About 1,000 relics stolen during Egyptian uprising, says minister
MADRID: Thieves stole around 1,000 relics from museums and archeological sites across Egypt since protests against the government broke out in January, Egypt's minister for antiquities Zahi Hawass said Sunday…
Military changes governors, concession to reformists
CAIRO: Egypt's ruling military council has decided to change some of the provincial governors appointed by deposed president Hosni Mubarak, state television reported on Saturday, in a concession to reformist…
Two die from bullet wounds after Egypt protest-sources
CAIRO: Two men died from bullet wounds in central Cairo after the army tried to disperse protesters overnight, two medical sources said on Saturday, although the army denied firing any…
Army officers join protesters in Tahrir to demand Mubarak prosecution
CAIRO: Eight army officers joined tens of thousands of protestors in Tahrir Square on the Friday of "Purification and Trial," calling for the resignation of Field Marshal Mohamed Tantawi and…
Bedouin tribe holds talks to establish ‘representative’ political party
ISMAILIA: Al-Tarabin tribe started an initiative to unite all Bedouin tribes in Egypt ahead of establishing a representative political party in a meeting at the Al-Mogahdeen Al-Arab village. The founders…
Gallup report analyzes the arithmetic of the revolution
CAIRO: “Unemployment and poverty alone did not lead to the overthrow of Egypt’s government. It was the perceived difference between what should be and what was that created the driving…
Personal and political: Psychological health following the revolution
By Chitra Kalyani CAIRO: Tahrir has recently been the epicenter of intense emotions, and news from Egypt has had psychological effects on adults and children worldwide. While those closer to traumatic…
UN to probe all sides for possible abuses in Libya
GENEVA: Investigators launching a U.N.-ordered probe into wartime human rights abuses in Libya vowed Friday to visit villages, prisons and conflict zones, sparing no one and no region from scrutiny.…
World labor leader says protest movement weakened
ATHENS: Globalization has weakened the union movement, making it increasingly difficult to coordinate protests between Europe's debt-stricken countries, says the head of a global union group. Muhammad Shaaban Azouz said…
Yemen’s Saleh again rejects move to replace him
SANAA: Two protesters were shot dead and 25 wounded by gunfire during protests in the southern Yemen city of Taiz on Friday, hospital sources said. Some 200 were hurt by…