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TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya will withdraw $7 billion of assets in Swiss banks, cut economic ties with Switzerland and stop supplying it with oil to protest against poor treatment of Libyan diplomats and businessmen, Libyan news agency JANA said.
Read More »Swiss fear fall-out of Libyan row
The people of Switzerland face possible fuel shortages as a result of the ongoing diplomatic row with Libya. The arguments erupted this summer when a son of Libyan leader Muammar Gadaffi was arrested in Geneva, and charged with mistreating two domestic employees. Hannibal Gadaffi was released on bail. Libya threatened …
Read More »Egyptian killed in sectarian row
Egypt’s occasionally fragile sectarian ties have been shaken by the murder of a Muslim whose wife converted to Islam against her Christian family’s wishes.
Read More »Egyptian Foreign Minister, Ahmad Aboul Gheit Talks to Asharq Al-Awsat
New York, Asharq Al-Awsat – Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmad Aboul Gheit denied reports that the US intends to tie its aid to Egypt to respect for human rights and greater freedoms, saying that “in all the talks we had with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice we have not talked …
Read More »Egypt blocks Gaza protest attempt
Police in Egypt have blocked a convoy organised by opposition groups to carry medical supplies to the Gaza Strip. The convoy had been due to leave from the journalists’ syndicate in central Cairo but activists gathering there were surrounded by police.
Read More »Egyptian foreign minister visits Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Sunday and promised to reopen an embassy in Baghdad soon, the latest sign that fellow Arab nations are slowly restoring ties.
Read More »Egyptian editor verdict condemned
Press freedom activists have condemned Egypt for jailing a newspaper editor who printed rumours about the health of its 80-year-old president.
Read More »Al Qaeda says it was behind Algeria bombing
DUBAI (Reuters) – Al Qaeda’s north Africa wing said it was behind a deadly suicide bombing in Algeria on Sunday, according to a statement posted on the Internet on Wednesday.
Read More »Freed Western tourists back home
A group of Western tourists, who spent 10 days as hostages in the Sahara Desert, have returned home.
Read More »Fire guts Egypt National Theatre
AÂ fire has destroyed the main hall of Egypt’s National Theatre in the centre of the capital, Cairo. More than 20 engines responded to the blaze, which officials said was caused by an electrical fault.
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