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Obama: Libya’s Gadhafi time is up

President Barack Obama has called on Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi to leave power immediately, saying he has lost the legitimacy to rule with his violent crackdown on his own people. With that shift Saturday, Obama dropped the careful condemnation, threats … read more »

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Mubarak pictures taken down

Cairo – The omnipresent pictures of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak were being officially removed from government offices and streets on Sunday. Large pictures of Mubarak, who resigned after almost 30 years in power on Friday following 18 days of … read more »

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Egypt says al-Qaida-linked militant group in Gaza behind deadly New Year’s attack on church

CAIRO – An al-Qaida-linked group in Gaza was behind the New Year’s Day suicide bombing that killed at least 21 Christians and wounded about a hundred outside a church in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria, the country’s top security … read more »

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