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Egypt’s military council has said the decision to dissolve the country’s parliament must be upheld, after new President Mohammed Morsy ordered the assembly to reopen. The military closed parliament last month after a court ruling.

TRIPOLI – Wartime rebel prime minister Mahmoud Jibril yesterday took an early lead in Libya’s national assembly election, according to partial tallies released on Monday that pointed to a weaker than expected showing for Islamist parties.

Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, has said Washington will wait for the results of any new investigation into Yasser Arafat’s death and will not be responding to “rumors”.

Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga has been sentenced to 14 years in jail for recruiting and using child soldiers in his rebel army in 2002 and 2003.