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An Egyptian court Tuesday ordered Tarek el-Zomor released from prison for his involvement in the 1981 assassination of former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat . El-Zomor was a member of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad militant group which...

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Sudan's National Assembly on Wednesday unanimously approved a new constitution that moves the country away from pure Islamic rule. It provides that Islamic law will not be applied in largely Christian areas, generally in...

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A Moroccan court Tuesday sentenced two men, Taoufik Hanouichi and Mohcine Bouarfa, to death for "murder in connection with a terrorist group." The trial included 46 other defendants arrested as part of an effort to dismantle militant Islamic networks...

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