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Egypt: Demonstrators Defy Riot Police, Censorship

Thousands of protesters in Cairo and Alexandria defied a heavy deployment of riot police and other security forces and government warnings not to participate in demonstrations on January 28, 2011, Human Rights Watch said today. The government shut...

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Uncertainty In Egypt's Streets Amid Protests

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Egyptians watch smoke billow from a shopping center in Cairo on Sunday that was looted, damaged and set on fire...

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Record highs in global unemployment likely to persist in 2011, UN reports

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ILO Director-General Juan Somavia

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Leader of the Detroit Highwaymen Sentenced to 37 Years in Prison

Aref "Scarface" Nagi, 46, former leader of the Detroit Highwaymen Motorcycle Club, was sentenced today to 37 years in federal prison after having been found guilty last year on a variety of charges, including conspiracy to violate federal racketeering...

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