Month: November 2011

Egypt military offers handover

by Samer al-Atrush – CAIRO (AFP) Egypt’s military ruler said on Tuesday that presidential polls will be held by the end of June, and offered a referendum on the immediate transfer of power in a bid to defuse tensions...

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Tunisia enters new era

 by Hamida Ben Salah – TUNIS (AFP) Tunisia entered a new era on Tuesday with the inaugural session of its first-ever democratically elected constituent assembly, 10 months after a popular uprising ended years of...

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