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Egypt's interim authorities named a new prosecutor general on Wednesday, completing a contentious legal process that removed the man appointed by deposed President Mohamed Mursi.
Gulf states showered Cairo with $8 billion in aid on Tuesday, showing their support for the Egyptian army's move to push the Muslim Brotherhood from power, a day after troops killed dozens of the movement's supporters.
Russia said on Tuesday it had forensic proof that rebels have used a "lethal" sarin compound and handed its evidence to the UN team for inquiry.
Osama bin Laden lived in plain sight for almost a decade and was once even pulled over for speeding but not apprehended, thanks to the incompetence of Pakistan's intelligence and security services, an official report into his killing said on Monday.
Jordan will observe the holy month of Ramadan on Wednesday, Chief Islamic Justice Ahmad Helayel announced Monday.
Egypt's interim administration expressed "deep regret" for those killed in violence in Cairo on Monday, it said in a statement carried on the state news agency.
One soldier was killed in an attack by a group of militants in Egypt's North Sinai on Sunday, a security source told Xinhua.
Chinese investment in Sudan is a valuable mediation tool for regional stability and a boost to local economic development, a senior official from Sudan's leading political party said recently in Beijing.
The Syrian opposition National Coalition elected Ahmad Jarba as president following a run-off vote held in Istanbul on Saturday.
Egypt's military announced Friday state of emergency in South Sinai and Suez provinces after an earlier attack on Arish airport, state-run al-Ahram online said.
2 policemen killed in Sinai
Egypt releases 2 Brotherhood leaders
Egypt's prosecutor-general demands judiciary return
AU suspends Egypt's membership
Egypt's interim president appoints 2 advisors
At least 28 people were killed and 71 others wounded on Friday in separate attacks across Iraq, police and local media said.
Egypt's prosecution on Friday released two recently-arrested Muslim Brotherhood (MB) leading figures, state TV reported.
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