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06/01/12 US working diligently with Pak to reopen NATO route Source: Zee News The United States continues to work with Islamabad towards restoration of the Pakistani land routes that transport NATO supplies into landlocked Afghanistan, a State Department spokesman has said.
05/31/12 Egypt's infamous emergency law expires Source: The Washington Post - Washington DC "It's a law that symbolized the extraordinary powers given to the police, which created an environment in which forced disappearances and torture happened regularly," said Heba Morayef, a Cairo-based researcher for Human Rights Watch.
05/31/12 Egypt's 31-year emergency law ends Source: The Modesto Bee - Modesto CA Last year's popular uprising that drove Mubarak from power was partially fueled by anger over police abuses of power and protesters vented against the symbols of the security agencies.
05/31/12 Egypt kidnap victims released Source: NBC - WESH 2 Two American tourists who were kidnapped early Thursday in Egypt's Sinai region have been released unharmed, a U.S. State Department spokesman said, citing Egyptian officials.
05/31/12 Egypt kidnap victims released Source: NBC - WDSU 6 - New Orleans LA Two American tourists who were kidnapped early Thursday in Egypt's Sinai region have been released unharmed, a U.S. State Department spokesman said, citing Egyptian officials.