Mubarak ‘saddened’ by state of country
Ousted president’s lawyer quotes Hosni Mubarak as saying Egyptians should ‘rally around’ current president
Local militias reportedly committing massacres in Syria: UN
The groups were frequently described as Shabbiha militias and were reportedly being set up to protect their neighbourhoods against anti-government armed groups and criminal gangs.
Dead India gang-rape suspect was heavy-drinking migrant
Singh was accused by police of being the ringleader in the fatal gang-rape of a 23-year-old student on a moving bus in New Delhi last December
S. Korea-US drills start as North rejects armistice
The South's Unification Ministry confirmed that the North appeared to have carried through on another promise to cut a telephone hotline between Pyongyang and Seoul.
Turkey arrests four Syrians over deadly border attack
The minibus exploded in the buffer zone between Turkey's Cilvegozu border crossing and Syria's Bab al-Hawa post on February 11
Al-Wasat proposes new elections law
The moderate Islamist party says new law would shorten delays to scheduled elections caused by recent court order
Main accused in Delhi gang-rape found dead in cell
Found in his prison cell Monday, prompting fury and accusations of murder
ANHRI calls for an end to selective security presence
Security forces’ heavy-handedness against protesters, coupled with insecurity during attacks on media institutions is a sign they defend state interests, ANHRI says
Brotherhood tells police to seize ‘historic chance’
Muslim Brotherhood and FJP call on police to confront ‘thugs’ to wipe clean chequered past
