North Africa – Egypt Muslims burn Christian shops: police
Egypt Muslims burn Christian shops: police
Hundreds of Muslim protesters burnt Christian-owned shops in southern Egypt, a police official said.
Tunisian court hands journalist 6-month sentence (AP via Yahoo! News)
A journalist known for his critical stance toward Tunisia’s government was sentenced to six months in prison Thursday for what his lawyer called a trumped-up assault charge.
CAF Confederation Cup Final: Entente Setif Aim To Be Crowning Glory For Algerian Football (Goal.com)
ES Setif will not have to look too far for inspiration going into this year’s first leg of the CAF Confederation Cup final following Algeria’s dramatic qualification for the 2010 World Cup, with their goalkeeper, Faouzi Chaouchi, an integral part of the national team.
Tunisian journalist jailed after unfair trial (Amnesty International)
Amnesty International has condemned the conviction of a dissenting Tunisian journalist who has been jailed for six months on trumped up charges after an unfair trial. Taoufik Ben Brik, a prominent government critic, was sentenced on Thursday on charges of committing violence, damaging property, harming public morality and defamation. This is a very disappointing outcome”, said Malcolm Smart …
Tunisia jails dissident reporter (BBC News)
Taoufik Ben Brik, a journalist critical of Tunisia’s leader, is jailed for six months on charges he says are trumped up.
Sec. Clinton Speaks with Al-Aoula TV (Scoop.co.nz)
QUESTION: First of all, on behalf of the Moroccan viewers, Madame Secretary of State, I would like to thank you very much, despite a busy week and a very heavy schedule.
Suspect physicist discussed attacks on French army (MalaysiaNews.net)
Switzerland has opened its own investigation into the case of a nuclear physicist France suspected of al-Qaida links, an official said Sunday. The French suspect, who worked at the world’s largest at…
Suspect physicist discussed attacks on French army (Boston Herald)
PARIS – A French nuclear physicist discussed possible terrorist attacks targeting France’s army in e-mail exchanges with North Africa’s al-Qaida branch before his…
Tunisia jails journalist for six months (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A Tunisian court on Thursday sentenced a journalist and vocal critic of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to six months in prison for assaulting a woman.
Update 2: Libyan arrested for cruelty to birds, another escapes (Times of Malta)
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