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According to a Press TV correspondent, the republican guards have been deployed around the palace with snipers positioned on the rooftop of the building. The measure was taken after protesters began gathering outside the presidential palace following the Friday Prayers. The state Radio and Television building has also been encircled... 

Several Malaysian states are planning a crackdown on "immoral acts" during Valentine's Day as part of a campaign to encourage a sin-free lifestyle, an Islamic party leader Wednesday. Authorities in the northern states of Kedah, Penang and Kelantan as well as central Selangor state will carry out "immorality checks" on February... 

CAIRO — They were born roughly around the time that President Hosni Mubarak first came to power, most earned degrees from their country’s top universities and all have spent their adult lives bridling at the restrictions of the Egyptian police state — some undergoing repeated arrests and torture for the cause. They are...