State workers protest for better pay
By AP CAIRO: Hundreds of state employees are protesting in Cairo to demand better pay and conditions in the latest outbreak of labor unrest unleashed in the uprising that ousted…
Tourism workers stage Pyramids protest
CAIRO: Workers from Egypt's key tourism industry held a protest on Monday by the Great Pyramids to demand higher wages, part of a surge of protests and strikes following the…
Arab summit in Baghdad on March 29
CAIRO: Arab heads of state will hold their annual summit in Baghdad on March 29, Iraq's ambassador to the Arab League told reporters on Monday. "The Arab League summit will…
Palestinian govt resigns ahead of elections
RAMALLAH: Palestinian premier Salam Fayyad on Monday resigned and dissolved his cabinet in a major political shake-up ahead of Palestinian elections to be held by September. The move, which was…
Clashes in Bahrain before planned protest rally
DUBAI: Bahrain's security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse anti-government protesters Monday in advance of plans to stage major rallies and bring the Arab reform wave to…
Iran isolates opposition leader as police deploy
TEHRAN: Iran Monday blocked access to opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi's house to prevent him attending a rally in support of Arab revolts and also deployed anti-riot police in parts…
Algerian opposition announces new march, despite ban
By AFP ALGIERS: Algerian opposition leaders, emboldened by uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, on Sunday announced a second protest march in the capital despite a longstanding ban on demonstrations there.…
UK calls for international action on Mubarak assets
LONDON: A British government minister said on Sunday there should be an international approach to dealing with the overseas assets of deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and his family. Britain's…
Pursuing democratic reform at the regional level
By Gregoire Mallard In the next few months, Tunisia and Egypt will reform their constitution in order to grant more rights to their citizens. But they should also start a process…
Egypt for Egyptians
By Tamer Bahgat Friday, with the brief words of the laconic former vice president, our Republic has been freed from its bondage and returned to its rightful owners, for the people…