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5/7/2012 11:06:27 AM
Francois Hollande is elected France's first Socialist president in nearly two decades, promising change in Europe after dealing a humiliating defeat to incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy
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5/7/2012 10:36:07 AM
The international press highlights how Hollande's will tackle Europe's debt crisis and steer France's operation around the world after his victory as president
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5/6/2012 10:03:23 AM
France's 46.03 million voters cast ballots in a presidential election where all opinion polls point to a victory for socialist Francois Hollande over conservative re-election contender Nicolas Sarkozy
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Region
5/4/2012 5:37:20 PM
Hundreds of Muslims rallied in central Iraq to condemn the burning of copies of the Koran and a depiction of the Prophet Mohammed by a Florida pastor
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4/30/2012 1:29:32 PM
A week before a presidential runoff, Sarkozy says he will sue news website Mediapart for publishing a document which it claims proves that deposed Libyan leader Gaddafi sought to help the French president win power in 2007
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4/30/2012 9:43:04 AM
Bahrain's highest appeals court orders the retrial of jailed opposition activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, who has been on hunger strike since 8 February, as well as 21 other dissidents
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4/26/2012 11:46:21 AM
More than 5,000 Norwegians plan to gather at a square near the Oslo courthouse where Breivik is on trial for his July attacks that killed 77 people, to sing 'Children of the Rainbow' by folk singer Lillebjoern Nilsen
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4/24/2012 2:37:50 PM
Bahrain's government says it remains open to limited reform, but unease at the prospect of any power shift from the Sunni royal family to the Shi'ite majority has stifled progress
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International
4/24/2012 9:47:35 AM
Amnesty International says Muslims living in Europe face discrimination in the fields of education and employment
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4/22/2012 11:43:30 AM
The Formula One race in Bahrain will go on, despite threats made by Shiite protesters and security concerns over anti-government demonstrations
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International
4/22/2012 10:23:03 AM
French voters head to the polls for the first round of a presidential election that is expected to mark the end of Nicolas Sarkozy's turbulent term in office
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Books
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4/17/2012 12:49:40 PM
El-Khamisi argues that intellectuals must play key role for Egypt to overcome hurdle of sectarianism
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4/8/2012 2:06:03 AM
The head of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference calls on Muslims around the world, and member states, to strengthen their solidarity with Turkish Cypriots in the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
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Region
4/7/2012 12:52:37 PM
Thousands of Christians congregate near Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulcher for Easter Saturday
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Presidential elections 2012
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Presidential elections news
4/3/2012 3:03:00 PM
Egypt's new presidential hopeful may be a multi-millionaire businessman but his prominent role in the Muslim Brotherhood and its Mubarak-era secrecy means the extent of his wealth and economic interests are difficult to trace
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International
3/29/2012 10:56:08 AM
4 Shiite Muslims are killed in Pakistan's Baluchistan province's capital Quetta while two other UN workers are shot separately
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
3/21/2012 2:11:56 PM
An exhibit of was statues depicting some of Shiite Muslims' most beloved clerics causes controversy among Iraqi Sunnis and Shiites
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International
3/13/2012 6:33:00 PM
Belgian Muslim group head says Sunni-Shiite strife not a cause after Shiite imam Abdullah Dadou dies due to a Mosque arson allegedly committed by a Salafist in Brussels
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Egypt
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Politics
3/10/2012 5:47:08 PM
The Coptic Youth plan to protest the jail sentence given to the priest of El-Marinab church, which had been attacked by Muslims and caused an outcry among Christians
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International
2/28/2012 10:11:58 AM
A Malaysian paper apologises, says it "inadvertently" published a photo of Erykah Badu by The Star daily which many Muslims found offensive
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