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The new government in Jordan has taken the oath of office before the king, promising to bring wide and quick political reforms. Jordan's King Abdullah II on Wednesday issued a decree approving the formation of a new cabinet led by the newly-appointed Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit. The new 27-member cabinet includes members of... 

Resource-rich African governments risk unrest if they hold back the benefits of soaring global commodity prices from their own people, delegates to a major mining conference were told on Wednesday. With Africa facing as many as 17 elections this year against the backdrop of seismic political upheaval in Tunisia and Egypt, there... 

President Hosni Mubarak's supporters took their battle against anti-government protesters to cyberspace but their voices were drowned out by an army of tech-savvy activists willing to wage keyboard war. Anti-regime street protests had for years been stifled by Egypt's powerful security apparatus but, much to everyone's surprise,...