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Terrorists targeted Suez ships, pipelines

CAIRO - Ships in the Suez Canal and oil pipelines were the targets of a terrorist plot involving Al Qaeda, Egyptian authorities said after arresting 26 suspects. The 25 Egyptians and one Palestinian were able to manufacture remote-controlled bombing ...

From ALAA SHAHINE AND ALARIC NIGHTINGALE, Boston Globe,  10 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Al-Qaeda

PALESTINIAN UNITY DRAGS

CAIRO - Rival Palestinian groups are bogged down in talks over the shape and agenda of a national unity government that is supposed to prepare for parliamentary and presidential elections, delegates said yesterday. Diplomats and analysts see the ...

From ALAA SHAHINE, New York Post,  16 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Hamas,  Mahmoud Abbas

Palestinian groups deadlocked over unity government

CAIRO (Reuters) - Rival Palestinian groups are bogged down in talks over the shape and agenda of a national unity government that is supposed to prepare for parliamentary and presidential elections, delegates said on Sunday. Diplomats and analysts see ...

From ALAA SHAHINE, Boston Globe,  15 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Hamas,  Mahmoud Abbas

Fatah, Hamas set out reconciliation plan

A dozen Palestinian groups launched a long-awaited dialogue today and laid out a plan to tackle key issues that could reunite Palestinians after 18 months of schism between Gaza and the West Bank. All parties say they hope the dialogue will lead to a ...

From ALAA SHAHINE CAIRO, Globe and Mail,  26 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Hamas,  Ahmed Qurei,  Mahmoud Abbas

Egypt says to host Palestinian talks on Feburary 25

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian-sponsored reconciliation talks between Palestinian groups will take place on Wednesday, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. Ending divisions between Islamist Hamas and the rival Fatah group of Palestinian ...

From ALAA SHAHINE, Boston Globe,  21 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Hamas,  Barack Obama,  European Union,  Mahmoud Abbas

Mideast mediators try to keep peace talks afloat

Get the daily headlines emailed to you every morning with the Vancouver Sun newsletter. SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - The Quartet of Middle East peace mediators sought on Sunday to keep alive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks although political ...

From ARSHAD MOHAMMED AND ALAA SHAHINE, Vancouver Sun,  9 Nov 2008
Related Topics: George W. Bush,  European Union,  Ban Ki-moon,  United Nations,  Condoleezza Rice

Kidnappers kill Chinese hostages in Sudan

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Kidnappers killed five Chinese oil workers on Monday out of nine they had been holding hostage in central Sudan for more than a week, the Sudanese Foreign Ministry said. The ministry blamed the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), ...

From ALAA SHAHINE, Boston Globe,  28 Oct 2008

Five Chinese hostages killed in Sudan

KHARTOUM Kidnappers killed five Chinese oil workers on Monday out of nine they had been holding hostage in central Sudan for more than a week, the Sudanese Foreign Ministry said. The ministry blamed the Justice and Equality Movement, a Darfur rebel ...

From ALAA SHAHINE, Globe and Mail,  27 Oct 2008

Kidnappers kill 5 Chinese hostages in Sudan

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Kidnappers killed five Chinese oil workers out of nine they had been holding hostage in central Sudan, the Sudanese Foreign Ministry said on Monday. "Five were murdered. Two were able to escape with minor injuries," ministry ...

From ALAA SHAHINE, Boston Globe,  27 Oct 2008

China says working with West to avoid Darfur strife

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - China, the biggest foreign investor in Sudan, said on Sunday it was trying to work with Western powers to lessen the fallout from war crimes charges filed against Sudan's president. Liu Guijin, the special Chinese envoy on Darfur, ...

From ALAA SHAHINE, Boston Globe,  26 Oct 2008
Related Topics: U N Security Council,  United Nations

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