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Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:27:47 GMT Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:11:02 GMT client.support@ft.com (Client Support) 15 Newspapers http://www.ft.com/rss/world/mideast/politics http://im.media.ft.com/m/img/rss/RSS_Default_Image.gif http://www.ft.com/world/mideast/politics http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b923727c-566e-11e1-b548-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_mideast_politics/feed//product Parliament’s human rights committee is preparing to present a report on eviction of Coptic Christian families from village near Alexandria Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:47:45 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b923727c-566e-11e1-b548-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_mideast_politics/feed//product b923727c-566e-11e1-b548-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b200a842-575f-11e1-869b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_mideast_politics/feed//product The US says it will sanction banks handling imports if the country they belong to has not reduced the oil volume it buys from Tehran Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:27:47 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b200a842-575f-11e1-869b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_mideast_politics/feed//product b200a842-575f-11e1-869b-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/85b150a4-5721-11e1-be5e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_mideast_politics/feed//product Activist Nabeel Rajab tear-gassed and briefly detained, as demonstrators mark the anniversary of a pro-democracy uprising Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:23:07 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/85b150a4-5721-11e1-be5e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_mideast_politics/feed//product 85b150a4-5721-11e1-be5e-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8c38ec1c-56f3-11e1-be5e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_mideast_politics/feed//product The Arab uprisings that have given Hamas newfound regional legitimacy have also put pressure on the group to rethink its direction, writes Tobias Buck Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:42:53 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8c38ec1c-56f3-11e1-be5e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_mideast_politics/feed//product 8c38ec1c-56f3-11e1-be5e-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3172b7da-5735-11e1-be25-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_mideast_politics/feed//product Witnesses said there were no major clashes between protesters and security forces. 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