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Prominent Egyptian reform campaigner Mohamed ElBaradei talks to journalists before leaving Vienna to Cairo at the Vienna airoirt, January 27, 2011.

Mohamed ElBaradei Abandons Bid for the Egyptian Presidency

Mohamed ElBaradei pulled out of the race for the Egyptian presidency on Saturday, with the Nobel Peace Prize winner saying the previous regime was still running the country, which has been governed by army generals since Hosni Mubarak was deposed last year.

Oklahoma Ruling Exposes Legal Issues with Sharia Law Bans

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A federal appeals court's ruling against a proposed constitutional amendment to ban Oklahoma courts from using Islamic Sharia law represents more than a setback to the measure's proponents. Experts say that the decision also reveals how such laws fall somewhere between impractical and unconstitutional.
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Centamin Hikes Gold Output 10% in 4Q

Gold producer Centamin posted a 10 percent rise in fourth-quarter output, boosted by higher production rates at its flagship Sukari project in Egypt, lifting its shares on Tuesday.
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Will Yemen's President Saleh Get Immunity?

Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh has agreed to step down from power in response to ongoing protests in the country, but a stipulation that the oppressive leader will receive immunity in prosecution in exchange has restarted civil unrest in the country.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends a media briefing after his address to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg

Fatah, Hamas Seek Gains in a Reshaped Middle East

Representatives of the rival factions Fatah and Hamas are pursuing contrasting approaches to building support for the Palestinian cause, with Fatah engaged in apparently fruitless peace talks with Israel while Hamas' leader pays visits to newly empowered Islamist governments across the region. While the two developments are not directly related, they nevertheless offer a glimpse of how the Palestinian peace process might play out in a region reshaped by popular uprisings.
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak lies on a stretcher while being transported to the courtroom at the police academy in Cairo

Egypt: Prosecution Demands Death Sentence for Mubarak

Death by hanging for ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been demanded by the prosecutor in his trial, who said the former leader was complicit in the killing of protestors during last year's uprising against his regime.
Hosni Mubarak

Hosni Mubarak Trial: 'He Deserves to End in Humiliation'

The chief prosecutor in the trial against Hosni Mubarak lambasted the former Egyptian president during an hour-long argument that The Associated Press called the harshest assessment of Mubarak's rule ever heard in an Egyptian courtroom.
Crude Oil Futures on Track for Weekly Gain on U.S. Economic Recovery

Where is Oil Price Heading in 2012?

Crude prices started their jolly ride to the top in February last year when simmering discontent in the Middle East erupted into several violent anti-government protests.
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Israelis and Palestinians to Resume Talks Tuesday

Israeli and Palestinian negotiators will meet this week after more than a year of deadlock in peacemaking, officials said Sunday, but both sides played down prospects of any imminent resumption of talks.
Bahrain

Funeral of Bahrain Youth Turns into Street Protest

Bahraini police fired tear gas and sound grenades after hundreds of Shi'ite youths demonstrated on Sunday against the death of a 15-year-old protester a day earlier in the Sunni-ruled Gulf island kingdom, residents and activists said.
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Egyptian Police Raid U.S.-Backed Pro-Democracy Groups

Egyptian prosecutors and police raided offices of 17 pro-democracy and human rights groups Thursday - including several funded by the United States - in what rights defenders described as a campaign against them by the military rulers.
Occupy Wall Street

Facebook for the 99%: Why Occupy is Making its Own Social Network

A small group of committed programmers has taken it upon themselves to build a central network for Occupy groups and protesters around the world, Wired reported on its Threat Level blog. It's partly a function of not wanting Facebook to have access to private activist messages, but it's also an attempt to simplify communications among the many groups.

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