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Denmark Seeks Custody of Bahraini Hunger Striker

Bahrain is examining a request to transfer to Denmark a jailed Shiite activist who has been on hunger strike for almost two months, who is also a Danish citizen, the BNA news agency reported Saturday.

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Seif al-Islam to be Moved to Tripoli

Seif al-Islam, son of slain leader Moammar Gadhafi, will be moved next week to Tripoli and has agreed to take a lawyer, Libya's representative to the International Criminal Court said Saturday.

"Seif al-Islam will be transferred from his prison in Zintan to an official prison in the capital Tripoli before the end of the (coming) week," Ahmed Jehani told Agence France Presse, declining to give an exact date for security reasons.

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Salafist Seeking Egypt Presidency Looks Set to be Barred

Salafist politician Hazem Abu Ismail will probably be disqualified from his bid for Egypt's presidency because his late mother was a US citizen, the electoral commission said on Saturday.

Under the country's electoral law, all candidates for the presidency, their parents and their wives must have only Egyptian citizenship.

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Saudi Opens Trial of 50 Qaida Suspects

The trial opened in Saudi Arabia on Saturday of 50 al-Qaida suspects accused of carrying out and plotting attacks in the kingdom, including U.S. and British interests, state news agency SPA reported.

It said 47 Saudis, a Syrian and a Yemeni national went on trial in the specialized criminal court in Riyadh.

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At Least 5 Killed in Iraq Bombings

A roadside bomb killed three policemen in Diyala province of central Iraq while a bomb inside a minibus in Baghdad left at least two people dead on Saturday, security and medical sources said.

The roadside bomb exploded as a police patrol passed by in Khan Bani Saad, a town south of Baquba, the capital of Diyala, a police major said.

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Tunisia Police Baton Charge Jobless Graduates

Baton-wielding police on Saturday fired teargas to disperse a demonstration by thousands of jobless Tunisian graduates in the capital Tunis.

Protesters chanted "Down with the government!" and "Work, freedom, dignity", a slogan of the January 2011 revolution that toppled former strongman Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

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Israel Finds Dud Rocket near Eilat

The Israeli army found an unexploded rocket near Eilat, two days after another rocket fired from Egypt's Sinai Peninsula hit the southern resort city, a military spokesman told Agence France Presse on Saturday.

"An unexploded rocket was found in an open area near Eilat," the spokesman said, noting that it was a Grad-type rocket. "It appears to be an additional rocket from the Thursday incident, bringing the total confirmed rockets fired to two."

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Ben Ali, Allies Lose Appeal of Torture Conviction

A military appeals court in Tunis Saturday upheld the convictions of Tunisia's ousted president and his top officials for torturing army officers over an alleged coup plot, judicial sources told Agence France Presse.

"The verdict was pronounced Saturday in a closed door session," said one of the defense lawyers, Abada Kefi, who said he would take the case to a higher court.

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OIC Says Syrians Need $70 mln of Humanitarian Aid

At least one million Syrians affected by violence need urgent humanitarian aid worth $70 million, said the head of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation on Saturday.

A joint U.N. and OIC assessment mission that visited Syria has "found that there are... one million people affected by events and in need of an urgent humanitarian program worth $70 million," Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu told Agence France Presse.

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2 Gazans Hurt in Israeli Drone Hit

Two Palestinians were wounded by a rocket fired by an Israeli drone while riding a motorcycle in Rafah on the Gaza Strip on Saturday, Palestinian security sources told Agence France Presse.

Medical services in Gaza said the two, who were not identified, were in moderate condition.

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