Hail the people, says Egypt’s opposition
By Tamim Elyan CAIRO: Various opposition powers welcomed Mubarak's decision to step down and hailed the Egyptian youth's role in affecting change in Egypt. They expressed hope that a civilian government…
Islamophobia and the dinner table test in Britain
By Fiyaz Mughal LONDON: The January speech in Leicester by Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, co-chairperson of the right-of-centre ruling Conservative Party in the UK, in which she stated that “Islamophobia has passed…
Indonesian lessons for Tunisia’s revolution
By Sri Murniati Penang: Tunisia’s revolution likely reminds many Indonesians of their country’s situation 13 years ago when Suharto, who ruled the country for over 30 years, was toppled after a…
Citizenship, not religion, must be the basis for inclusion in the Middle East
By Saliba Sarsar TINTON, New Jersey: With political change in Iraq and the ongoing transformations in Tunisia and Egypt, news of attacks on religious minorities in the Middle East, from only…
Analysis: Economic outlook cautious but positive after Mubarak steps down
By Amira Salah-Ahmed CAIRO: Hosni Mubarak stepped down as president of Egypt at 6 pm on February 11 after 18 days of nationwide protests that more or less paralyzed the economy,…
President Hosni Mubarak steps down
CAIRO: President Mubarak stepped down on Friday, assigning the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces to run the country. Vice President Omar Suleiman announced the president’s departure in a minute-long…
Mubarak quits Cairo as a million march
By Jailan Zayan /AFP CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak flew out of Cairo to his Red Sea retreat on Friday as more than a million furious Egyptians marched in cities around the…
Experts reject calls for US to cut aid to Egypt
WASHINGTON: The United States should use its billions in aid to Egypt as leverage to force a transition to democracy, foreign policy experts told lawmakers Wednesday in Congress' first…
Spirit of giving blossoms amid uprising
By Safaa Abdoun CAIRO: As mass protests around the country continue well into week three, Egyptians have come together in unprecedented numbers on many levels, irst and foremost, to call for…
North Sinai protesters, police clash
By Agencies ISMAILIYA: Egyptian protesters in the north Sinai town of El-Arish exchanged gunfire with police on Friday and hurled Molotov cocktails at a police station, witnesses said, amid nationwide…