Cairo starts to disperse a central symbol of its bureaucracy
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The Mugamma building's government offices are being relocated in bid to reduce congestion.
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Mubarak's government tolerates registered opposition groups, but many unofficial organizations have begun operating since the late 1990s.
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A vast cloud of pollution has descended on Cairo once more, creating health problems and challenging authorities as they seek ways to stop it coming back.
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The Islamists in Mogadishu seem to be trying to increase public support by softening their views, at least officially.
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North Korea appears to be reducing the level of official reverence paid to its leader Kim Jong Il, marking the first signs of a shift away from the
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One of Egypt's latest hit films opens with scenes of police brutally beating pro-democracy protesters and ends with angry masses storming a police station where demonstrators are tortured. The audiences cheer.
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In the documentary âDarfur Now,â progress inches along on several fronts.
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The official news agency of Egypt says leaders there have reached an understanding with Israel, the Palestinians, the United States and Europe.
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At the Cairo Book Fair, the largest and most important event of its kind in the Arab world, religious works dominate, while literature and scientific texts are often pushed to the margins.
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A little travel has gone a long way toward changing perceptions in Gaza.
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In Cairo, once thought to be fairly safe, many consider fleeing again - to Israel.
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The relations of French officialdom have been uneasy of late. First there was the matter of the headscarf, which has been followed by a row over whether or not to ban broadcasts by the Al-Manar (The Beacon
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A top Palestinian official said yesterday that he would dismantle an elite security unit accused of abuse and corruption in a first step toward overhauling the tangled network of Palestinian security forces.
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Palestinian society is splintered along deep political, geographic and ideological lines that will be exacerbated by the death of Arafat.
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Egypt's official news agency said Tuesday significant progress had been made in international efforts to end Israeli-Palestinian violence, but both sides to the conflict termed talk of a deal premature.
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Egyptian bloggers have come into the  spotlight, on the one hand as an important forum for political  debate, on the other as the target of government attempts to  limit their freedom of expression.
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Thousands of workers take control of one of Egypt's biggest textile factories in a protest over pay.