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  Uneasy calm after violence in Egypt, crisis lingers

  World | Dec 08, 2012, 07:44 PM IST

  Cairo, Dec 8: Amid a lingering political crisis in Egypt, an uneasy calm prevailed on the streets here after massive overnight protests against a constitutional decree that gave sweeping powers to President Mohammed Mursi.  There

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  Food shortages add to misery in Myanmar strife

  World | Jun 13, 2012, 10:01 PM IST

  Sittwe (Myanmar), Jun 13: Heavy rain brought an uneasy calm in western Myanmar on Wednesday after five days of sectarian strife, though residents were too fearful to sleep and faced food shortages.The conflict pitting ethnic