Egyptian economy key to Mubarak son presidency bid
Egypt
January 19, 2011
Egyptian economy key to Mubarak son presidency bid
Though he still delivers a speech like an aloof corporate executive announcing quarterly profits, the son and presumptive heir of…
Arab soul is broken, says Moussa
Egypt
January 19, 2011
Arab soul is broken, says Moussa
The secretary general of the Arab League on Wednesday linked the upheaval in Tunisia to deteriorating economic conditions throughout the…
Teen kills younger girl he met on Facebook
World
January 17, 2011
Teen kills younger girl he met on Facebook
Vilnius, Lithuania--Lithuanian police say a 14-year-old boy has admitted killing a 13-year-old girl he met through Facebook.Police spokeswoman Dalia Petrauskiene…
Egyptian border guards shoot dead Eritrean woman trying to enter Israel
Egypt
January 17, 2011
Egyptian border guards shoot dead Eritrean woman trying to enter Israel
Egyptian security officials say border police have killed an Eritrean woman trying to sneak across the border into Israel.Officials say…
South Sudan early returns show big vote for secession
World
January 16, 2011
South Sudan early returns show big vote for secession
Juba--Southern Sudan's president on Sunday offered a prayer of forgiveness for northern Sudan and the killings that occurred during a…
Shops sacked, train station burned in Tunisia
World
January 15, 2011
Shops sacked, train station burned in Tunisia
Tunis--Rioters burned the Tunisian capital's main train station to the ground and sacked and looted shops in a wave of…
Arab activists hope Tunisia uprising brings change
Egypt
January 15, 2011
Arab activists hope Tunisia uprising brings change
Arab activists celebrated the anti-government protests that ousted Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali on Friday as the uprising raised…
Tunisia sees protest march, strikes after riots
World
January 14, 2011
Tunisia sees protest march, strikes after riots
Tunis--Hundreds of people are marching through Tunisia's capital, a day after the nation's president read out a list of promises…
Tunisia clashes persist overnight despite curfew
Egypt
January 13, 2011
Tunisia clashes persist overnight despite curfew
Tunis, Tunisia--Sporadic shots rang out overnight outside Tunisia's capital, despite a state-ordered curfew amid clashes between police and stone-throwing youths…
Train shooting could trigger fresh wave of Christian rioting in Egypt
Egypt
January 11, 2011
Train shooting could trigger fresh wave of Christian rioting in Egypt
A gunman boarded a train in southern Egypt and opened fire Tuesday, killing a 71-year-old Christian man and wounding five…