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Egypt arrests 39 Muslim Brotherhood members
Egyptian police say they've arrested nearly 40 members of the country's largest opposition group, the banned Muslim Brotherhood.
Arab League to discuss charges facing Sudan's prez
Arab foreign ministers are expected to discuss a proposal Saturday calling on Sudan's president to hand over two Darfur war crimes suspects to an international tribunal in an effort to fend off the longtime leader's own prosecution on genocide charges, Arab diplomats said.  7 peacekeepers killed in ambush in DarfurIn a brazen attack on horseback and from SUVs mounted with anti-aircraft weapons, some 200 gumen ambushed peacekeepers from a joint U.N.-African Union force in Sudan's Darfur region, killing seven in fierce battles that lasted more than two hours, U.N. officials said Wednesday.  Israel, Hamas trade cows for calm as part of truceAn Israel-Hamas truce has boiled down to a simple trade-off: For a day of calm, Israel adds five truckloads of cows and 200 tons of cement to the barest basics it ships to Gaza, but rocket fire from the territory reseals the border for a day.  Palestinian leader meets Islamic Jihad, not HamasPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met Monday with the leader of the radical group Islamic Jihad in an effort to reconcile Palestinian factions, but talks with his government's archrival, Hamas, appeared unlikely.  Israeli rabbi invited to Saudi interfaith meetingSaudi Arabia has invited an Israeli rabbi to an interfaith conference in Spain, potentially the first step in wider contacts between the kingdom and Israel, the rabbi told The Associated Press on Thursday. |
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