Egyptian border guards shot a Sudanese refugee and arrested two others early Wednesday as they tried to cross from Egypt into Israel, a police official said.
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5 July
Egypt Mufti defends ban on female genital cutting
Egypt’s state-appointed Grand Mufti, who last week declared female genital cutting as banned in Islam, defended his decision by likening the practice to an ancient custom once wrongly seen as necessary for good health.
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Egypt: Copts allowed to reclaim Christian faith
An Egyptian court accepted an appeal Monday from 45 Copts who were denied the right to reclaim their religious identities after they decided to convert back to Christianity from Islam, a lawyer and court officials said.
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Americans celebrate July 4 with Afghan twist
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Thousands of American troops celebrated their 4th of July independence holiday in Afghanistan on Wednesday, far from home but treated to a feast of hotdogs, burgers, corn on the cob and ice cream.
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4 July
Six Canadian soldiers killed, German abducted in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) – A bomb struck a NATO vehicle in southern Afghanistan Wednesday, killing six Canadian soldiers and their interpreter, while a German national was reported kidnapped in a remote and dangerous area.
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4 July
Morega cere demiterea secretarului general al Ministerului Educaţiei
Liderul PNL Gorj, Dan Ilie Morega, îi cere şefului său de partid, premierul Călin Popescu Tăriceanu, să demită un înalt funcţionar public din Ministerul Educaţiei.
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4 July
Iranian Opposition Gathering: “Paris has rarely ever seen anything like It” – EuroNews
EuroNews, the European news channel, in a news report that was broadcasted repeatedly about the gathering of 50,000 Iranians in Paris on Saturday described the event as the one that rarley Paris has witnessed.
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4 July
Congressman Bob Filner: Let the Iranian Resistance Take the Lead
Congressman Bob Filner, Democrat from California, spoke to a crowd of 50,000 Iranians in Paris, Saturday June 30. He criticized the EU policy toward the Iranian regime and expressed support for Mrs. Maryam Rajavi’s proposed “Third Option” as the only solution the current Iran-West crisis.
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4 July
Fuel Uprising: One of the detainees dies in Gohardasht Prison
Last night, Mr. Mohammad Jalali, a 25-year-old man who set himself on fire in protest to the fuel rationing by the mullahs’ regime in Iran, died after not receiving any medical care in the notorious Gohardasht Prison in the outskirt of Karaj City, thirty Kilometers west of Tehran.
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4 July
UN changes Sahara report that leans towards Morocco
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon acknowledged on Monday he had spoken out of turn in a report that leaned towards the Moroccan side in protracted negotiations with the Polisario movement over western Sahara.
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