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• Egypt Muslim Brotherhood blasts UN women document

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• Egypt's Brotherhood blasts UN women's document

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• State Department withdraws honor for Egyptian activist over anti-American, anti-Semitic tweets

  State Department withdraws honor for Egyptian activist over anti-American, anti-Semitic tweets

  The State Department on Thursday backed off its decision to honor a young woman for her bravery in the Egyptian uprising after it emerged that she’d quoted Adolf Hitler on Jews, celebrated a suicide bombing and posted anti-American commentary on her Twitter account.

• Libyan mufti criticizes UN document on women

  Libyan mufti criticizes UN document on women

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