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Faiza Aboul Naga, a holdover from Hosni Mubarak's regime, is emerging as the driving force behind Egypt's efforts to clamp down on U.S.-funded pro-democracy groups. The female Cabinet minister says U.S. aid has been used to shape post-revolution Egyptian politics, stoking widespread xenophobia.

Germany's president, a key ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel, steps down amid a brewing scandal surrounding his past financial dealings.

A roundup of some of Friday's political stories.

The Republican-controlled House voted 293-132, followed quickly by a simple majority vote in the Senate. President Obama is expected to sign the bill.

How a mysterious traveling salesman made a porcelain baby Jesus a Mardi Gras tradition.

Celebrations abound in Benghazi, but the courthouse is special. It was the scene of some of the first protests in Libya.

Murdoch tells staff at The Sun, where ten current and former journalists have been arrested in recent weeks, that the paper will roll out a Sunday edition "soon."

The WHO upheld its guidelines on the safety of hormone injections for contraception yesterday, despite some data that users are at increased risk of HIV transmission. An expert panel says the evidence isn't solid yet, and at-risk couples should use a second method, like condoms, for HIV prevention.

Authorities in California are excavating the gruesome remains of murder victims who were buried many years ago by a pair of convicted murderers dubbed the "Speed Freak Killers." The case raises some thorny ethical and legal issues: Should convicted criminals be able to benefit from their wrongdoing?

The protests come a little more than a week before the country's first election in five years.