Mubarak steps down, Egypt celebrates
By Marwa Al-A'asar CAIRO: Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak stepped down on Friday, assigning the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces to run the country. Vice President Omar Suleiman announced the president’s…
World leaders hail Mubarak’s resignation
LONDON: World leaders hailed Hosni Mubarak's decision on Friday to step down as Egyptian president after 30 years in power, saying they shared the joy of Egyptians and hoped the…
Sec-gen of Egypt’s ruling party says resigns
By Reuters CAIRO: The recently appointed general secretary of Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party said early Friday he had resigned, saying Egypt needed new parties. "It's a resignation from the position…
Hail the people, says Egypt’s opposition
By Tamim Elyan CAIRO: Various opposition powers welcomed Mubarak's decision to step down and hailed the Egyptian youth's role in affecting change in Egypt. They expressed hope that a civilian government…
Islamophobia and the dinner table test in Britain
By Fiyaz Mughal LONDON: The January speech in Leicester by Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, co-chairperson of the right-of-centre ruling Conservative Party in the UK, in which she stated that “Islamophobia has passed…
Indonesian lessons for Tunisia’s revolution
By Sri Murniati Penang: Tunisia’s revolution likely reminds many Indonesians of their country’s situation 13 years ago when Suharto, who ruled the country for over 30 years, was toppled after a…
Citizenship, not religion, must be the basis for inclusion in the Middle East
By Saliba Sarsar TINTON, New Jersey: With political change in Iraq and the ongoing transformations in Tunisia and Egypt, news of attacks on religious minorities in the Middle East, from only…
Analysis: Economic outlook cautious but positive after Mubarak steps down
By Amira Salah-Ahmed CAIRO: Hosni Mubarak stepped down as president of Egypt at 6 pm on February 11 after 18 days of nationwide protests that more or less paralyzed the economy,…
President Hosni Mubarak steps down
CAIRO: President Mubarak stepped down on Friday, assigning the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces to run the country. Vice President Omar Suleiman announced the president’s departure in a minute-long…
Mubarak quits Cairo as a million march
By Jailan Zayan /AFP CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak flew out of Cairo to his Red Sea retreat on Friday as more than a million furious Egyptians marched in cities around the…