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Lee Kuan Yew has urged Singapore Muslims to “be less strict on Islamic observances” (The Star, Jan 24) to aid integration and the city-state’s nation-building process in a new book, Lee Kuan Yew: Hard Truths to Keep Singapore Going. It is also reported that he believes that Muslims “are distinct and separate”, unlike... 

The resignation of Jordan's Prime Minister, Samir Rifai, was accepted by the King, who has asked a former Prime Minister with a military background to replace Mr Rifai. King Abdullah has also dismissed the Cabinet and asked his new Prime Minister, Marouf Bakhit, to form a new Cabinet. The King, a key US ally in the region, is... 

Egypt's transition to democracy 'must begin now,' world leaders insisted Wednesday amid pitched street battles in Cairo and President Hosni Mubarak's reluctance to immediately relinquish power. In central Cairo's Tahrir, or liberation, Square, thousands of opposition protesters and government supporters clashed on the ninth...