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Hamas, Israel say cease-fire likely after week of bombs, rockets

Israel and the Islamist group Hamas inched closer Tuesday to agreeing to an Egyptian-negotiated cease-fire that would end a weeklong Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip that’s killed at least 116 Palestinians and threatened to devolve into all-out war. Both sides suggested that the announcement of the cease-fire could come as soon as Wednesday. | 11/20/12 23:17:08 By - By Nancy A. Youssef and Sheera Frenkel

Officials say Israel, Hamas nearing cease-fire deal; Gaza invasion off for now

Israeli and Palestinian negotiators appeared Monday to be homing in on an agreement on a cease-fire that would end Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, which have killed 101 Palestinians in the past six days, and head off what analysts had expected would be a far bloodier incursion by Israeli ground forces. | 11/19/12 19:15:25 By - By Sheera Frenkel and Nancy A. Youssef

Libyan officials acknowledge they’ve arrested no suspects in Benghazi consulate attack

Two months after the American ambassador to Libya and three other Americans were killed in assaults on U.S. facilities here there have been no arrests of suspected attackers, and Libyan officials say it is unlikely any will be made anytime soon. | 11/13/12 17:47:39 By - By Nancy A. Youssef

Sex scandal punches holes in the Petraeus aura

Gen. David Petraeus’ affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell, has muddied the carefully crafted narrative of America’s most eminent “soldier-scholar statesman,” allowing unprecedented scrutiny of the policies of a man who was so venerated in Washington that one could be labeled unpatriotic simply for challenging his strategies. | 11/12/12 21:29:14 By - By Hannah Allam and Nancy A. Youssef

Libyans, diplomats: CIA’s Benghazi station a secret – and quickly repaired

Despite speculation to the contrary, no Libyan or non-American diplomats stationed in Benghazi say they knew of the existence or purpose of the CIA annex. | 11/12/12 17:58:48 By - By Nancy A. Youssef

Witnesses differ with U.S. over when Libya consulate attack began

Witnesses in Benghazi, Libya, provide a chronology for the attack Sept. 11 on the U.S. consulate here that differs in significant ways from timelines released by U.S. officials in Washington, raising more questions about how the assault unfolded and the speed with which Americans at a nearby CIA annex responded to calls for help from the consulate. | 11/12/12 17:40:46 By - By Nancy A. Youssef

Diplomats still in Benghazi say they had long questioned U.S. reliance on local militia

Even before the deadly Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans, diplomats from other nations and Libyan security officials had questioned the wisdom of a U.S. decision to rely primarily on members of a local militia to protect its compound here. | 11/09/12 18:24:47 By - By Nancy A. Youssef

Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, Libyan official who led rebels during uprising, faces murder probe

The man who led Libya’s rebel movement at the height of U.S. and NATO involvement in last year’s uprising has been ordered to face questions over the assassination of the top rebel army general whose troops helped end Moammar Gadhafi’s regime. | 11/07/12 18:27:24 By - By Nancy A. Youssef

Doctors in Egypt often won’t treat HIV-AIDS patients

Throughout Africa, the rate of HIV infection is being brought under control by concerted efforts. Similar efforts, however, are largely nonexistent in North Africa and the Middle East, and AIDS activists worry that the rise of a conservative Islamic government in Egypt will make matters worse. | 10/22/12 15:47:40 By - By Nancy A. Youssef and Amina Ismail

Police brutality still plaguing Egypt, human rights group says

Police brutality is as common under newly elected President Mohammed Morsi as it was under the regime of Hosni Mubarak, a new study of incidents has found, raising questions about whether the uprising that toppled Mubarak and gave rise to the first democratic elections in Egypt’s history has had any impact on the issue that triggered the anti-Mubarak revolt. | 10/15/12 18:31:27 By - By Amina Ismail and Nancy A. Youssef

Libyan who helped capture Gadhafi dies after torture, kidnapping

The Libyan man who purportedly discovered former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi hiding in a drainage pipe in his hometown died Tuesday after Gadhafi’s supporters kidnapped him. | 09/25/12 19:25:48 By - By Mel Frykberg

Libyans target militants, denounce killing of U.S. ambassador

A protest Friday against Libya’s dependence on ragtag militias for security turned into an attack on militia headquarters throughout Benghazi, as thousands stormed militia buildings and demanded that armed rogue groups here disband. | 09/21/12 19:00:09 By - By Nancy A. Youssef and Suliman Ali Zway

Mohammed Morsi’s visit to U.S. shows changing relations with Egypt

Mohammed Morsi’s first visit Monday to the United States as the president of Egypt offers a timely example of all the ways relations between the countries have changed since Egypt held its first democratic election three months ago. | 09/21/12 17:24:27 By - By Nancy A. Youssef

Anti-U.S. outrage over video began with Christian activist’s phone call to a reporter

A crude video about the Prophet Muhammad that triggered an unprecedented outbreak of anti-American protest last week moved from being a YouTube obscurity in the United States to a touchstone for anger across the world through a phone call less than two weeks ago from a controversial U.S.-based anti-Islam activist to a reporter for an Egyptian newspaper. | 09/15/12 17:15:10 By - By Nancy A. Youssef and Amina Ismail

New violence sweeps countries across Islamic world

An unprecedented wave of anti-American violence swept across Africa, Asia and the Middle East on Friday, with protesters angered by an amateurish video that mocks the founder of Islam storming and scorching U.S. embassies in Tunisia and Sudan, ransacking a German embassy in Sudan, and setting a fast food restaurant ablaze in Lebanon. | 09/14/12 19:42:25 By - By Nancy A. Youssef

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