Politics

Egypt military offers handover of power - 11/23/2011

CAIRO, Samer al-Atrush- Egypt's military ruler said on Tuesday that presidential polls will be held by the end of June, and offered a referendum on the immediate transfer of power in a bid to defuse...

Egypt govt resigns as deadly clashes rock Tahrir - 11/22/2011

State television quoted a military source as saying the ruling military council had rejected the resignation, but Information Minister Osama Heikal told the official MENA news agency the matter had...

Turkey ups heat, Syria activists say 12 dead - 11/22/2011

And in a signal of support for groups seeking to oust Assad, British Foreign Secretary William Hague met representatives of Syria's opposition for the first time, although he said it was too early...

Deadly clashes grip Cairo's Tahrir Square - 11/21/2011

CAIRO, Samer al-Atrush- At least 11 people were killed on Sunday as security forces tried to clear protesters from Cairo's Tahrir Square, casting a dark shadow over Egypt's first elections since...

Syria brushes off threat of civil war, sanctions - 11/21/2011

DAMASCUS, Rim Haddad- Syria on Sunday brushed off the threat of a civil war and looming Arab League sanctions after a deadline for the regime to stop its lethal crackdown on protesters expired with...

Kadhafi spymaster taken, Seif to be tried in Libya - 11/21/2011

TRIPOLI, Imed Lamloum- Moamer Kadhafi's spymaster Abdullah Senussi was arrested on Sunday, Libyan officials announced and said that the dead dictator's son captured the previous day would face trial...

Poor US oversight of Gulf arms sales: govt audit - 11/19/2011

WASHINGTON- US authorities have failed to adequately monitor weapons sales to Gulf countries criticized for dismal rights records or recent security crackdowns on protesters, a government audit said...

Syria forces kill 12 on eve of peace deadline - 11/19/2011

DAMASCUS- Syrian security forces killed at least 12 civilians on Friday, including two children, on the eve of an Arab League deadline for Damascus to stop its lethal crackdown on protesters. The...

Anti-Assad rally in Lebanon warns 'Hezbollah next' - 11/19/2011

The rally, organised by a local Islamic group, called for Lebanon to withdraw its ambassador from Syria and demanded that Prime Minister Najib Mikati, himself a Tripoli native and Sunni Muslim, step...

Arab youth help catalyse political change: UNICEF - 11/19/2011

"Today, they have sparked and manned one of the most important historical transformations anywhere in the world in modern history," Khoury said at a news conference on Friday. Entitled "A...
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