Mubarak in good health, says ABC
CAIRO: Contrary to several news reports suggesting that ousted president Hosni Mubarak’s health is deteriorating, “a well-placed” source told ABC news that he “was well enough to have breakfast on…
‘Reforms, not repression’ in Middle East: UN chief
UNITED NATIONS: UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called for "bold reforms, not repression" amid a wave of unrest rocking Arab nations in the Middle East and North Africa. "Sustainable…
Brotherhood says won’t impose view on Israel treaty
By Tom Perry / Reuters CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's best-organized political force, said on Friday any decision on the country's peace treaty with Israel was up to the Egyptian people…
Qaradawi urges army to liberate Egypt of current gov’t
By Dalia Rabie CAIRO: Head of the Organization of the Islamic Conference Sheikh Yousef El-Qaradawi called on the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces to liberate Egypt of ousted president Hosni…
Arrested: Ex-ministers of interior, tourism and housing and Ahmed Ezz
By Safaa Abdoun CAIRO: In a crackdown on corruption following the fall of ousted president Hosni Mubarak’s regime, the Public Funds Prosecution on Thursday ordered the detention of former Ministers of…
In new Egypt, Gama’a Islamiya steps out of shadows
By Tom Perry / Reuters CAIRO: The overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak has allowed an Islamist group that took up arms against his administration to step out of the shadows for…
Military and police reach out through social media
CAIRO: Only after the Egyptian police led the trend and created a Facebook group last week that Egypt's military junta became the website's newest user. The fact that Egypt's latest…
Europe faces risks with unrest in Arab world
By David Brunnstrom / Reuters BRUSSELS: Europe, with its history of war and authoritarianism not long in the past, is often quick to promote democracy, human rights and the rule of…
Egyptian democracy advocate critical of military
By Sarah El Deeb / AP CAIRO: Egypt's new military rulers have come under criticism from a leading democracy advocate as well as from youth and women's groups for what they…
Iran ‘not like Egypt’: top Iranian director
The changes sweeping through Egypt and Tunisia are unlikely to happen in Iran in the near future, as the respective societies are very different, a top Iranian director said Thursday.…