Arab League delays summit by year to March 2012
CAIRO: An Arab League summit originally planned for March this year has been delayed by 12 months at the request of its host, Iraq, Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa…
Hundreds arrested as troops exit Syria protest hub
DAMASCUS: Syrian troops arrested 300 people in a Damascus suburb on Thursday even as they started to pull back from the protest hub of Daraa after a military lockdown of…
Iraq suicide car bombing kills at least 21 police
HILLA: A suicide attacker blew up a bomb-filled car at a police station south of Baghdad, killing 21 policemen on Thursday, as Iraqi forces braced for Al-Qaeda revenge attacks after…
Libya meeting seeks to get aid to anti-Gaddafi rebels
ROME: An international coalition against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi met on Thursday to seek ways of getting funds to an ill-equipped rebel movement which is fast running out of cash.…
Extortion bid causes gun battle in Cairo, 89 wounded
CAIRO: An extortion attempt against shop owners in a downtown Cairo commercial street precipitated a gun battle that injured 89 people on Wednesday, the interior ministry said. The Ministry of…
US drone targets Saudi Qaeda chief, kills two, say witnesses
ADEN: A US drone attacked a Saudi Al-Qaeda leader in southern Yemen on Thursday, but missed and killed two local Al-Qaeda members, a security source and witnesses told AFP. The…
Hundreds of Mubarak loyalists, foes clash in Cairo
By AFP CAIRO: Hundreds of diehard supporters of ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak clashed with his foes in central Cairo on Wednesday leaving dozens injured, a security official told AFP.…
Ex-interior minister gets 12 years for money laundering, corruption
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: Former interior minister Habib El-Adly was sentenced to 12 years in prison for money laundering and unlawful acquisition of public funds on Thursday, the first official of…
Egypt’s revolution made Palestinian reconciliation possible, say political powers
CAIRO: Egypt’s political powers hailed the unity agreement between Palestinian Fatah and Hamas signed on Wednesday, adding that Egypt’s January 25 Revolution made the reconciliation possible. Karima El-Hifnawy, senior member…
The goose is cooked: licit or illicit
By Philip Whitfield Egypt's justice minister, Mohamed El-Guindi, says President Hosni Mubarak faces the death penalty if convicted of ordering shooting the protesters, according to Al-Ahram. Will he go to the…