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South Africa Achieve Record Unbeaten Run

South Africa stretched an unbeaten run to a record 16 matches Saturday with a 3-1 friendly international victory over...

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Three Key Markets Resume Imports

Brazil won a major victory Saturday in the fight to restore credibility amid a tainted meat scandal, with key markets...

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Egypt Resumes Brazil Meat Imports

Egypt said on Saturday it would resume importing meat from Brazil after a brief suspension following allegations that...

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Sydney Landmarks Switch Off Lights, Others Miss the Memo

Sydney's Opera House and the Harbour Bridge plunged into darkness to mark Earth Hour on Saturday night, but it seems...

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Cities and Monuments Switch Off For Earth Hour

Sydney's Opera House and Harbour Bridge plunged into darkness Saturday to mark Earth Hour, as global landmarks began...

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US and UK Laptop Bans On Some Middle East Flights Come Into Effect

A ban on laptops and tablets in cabin baggage on flights from Turkey and some countries in the Middle East and North...

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Weary Flyers Shrug As Middle East Laptop Ban Takes Off

A controversial ban on carry-on laptops and tablets on flights from the Middle East to the United States and Britain...

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Laptop Ban Hits Dubai For 1.1m Weekend Travellers

Dubai International Airport and its flag carrier Emirates began implementing a ban on laptops and tablets on direct...

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Russia Trying To Gain Influence In Libya

Russia is trying to expand its influence in Libya through a combination of military means and oil and weapons sales, a...

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African Champions Cameroon Start Reign With Win

Cameroon began their reign as African champions with a 1-0 friendly victory over Tunisia in Monastir Friday thanks to a...

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Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak Freed After Six Years In Detention

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been freed from detention, six years after being overthrown. Mr Mubarak...

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One In Five Arab Mediterranean Youths Hopes To Emigrate

One in five youths in several North African countries and Lebanon would like to emigrate in search of better prospects,...

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Ousted Egypt President Mubarak Freed From Detention

Hosni Mubarak, the former Egyptian autocrat toppled during the 2011 Arab Spring, left a military hospital on Friday...

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Where Are the Leaders Now?

What happened to the leaders whose power was challenged in the so-called Arab Spring that began in late 2010? Here is a...

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Hosni Mubarak, Symbol of Dashed Hopes, Goes Free

In six years, Egypt's Hosni Mubarak has gone from symbolising the hubris of Middle East dictators swept away by the...

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TECNO Shakes African Market With New Camon CX Smartphone

Premium mobile phone brand, TECNO Mobile, on Thursday unveiled its latest handset Camon CX unto the African market at...

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Cairo Blast Kills Egyptian Man

An explosion killed an Egyptian man on Friday in Cairo, the interior ministry said. The blast in the Maadi district,...

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Ousted Egypt President Hosni Mubarak Freed From Detention

Egypt's ousted president Hosni Mubarak left a military hospital on Friday where he had spent much of the last six years...

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Ousted Egypt President Hosni Mubarak Freed From Detention

Egypt's ousted president Hosni Mubarak was freed today from a military hospital after spending six years in detention...