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Tunisia to have coalition govt with islamists

Tunisia Feb. 2 presented its new coalition government, dominated by the secular Nidaa Tounes party but also including its Islamist rivals, as it prepares to tackle security problems and a faltering economy. Prime Minister Habib Essid announced the makeup of his new cabinet, which had initially been abandoned after the …

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Egypt court condmens 183 Brotherhood supporters to death

An Egyptian court on Monday upheld the death sentences of 183 Muslim Brotherhood supporters convicted of killing 13 people during violence in 2013 after the ouster of the country’s first Islamist President Mohamed Morsy. The court, in its judgment on 188 defendants who were given death in a preliminary verdict …

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3 militants killed by Egyptian troops in North Sinai

Armed forces killed three militants during an exchange of fire with “terrorists” in North Sinai’s Rafah on Saturday evening. The armed forces returned fire when militants attacked a checkpoint using mortar shells and RPG. Aswat Masriya quoted a military source saying that six military personnel were injured. The armed forces …

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