Estimates of 1,000 dead in Libya credible, says Italy
TRIPOLI/ ROME: As many as 1,000 people have likely been killed in Libya as leader Muammar Gaddafi cracks down on protests against his rule, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said…
Bahrain frees prisoners to mollify protesters
MANAMA: Bahrain has freed 23 people accused of trying to topple the island's Sunni Muslim monarchy, along with other prisoners and people detained in last week's protests, a Shia opposition…
Saudi King heads home amid sweeping Arab unrest
RIYADH: Saudi King Abdullah returned home on Wednesday to a red carpet reception after three months of treatment abroad for a back ailment, Al-Akhbariya state television reported, returning to a…
Paris supports freeze on Mubarak clan’s assets: ministry
By AFP PARIS: France will back an Egyptian request to freeze the assets of deposed president Hosni Mubarak and his family, Foreign Minister Michele Alliot-Marie said on Wednesday. "Based on the…
With sweeping changes in the Mideast, West is sending mixed signals
By Abdel-Rahman Hussein CAIRO: With sweeping changes reverberating across the Middle East, and the regimes of Egypt and Tunisia having already fallen, Western diplomats are in a scramble to react to…
Arab League bars Libya from bloc’s meetings
CAIRO: The Arab League has barred Libya from attending meetings of the bloc until it ends its violent crackdown on protesters, which it said involved violations of human rights and…
EU bank calls for more Egypt, Tunisia funds
BRUSSELS: The European Investment Bank is calling on the EU to allow it to give more money to support a transition to democracy in Tunisia, Egypt and other countries in…
Egypt-Israel bilateral relations
By Alon Ben-Meir On Saturday, Feb. 12 the Egyptian army issued a communiqué reassuring the Egyptian people and the international community of its intention to usher in a civilian government and…
People power
By Lamis Andoni There is no doubt that the Tunisian uprising was the spark that ignited the Egyptian revolution leading to the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak. The success of the…
Intellectual dishonesty vis-à-vis Arab revolt
By Mohamed El Mokhtar Sidi Haiba It felt sometimes depressing and demeaning, to be an Arab, living or going to school in America, during the Second Intifada, and hear ad nauseum…