Protesters camp out in Tahrir
By Mai Shams El-Din and Amira Salah-Ahmed CAIRO: Protesters remained camped out in Tahrir Square through the early hours of Sunday, in defiance of curfew and a violent crackdown by military…
Military police attack protesters; army apologizes
By Sarah El Sirgany CAIRO: Army soldiers and military police chased protesters in Tahrir and near the parliament building using cattle prods in the early hours of Saturday, beating and arresting…
Smugglers kill Egyptian policeman near border
ISMAILIA: A group of drug smugglers have shot dead an Egyptian policeman in the Sinai Peninsula near Egypt's border with Israel, security and medical sources said on Thursday. "A group…
Qaddafi militia open fire on Libya protesters
BENGHAZI: Militias loyal to Moammar Qaddafi opened fire Friday on protesters streaming out of mosques and marching across the Libyan capital to demand the regime's ouster, witnesses said, reporting at…
Tens of thousands in Tahrir call for removal of government
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: Tens of thousands gathered in Tahrir Square in what was dubbed the “Friday of Cleansing and Protecting the Revolution,” demanding the resignation of the current government headed…
NDP to choose new president, undergo makeover
CAIRO: The National Democratic Party (NDP) is working on a major reform plan that includes changing its structure, name, slogan and programs and finding a new leader to succeed ousted…
Nilesat denies any intentional scrambling of Libyan channels
CAIRO: The Egyptian satellite company Nilesat refuted allegations by the Libyan authorities that it is intentionally scrambling Libyan channels on the satellite. The company said a statement issued Thursday that…
Egypt’s battle for democracy
By Rania Al Malky As the lunatic next door threatens to exterminate his detractors, accusing them of popping hallucinogenic pills, referring to them as rodents and germs and boorishly thinking that…
Poverty’s cancer
By Margaret Chan GENEVA: Cancer is an enormous — and growing — global public-health problem. And, of the 7.6 million cancer deaths every year, 4.8 million occur in the developing world.…
Libya’s Lord of the Flies
By Omar Ashour LONDON: “I am a glory that will not be abandoned by Libya, the Arabs, the United States, and Latin America…revolution, revolution, let the attack begin,” said the self-described…