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- Egyptian police block Israel border crossing in fury at kidnapping: sources
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian police enraged by the kidnapping of seven of their colleagues by Islamist gunmen in the Sinai Peninsula blocked a commercial border crossing with Israel on Sunday, security sources said. Police have been blocking another border post, the Rafah crossing into the Gaza Strip, since Friday to press the government of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, who belongs to the Muslim Brotherhood, to help free the seven. ...
- Tunisian police fire in air to disperse Islamists
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian police fired teargas and shots into the air in Tunis on Sunday to disperse some 500 supporters of the hardline Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia who were protesting and throwing stones at police after their rally was banned. Tunisia's government on Friday barred the organization, which openly supports al Qaeda, from staging the rally in another city on Sunday, saying it posed a threat to public security. (Reporting by Tarek Amara; Editing by Alison Williams)
- Business bulletins: May 19
Technical Society of Knoxville: meets 11:30 a.m. Monday at the Crowne Plaza. Chad Duty will discuss ORNL’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility. PDH. Info: 865-690-0705.
- Regional force boosts troop numbers in Central African Republic
LIBREVILLE (Reuters) - African military chiefs agreed on Saturday to more than double the size of a regional peacekeeping force deployed in Central African Republic, where authorities have struggled to contain violence after a rebel takeover. Thousands of fighters from the Seleka rebel coalition led by Michel Djotodia marched into the capital Bangui on March 24, forcing President Francois Bozize to flee to neighboring Cameroon. Djotodia, a former civil servant, was later named interim president by parliament and asked to lead the country to elections within 18 months. ...
- 20 flights without bags after Egypt airport strike
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian officials say baggage handlers in Cairo's airport have gone on strike to protest a colleague's death, leaving passengers on 20 international flights from Europe and Arab countries waiting several hours for luggage.
- Massacre suspect held in Ivory Coast
The authorities in Ivory Coast arrest militia leader Amade Oueremi, suspected of one of the worst massacres during 2011 post-election violence.
- Chicago commuter headache as 'L' train line shut for five months
By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago will shut down part of its "L" elevated rail system's busiest line for five months starting on Sunday, forcing thousands of commuters to seek other routes and creating the biggest such U.S. transit disruption in two decades. The nation's second-largest public transit system after New York will rebuild 10 miles of the "Red Line" on the city's South Side, which passes through some predominantly poor and African-American neighborhoods. It will be the biggest U.S. ...
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