Families want fallen martyrs remembered, demand justice
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: Families of the martyrs who were killed in the revolution gathered in Tahrir Square last Friday carrying their fallen children’s pictures, calling on Egyptians not to forget…
Nagaa Hammadi shooter sentenced to death
By AFP CAIRO: An Egyptian court ratified on Sunday the death sentence against a man convicted of killing six Christians outside a church but acquitted two alleged accomplices, the official…
Egypt constitution change proposals closer
By Marwa Awad / Reuters CAIRO: A new constitution for Egypt is a long-term goal but for the time being changes to the present one to be announced soon will remove…
Dana Gas says Egypt operations unaffected
CAIRO: Dana Gas, a Middle East regional private sector natural gas company, said its operations were not affected during the recent turmoil in Egypt, with production and output levels sustained…
38 killed in deadliest Afghan attack in months
JALALABAD: A Taliban attack on a bank in eastern Afghanistan killed 38 people and wounded more than 70 others, officials said Sunday, in the deadliest attack since June last year.…
Students protest against regime in Sanaa
SANAA: Hundreds of Yemeni students demonstrated on Sunday outside the Sanaa university campus on the eighth straight day of anti-regime protests in the capital, an AFP correspondent reported. Protesters chanted…
Bahrain opposition plots strategy before talks
MANAMA: Bahrain's opposition leaders gathered Sunday to examine offers for talks by Bahrain's rulers after nearly a week of protests and deadly clashes that have sharply divided the strategic Gulf…
Islamists want purge of old regime figures
By Muslim Brotherhood CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's largest organized movement, called on Saturday for a purge of former regime figures in government and disbandment of the feared State Security Investigations…
Doctor says at least 200 dead in Benghazi
CAIRO: A doctor in the Libyan city of Benghazi says his hospital has seen the bodies of at least 200 protesters killed by Moammar Gadhafi's forces over the last few…
G20 should back Tunisia, Egypt transitions: Sarkozy
PARIS: Group of 20 finance ministers meeting in Paris should offer their support to Tunisia and Egypt as they move towards democracy, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Friday. "In…