Europe to Egypt: You should respect your protesters
Egypt
January 26, 2011
Europe to Egypt: You should respect your protesters
Brussels--The European Union says that Egyptian authorities should listen to their people, deal with their problems and respect their right…
Calm returns to Lebanon after days of protests over Hizbullah power play
World
January 26, 2011
Calm returns to Lebanon after days of protests over Hizbullah power play
Lebanon security officials reopened all roads and removed barriers across the country, after thousands of Sunnis poured into the streets…
Egyptian stock market tumbles 4.6 pct on protests
Egypt
January 26, 2011
Egyptian stock market tumbles 4.6 pct on protests
Egypt's stock market tumbled over 4 percent the day after massive anti-government protests engulfed the capital and other cities, leaving…
Yemen president blasts succession claims
Egypt
January 24, 2011
Yemen president blasts succession claims
Sanaa, Yemen (AP)--Yemen's president blasted opposition claims of a planned handover of power to his son, describing such talk as…
Explosion shakes Moscow’s busiest airport
World
January 24, 2011
Explosion shakes Moscow’s busiest airport
Moscow--An explosion shook the busiest airport in the Russian capital on Monday afternoon and an aviation official said an unspecified…
Egypt says Tunisia turmoil worrying investors
Business
January 23, 2011
Egypt says Tunisia turmoil worrying investors
An Egyptian government minister warned that investors are beginning to question Egypt's stability due to fears that Tunisia's revolt could…
WikiLeaks: Only 1 percent of diplomatic docs published
World
January 23, 2011
WikiLeaks: Only 1 percent of diplomatic docs published
Nearly two months after WikiLeaks outraged the US government by launching the release of a massive compendium of diplomatic documents,…
US conservatives consider cutting Egypt aid
Egypt
January 21, 2011
US conservatives consider cutting Egypt aid
Washington--House conservatives vowed Thursday to slash domestic programs well beyond the already steep spending cuts promised by GOP leaders in…
Tunisia’s Islamists eye place in politics
World
January 21, 2011
Tunisia’s Islamists eye place in politics
Tunis--For decades, Tunisians espousing political Islam were banned, jailed and forced underground by their country's autocratic regime.Now they are seeking…
Cruising Lake Nasser: When Egypt’s past and present collide
Life & Style
January 20, 2011
Cruising Lake Nasser: When Egypt’s past and present collide
Abu Simbel--In the 1960s, rising water from a new dam threatened to submerge the temples and monuments of Nubia, the…