Thousands hold sit-in outside parliament
By Marwa Al-A'asar CAIRO: Over 1,000 young men and women began a sit-in outside the People’s Assembly (PA) headquarters in downtown Cairo Tuesday evening demanding the ouster and prosecution of…
UN chief says frustrated Egyptians want ‘bold reforms’
UNITED NATIONS: UN chief Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday that the Egyptian people are frustrated and demanding "bold reforms," but pulled back from previous calls for an immediate transition by President…
UN chief says frustrated Egyptians want ‘bold reforms’
UNITED NATIONS: UN chief Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday that the Egyptian people are frustrated and demanding "bold reforms," but pulled back from previous calls for an immediate transition by President…
Freed activist praises Egypt ‘dreamers’ at protest
By AFP CAIRO: Freed Egypt activist Wael Ghonim arrived at the epicenter of anti-regime protests in Cairo on Tuesday where he lauded hundreds of thousands of demonstrators who welcomed him…
Egypt gas flow to Israel to resume Feb. 17: investor
JERUSALEM: Shipments of Egyptian gas to Israel are to resume on Feb. 17 following a weekend attack on a pipeline in northern Sinai, an investor in the pipeline said on…
Protesters defiant over VP’s warning
By Maggie Michael /AP CAIRO: Egypt's protesters and opposition groups were infuriated Wednesday by a warning from Vice President Omar Suleiman that if their movement doesn't enter negotiations, a "coup" could…
Sinai protesters say united with those in Tahrir
By Abdel-Rahman Hussein CAIRO: Protesters in Sinai are united in their demands with those in Tahrir Square, and will continue to protest until they are met, sources in the area told…
Signs of hope in Egypt
By Laurna Strikwerda WASHINGTON, DC: Protestors in Egypt continue to fill Tahrir (Liberation) Square by the tens of thousands, building on two weeks of massive demonstrations calling for President Hosni Mubarak’s…
The Tunisian catalyst
By Joseph Stiglitz DAVOS: The whole world celebrates Tunisia’s democratic revolution, which has set off a cascade of events elsewhere in the region — particularly in Egypt — with untold consequences.…
The politics of revolutionary surprise
By Timur Kuran DURHAM: In setting himself ablaze following a humiliating encounter with the police, the university-educated Tunisian vegetable seller Mohamed Bouazizi triggered a wave of protests across the Arab world.…