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Israeli air strikes continue on Gaza, as Zionist settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque

31 Palestinians were killed, including 6 children and 4 women, in Israeli strikes since Friday

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We will not forget role of Egypt in liberation of Angola: Ambassador Nelson Cosme

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Egypt stresses strong relations with Kuwait, condemns attempts to disrupt them

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Libyans fear fresh violence on uprising anniversary

Opposition groups call for ‘popular revolt’, civil disobedience to bring down regime, ex-militias.

Tunisia jihadists on patrol as tensions simmer

The first jihadist patrols were seen in Sidi Bouzid, cradle of the revolution, a day after the funeral of Belaid last Friday

Tunisia’s Ennahda says may quit in boost for PM

Ennahda hardliners refuse to give up key portfolios and have warned they will take to the streets of the capital

Egypt expresses ‘concern’ for Palestinian hunger strikers

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr expressed his concern over reports about the deteriorating health of Palestinian hunger strikers in Israeli jails

Syrian National Coalition meets with Arab League

Coalition president Ahmed Moaz Al-Khatib meets to discuss the ongoing crisis in Syria

Tunisia in crisis as president’s party rejects government plan

Congress for the Republic party demands the resignation of the interior, justice and foreign ministers

Iranian tankers funneling Syrian oil through Suez

Despite Morsi’s repeated calls for support for Syrian rebels, Syrian oil is funnelled out of Syria through the Suez

Tunisia in political limbo after PM gamble

The ministers of President Moncef Marzouki’s party in the ruling Ennahda-led coalition are on the verge of stepping down

Tunisia opposition struggles to carve identity

Tunisia’s opposition has been undermined by differences since the 2011 revolution

Tunisia says one policeman dead, 375 arrests in unrest

The killing of Chokri Belaid plunges Tunisia into political crisis

Thousands gather for Tunisian slain politician’s funeral

Tunisian capital at a near standstill during burial of Chokri Belaid

Morsi holds talks with Gul over Palestine, Syria

Palestinian factions to meet in Egypt next week for discussions

55 die as Damascus rocked by fighting, shelling: NGO

At least 19 civilians, 28 rebels and eight soldiers have been killed since the launch of the offensive

Tunisia pledges new government after opposition leader’s killing

Furious demonstrators built barricades in central Tunis on Wednesday and clashed with police

Iranians can ‘wipe out’ Israel if attacked: Ahmadinejad

Ahmadinejad is on historic visit to Egypt, the first by an Iranian president since Tehran severed diplomatic ties with Cairo in 1980 in protest at the Egypt-Israel peace treaty

Tunisian opposition leader assassinated

Chokri Belaid’s assassination is the first in Tunisia since the Arab Spring uprising began in 2011

Tunisia police tear gas protesters in Sidi Bouzid

Tunisian police on Wednesday fired tear gas at protesters trying to storm their headquarters in the central town of Sidi Bouzid

Tunisian opposition leader shot dead-Wrap

The murder prompted President Moncef Marzouki to cut short a foreign tour

Tunisia president scraps trip after opposition leader murder

Trip was to participate in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation summit in Cairo

Ahmadinejad arrives in Cairo

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad becomes first Iranian head of state to visit Egypt since 1979

Somalia jails alleged rape victim, journalist for one year

Rights groups have condemned the case as “politically motivated”

France bombs Islamist supply routes in Mali

Dozens of French warplanes carried out massive air strikes on rebel training and logistics centres in the area around their last stronghold of Kidal over the weekend in the mountainous northeast of the landlocked county.

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February 4, 2013

Schools reopen in north Mali town of Gao

At the primary school in the eastern Aljanabandia district, “about 600 pupils” out of a normal attendance of more than 1,100 children turned up for school.