license, Al-Alam reported. Police briefly detained two Al-Alam staff members, news reports said. Al-Alam, which has operated a Cairo bureau for more than 10 years,... Full Article at Society of Professional Journalists
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(05-16) 10:25 PDT CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- A black smoke covered Cairo's Tahrir Square. Around a dozen protesters who had been holding a weekslong sit-in demanding an end to military rule had come to the conclusion their gathering was useless. So over the... Full Article at San Francisco Chronicle
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Arab League tried to gather the various councils and organizations claiming to represent the “Syrian opposition” in Cairo this week. Only a few people showed up: the international envoy groups, none of which were Syrian. The effort to unite Syria’s... Full Article at The American Interest
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Cairo – El aspirante a la Presidencia egipcia por el Partido Generación Democrática, Mohamed Fauzi, se retiró hoy de la carrera electoral y anunció su apoyo a la candidatura del ex secretario general de la Liga Árabe Amro Musa. En una rueda de prensa... Full Article at Fox News Latino
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There had been plans for a unity government to end almost five years of division between the rival factions. A Hamas spokesman said naming a new cabinet was a "big error". Resignations The BBC's Jon Donnison in Ramallah says it is more than a year since... Full Article at BBC News
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With no strong candidate, Egypt's presidential elections expose revolutionaries' disarray
Hampton Roads Daily Press"Freedom for Ahmed Abu Doma, We get their rights or we die like them, Ahmed el-Mogi the rapist of our daughters, down with the military rule, you will not break me and silence is not for us." (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File) (Nasser Nasser, AP / March 24,... Full Article at Hampton Roads Daily Press
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Around a dozen protesters who had been holding a weekslong sit-in demanding an end to military rule had come to the conclusion their gathering was useless. So over the weekend, they splashed gas on their tents and banners, burned them to ashes and left. Full Article at Miami Herald
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A black smoke covered Cairo's Tahrir Square. Around a dozen protesters who had been holding a weekslong sit-in demanding an end to military rule had come to the conclusion their gathering was useless. So over the weekend, they splashed gas on their... Full Article at Newsday
