Egypt

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The International Business Times UK story of 2011 revealed how the nude Egyptian blogger Aliaa Magda Elmahdy fused the Arab Spring and the rise of the protester to a singular effect.

Syrian opposition members are urging the Arab League for the exclusion of General Mustafa al-Dabi as head of the delegation currently in the country to ensure President Assad's pledges to end the crackdown.

Egypt's popular Islamist movement commits itself to protecting victimised Christians as they prepare for Coptic Christmas.

Cristina Kirchner, third South American head of state with cancer, to undergo throat surgery.

Ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak trial reopens in Cairo after three-month break.

Virginity tests in Egyptian military prisons banned after complaints by jailed activist Samira Ibrahim.

Human rights group dismisses Syrian troop withdrawal as scam to confuse Arab League.

Parliamentary elections continue in Egypt but 10 months after president Hosni Mubarak stepped down, the country is still fighting.

Artillery barrage against Syria's third city winds down as Arab League observers enter country.

Cairo's Tahrir Square scene of more protests against military rulers following escalating violence by security forces.

|Government minister hinted that the Syrian intelligence holds a number of films recorded by hidden cameras in hotel and houses rented to senior Arab officials.

Messages posted on the collective's Twitter feeds suggest the hacker cell of Anonymous has renewed its ongoing campaign in Egypt.

Thousands of Egyptian women occupied Tahrir Square in Cairo on Tuesday to highlight the military's use of excessive violence towards female protesters.

Sachets of Class A drugs found in 1928 file at The National Archives.

Clashes between the army and protesters continued to escalate on Tuesday, a day after Egyptian general said protesters "deserve to be thrown into Hitler's oven."

Volunteers, including academic experts and concerned citizens, are engaged in frantic attempts to save whatever is left of some 192,000 books, journals and writings.

Shafilea Ahmed's parents deny any involvement of their daughter's murder.

The Egyptian military is jeopardising its credibility and legitimacy by using brutal force to crack down on pro-reform protesters ten months after President Hosni Mubarak stepped down.

After weeks of hesitation, Syria has finally signed the Arab League plan that will allow foreign observers into the country.

Young, old, pro regime, pro-reforms, liberals or more conservatives, women of the Arab world have broken free of the traditional patriarchy that has dominated their lives and helped shape and ferment an unprecedented revolution across the region in 2011.

Hundreds of Palestinians welcomed the freed Palestinian prisoners on their homecoming.

Violent clashes erupted early Friday between the Egyptian military and protesters staging a sit-in outside parliament in Cairo, adding to the already tense situation in the city.

Egyptian Blogger Alaa Abd El Fattah is set to stay in prison and will be tried by a civilian court for his involvement in the Maspero massacre, while other 27 people were released Thursday morning for the same case, according to reports.

Hundreds of Congolese people took to the streets of London to on Wednesday in protest at the recent elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the apparent lack of interest from the Western world.

Time has named The Protester as Person of the Year for 2011 during NBC's TODAY show.

The wig worn by Elizabeth Taylor in her most famous role has been sold at auction for £10,300 ($16000).

The Egyptian Salafist Nour Party would enforce a ban on serving alcohol to both foreigners and Egyptian nationals if it is elected.

The Muslim Brotherhood has called for a review of Egypt's peace treaty with Israel.

Sheikh Youssef al Qaradawi, the outspoken and influential Muslim cleric, has called for a UN-backed intervention in Syria if the Arab League's initiative fails to secure peace.