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Amnesty head on the death of Saudi King Abdullah: Don’t forget Raef Badawi
In the wake of King Abdullah’s death, Amnesty International head Salil Shetty criticised the Saudi regime for being "insensitive to human rights".
Egypt’s al-Zawahr likely to succeed Bin Laden
It was the strategic thinking and the organisational skills of Ayman al-Zawahr that kept al-Qaeda together.
Nobel winner Naguib Mahfouz dies in Cairo
Naguib Mahfouz, who became the first Arab writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature and who was later stabbed by an Islamic militant who accused him of blasphemy, died on…
Bin Laden defends attacks on Shi’ites in Iraq
Osama bin Laden has defended attacks by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi against civilians, saying in a taped web message on Friday that the Jordanian militant was acting under al-Qaeda…
Shi’ite alliance nominates new Iraq prime minister
The Shi’ite alliance nominated a tough-talking Shi’ite politician, Jawad al-Maliki, as prime minister in a move that breaks the long impasse over forming a new government aimed…
More than 20 killed in new Baghdad violence
An insurgent blew up his car in a Baghdad square, killing four people in the first significant suicide bombing in the capital in weeks. More than 20 Iraqis died in a swell of…
Insurgents threaten to burn hostages
Eight South Koreans and three Japanese were kidnapped by insurgents in Iraq, and captors armed with automatic rifles and swords threatened on Thursday to burn the Japanese alive…