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Activists: Syrian rebels seize major dam in north

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 26th

By BASSEM MROUEAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian rebels on Monday captured a hydroelectric dam on the Euphrates River in the country's north after days of heavy clashes, carting off boxes of ammunition from defeated regime forces in the latest in a string of recent strategic advances

Ehud Barak says he's quitting Israeli politics

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 26th

By ARON HELLERAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak abruptly quit politics Monday, potentially robbing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of a key ally who enabled his hard-line government to present a moderate face to the world. Netanyahu's party picked a

Correction: Egypt story

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 25th

CAIRO (AP) - In a story Nov. 25 about Egypt, The Associated Press misidentified reform leader Mohamed ElBaradei as a former director of the U.S. nuclear agency. ElBaradei is a former director of the U.N. nuclear agency. A corrected version of the story is below: Egypt's political foes dig in

Correction: Egypt story

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 25th

Egypt reformist warns of turmoil from Morsi decree

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 24th

By AYA BATRAWY and HAMZA HENDAWIAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) - Prominent Egyptian democracy advocate Mohammed ElBaradei warned Saturday of increasing turmoil that could potentially lead to the military stepping in unless the Islamist president rescinds his new, near absolute powers, as the

A look at powers decreed by Egypt's president

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 23rd

By The Associated Press Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi issued decrees giving himself broad powers and effectively neutering the judiciary. Morsi, an Islamist hailing from the Muslim Brotherhood, defends the step as necessary to clear obstacles holding up Egypt's transition,

Egypt clashes as president defends his new powers

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 23rd

By AYA BATRAWY and MAGGIE MICHAELAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) - Supporters and opponents of President Mohammed Morsi clashed Friday in the worst violence since he took office, while he defended a decision to give himself near-absolute power to root out what he called "weevils eating away at the

Quotations of the day

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 23rd

By The Associated Press "The revolution was not staged in search for a benign dictator, there is a difference between revolutionary decisions and dictatorial decisions. God is the only one whose decisions are not questioned." - Egyptian Wael Ghonim, criticizing Egypt's Islamist president,

Analysis: With cease-fire, US pins hopes on Egypt

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 22nd

By BRADLEY KLAPPER and MATTHEW LEEAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - In Egypt we trust. In frantic diplomacy, the Obama administration helped seal a cease-fire that puts heavy responsibility on Egypt's young Islamist government to ensure the end of Hamas rockets from the Gaza Strip. If

Egypt's Morsi grants himself far-reaching powers

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 22nd

By HAMZA HENDAWIAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's Islamist president unilaterally decreed greater authorities for himself Thursday and effectively neutralized a judicial system that had emerged as a key opponent by declaring that the courts are barred from challenging his decisions.