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World
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12/12/2011 12:52:22 PM
A Saudi woman was beheaded Monday after being convicted of practising sorcery, which is banned in the ultra-conservative kingdom
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
12/7/2011 11:23:41 AM
Ultra-conservative Salafist students force temporary closure of Manouba University's arts department in row over niqab and gender segregation
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World
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International
12/5/2011 2:52:09 PM
French and German opposition parties met in Paris Monday, several hours ahead of a huddle of their conservative political rivals Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Nicolas Sarkozy
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World
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International
12/4/2011 2:01:11 PM
Croatians voted on Sunday for a new government that will lead them into the European Union in 2013, in elections set to see a centre-left coalition oust the corruption-plagued conservatives
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World
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Region
12/2/2011 2:02:55 PM
The head of Israel's supreme court outright accused PM Netanyahu's govt of attempting to undermine judiciary's independence, sparking a retort from the conservative-religious bloc
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Elections 2011
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Political Parties
11/18/2011 3:22:53 PM
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World
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11/17/2011 11:17:15 AM
Tunisian analysts worry Islamist party Ennahda may curb women's rights and follow conservative line of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood after tone of recent comments
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Egypt
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Politics
11/14/2011 6:31:43 PM
The slogans of the party, which was founded by a leading member of the NDP, 'violated' television standards according to government
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Egypt
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Politics
11/4/2011 5:31:24 PM
Conservative Islamist group threatens to join a million-man march in Cairo on 18 November if Egypt's interim government fails to withdraw its controversial plans to change the constitution
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Arts & Culture
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Music
11/1/2011 2:21:41 PM
Adil Omar, Pakistan's most famous rapper, shows another side to a country notorious for the Taliban and Al-Qaeda
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World
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Region
10/27/2011 3:16:57 PM
The expected appointment of the conservative Prince Nayef as crown prince after the death of his brother, Sultan, puts the Kingdom at a crossroads with its slow reform at risk of grinding to a halt
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World
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International
10/22/2011 6:05:02 PM
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Sultan has died, the royal court said on Saturday, and Interior Minister and reputed conservative Prince Nayef was expected to become the new heir to the throne in the world's biggest oil exporter
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World
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International
10/20/2011 11:51:16 AM
British PM David Cameron faces internal opposition from his ruling Conservative party over a parliamentary vote on EU membership referendum
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World
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International
10/19/2011 4:09:34 PM
Amid stubbornly high unemployment and poll numbers languishing in the low 40s, Obama attempts to rally support in two traditionally conservative states he won in 2008
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Business
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Economy
10/16/2011 1:56:34 PM
Company says it recovered from backlash it suffered after its founder posted a Cartoon deemed offensive to some conservatives
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World
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International
10/15/2011 10:14:45 AM
British defense minister Liam Fox resigns after days of allegations about the influence peddling of a friend who joined key visits overseas and posed as an unofficial aide
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World
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Region
10/13/2011 10:53:50 AM
After overcoming the dilemma of ousting Ben Ali, Tunisia now faces a new dilemma with the Salafists who seek to impose their radical interpretation of Islam on society
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Arts & Culture
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Film
10/12/2011 1:12:19 PM
The owner of a Tunisian television station has apologised for showing parts of the animated film 'Persepolis' considered blasphemous by some ultra-conservative Muslims
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World
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International
10/8/2011 11:51:34 AM
Some have started 'Occupying Austin' in the capital city of the southern, conservative state of Texas, in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement, which has spread across the US to protest corporate greed and foreign wars
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World
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Region
9/4/2011 2:34:30 PM
A water fight in a Tehran park is broken up and several youth arrested, as conservatives claim the event was corrupting to young Iranians
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