Algeria hostage crisis updates
Hostage-takers want to negotiate an end to French intervention in Mali and exchange American hostages for prisoners held in the US
France orders increased security at foreign missions
Following threats from Islamists who disagree with intervention in Mali, France has ordered all missions in the Arab world to beef up security
Pakistan averts crisis, heads towards historic polls
Charismatic preacher Tahir-ul Qadri secured only a vague date for parliament to dissolve by mid-March
US asks Egypt to commit to religious tolerance
US State Department calls Morsy’s statement regarding anti-Semitic comments a “positive first step"
Ultras to take to the streets today
Ultras to march to Tahrir Square in commemoration of Port Said victims
Mekki new ambassador to the Vatican
The position of ambassador to the Vatican, recently refused by former prosecutor-general, given to former vice president
Syria rebels see airport as key to taking Aleppo
"If the airport falls, all of Aleppo will fall," said Colonel Abu Kosai, one of the rebel commanders
Without deal’, UN team returns from Iran
Diplomats said that the IAEA and Iran still had "differences".
Ultras converge on Tahrir
Ultras and other demonstrators march to Tahrir Square to commemorate Port Said victims ahead of 26 January verdict
