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North Africa – Algerian security forces kill 10 militants: report (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

Algerian security forces kill 10 militants: report (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algerian security forces have killed 10 Islamist rebels in an ambush, state radio reported on Sunday.

Saudi Arabia, Egypt among restrictive on religion: study (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
U.S. allies Saudi Arabia and Egypt are among 10 mostly Muslim nations whose governments impose the most curbs on religion, according to a report on Wednesday by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.

Egypt bans British MP
British MP George Galloway has been told not to return to Egypt after activists who joined him to send an aid convoy to Gaza clashed with police.

Missionary blamed for fatal library fire
Investigators have implicitly blamed a missionary for a fire at a cultural institution in Tunis which killed him and destroyed nearly 17 000 books.

Algerian security forces kill 10 militants: report (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Algerian security forces killed 10 Islamist rebels in an ambush, state radio reported on Sunday, while in a separate development a Canadian firm said an Algerian employed kidnapped by insurgents had been freed.

Egypt arrests Christians, Muslims after arson
Egyptian authorities have arrested 42 Christian and Muslim “troublemakers” after arsonists set fire to Christian-owned property in southern Egypt.