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EGYPT: Citizens take up arms amid insecurity

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Many Egyptians are arming themselves in the security vacuum since the February overthrow of Hosni Mubarak.

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Egypt: Have Activists and Journalists Been Targeted in Tahrir Square Clearing?

Egyptian riot police attacked the tent-camp set up in Tahrir Square for a sit-in that was started by many activists and protesters after yesterday's demonstration. Tear gas, rubber bullets and bird shots were used, injuring scores of people.

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Security Council deplores attacks against embassies in Syria

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Syrian women protesting in May 2011

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AFGHANISTAN: Numbers of returnees down

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Many returnees lack drinking water and have poor education facilities in their places of origin

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