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Libyan family killed fleeing Gadhafi hometown
TRIPOLI, Libya — Two children and their parents were killed by machine-gun fire while trying to flee Moammar Gadhafi's hometown along with hundreds of other residents, as forces loyal to the ousted regime engaged in heavy clashes with revolutionary (...)

02 - 10 - 2011
Saudi woman sentenced to 10 lashes for driving car
CAIRO — A Saudi woman was sentenced Tuesday to be lashed 10 times with a whip for defying the kingdom's prohibition on female drivers, the first time a legal punishment has been handed down for a violation of the longtime ban in the (...)

27 - 09 - 2011
Israeli PM condemns embassy attack in Egypt
CAIRO — The storming of the Israeli embassy by a mob of Egyptian protesters inflicted a "severe injury to the fabric of peace" between the two countries, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Saturday. The ambassador and the entire (...)

10 - 09 - 2011
Qaddafi retakes oil port in rebel-held east Libya
BENGHAZI: Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Qaddafi retook control of a key oil installation and port on the coast of the rebel-held eastern half of the country Wednesday and warplanes bombed an ammunition depot on the outskirts of a nearby town (...)

02 - 03 - 2011
Pro-Gadhafi forces try to retake strategic city
TRIPOLI: Government opponents in rebel-held Zawiya repelled an attempt by forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi to retake the city closest to the capital in six hours of fighting overnight, witnesses said Tuesday. The rebels, who include mutinous army (...)

01 - 03 - 2011
Egyptians air grievances, ignoring army warning
CAIRO: Airport employees protested for better pay Wednesday, textile workers went on strike to demand a corruption investigation and residents of a Suez Canal city pressed for closing a chemical factory they say is dumping toxic waste into a lake in (...)

17 - 02 - 2011
Labor unrest spreads as bus drivers strike
CAIRO: Bus drivers and public transport workers in Cairo joined thousands of state employees on strike Thursday in spreading labor unrest that has pumped further strength and momentum into Egypt's wave of anti-government protests. With its efforts (...)

10 - 02 - 2011
Protesters defiant over VP's warning
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 take place causing greater chaos, as a mass demonstration in a (...)

09 - 02 - 2011
Mubarak forms reform committees, constitution reform panel named
CAIRO: In its latest effort to defuse public anger amid mass protests, embattled President Hosni Mubarak's regime set up a committee Tuesday to recommend constitutional changes that would relax presidential eligibility rules and impose term (...)

08 - 02 - 2011
Egypt army moves to stop assault on protesters
CAIRO: Egyptian army tanks and soldiers cleared away pro-government rioters and deployed between them and protesters seeking the fall of President Hosni Mubarak, as the prime minister made an unprecedented apology Thursday for the assault by regime (...)

03 - 02 - 2011
Looters rip heads off 2 mummies at Egyptian Museum
CAIRO: Would-be looters broke into Cairo's famed Egyptian Museum, ripping the heads off two mummies and damaging about 10 small artifacts before being caught and detained by army soldiers, Egypt's antiquities chief said Saturday. Zahi Hawass said (...)

30 - 01 - 2011
Police deployed for Tunisia-inspired rally
CAIRO: Thousands of Egyptian security forces are deploying across Cairo ahead of the country's first Tunisian-inspired protests. Egypt's top security official has warned no disturbances would be tolerated. The protest organizers and opposition (...)

25 - 01 - 2011
34 African migrants arrested in Sinai
CAIRO: An Egyptian police official says 34 African migrants have been arrested in separate incidents in the Sinai peninsula heading to the border with Israel to try and cross it illegally. The official says eight Eritreans and nine Ethiopians (...)

19 - 12 - 2010
Opposition supporters demonstrate after flawed elections
CAIRO: Demonstrations and riots swept across Egypt Monday protesting alleged fraud by the ruling party in parliamentary elections in which the opposition said its candidates had been heavily defeated. The complaints were backed up by a coalition (...)

29 - 11 - 2010
Saudi women sue male guardians who stop marriage
CAIRO: Year after year, the 42-year-old Saudi surgeon remains single, against her will. Her father keeps turning down marriage proposals, and her hefty salary keeps going directly to his bank account. The surgeon in the holy city of Medina knows (...)

28 - 11 - 2010
Mob attacks opposition Brotherhood figure in Minya, says group
CAIRO: A mob armed with knives attacked a senior lawmaker from Egypt's opposition Muslim Brotherhood on Monday hours after he accused the government of already rigging next week's parliamentary election, the group said. The crowd swarmed a car (...)

23 - 11 - 2010
Security jails opposition campaigners before election
CAIRO: Security forces on Tuesday detained 57 campaign workers from the opposition Muslim Brotherhood while hanging election posters in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria ahead of next month's parliamentary vote. Hussein Ibrahim, a Muslim (...)

26 - 10 - 2010
Pope Shenouda apologizes over bishop's Islam remarks
CAIRO: Egypt's Coptic Christian leader Pope Shenouda III apologized in a television interview Sunday to any Muslims who were offended after his top bishop reportedly disputed the authenticity of some verses of the Quran. The remarks come during a (...)

28 - 09 - 2010
Dissident Saad Eddin Ibrahim signs pro-Gamal Mubarak petition
CAIRO: An Egyptian-American dissident and former advocate against heredity succession in Egypt has signed a petition backing the president's son to run in next year's elections. Sociologist Saad Eddin Ibrahim gained prominence for being one of (...)

30 - 08 - 2010
Egyptians protest power outages, block key highway
CAIRO: Crowds of Egyptians angered by daily power outages at the height of a scorching summer blocked a major highway south of Cairo Wednesday with barricades of burning tires. The electricity cuts affected Egyptians from the Nile Delta in the (...)

19 - 08 - 2010
Bahrain arrests 4 Shiite activists amid clashes
CAIRO: A Bahraini security official says four leading Shiite activists have been arrested as the kingdom's Sunni leaders try to end violent confrontations between Shiite protesters and anti-riot police. The Persian Gulf island nation, home to the (...)

16 - 08 - 2010
Egypt unveils discovery of 4,300-year-old tombs
SAQQARA: Egyptian archaeologists on Thursday unveiled a newly-unearthed double tomb with vivid wall paintings in the ancient necropolis of Saqqara near Cairo, saying it could be the start for uncovering a vast cemetery in the area. The tomb (...)

08 - 07 - 2010
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