January 2011 Blog Posts (88)

Egyptian Nobel Peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei is emerging as the leader of anti-regime protests, working with a

Key role

Egyptian Nobel Peace laureate emerging as leader of anti-regime protests, unifying opposition.

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AMMAN - Jordan's powerful Islamists said on Monday they have started a dialogue with the state, saying that unlike

'We ask for political reforms and an elected government'

Jordan's powerful opposition demands resignation of government, amendment of electoral…

Egyptian protesters on Monday called for an indefinite strike in Egypt and a "million man march" on Tuesday in Cairo

'Our strength is in our numbers'

ElBaradei hails beginning of new era in Egypt 'in which every Egyptian lives in freedom and dignity'

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CAIRO - Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and other opposition groups have charged leading dissident Mohamed ElBaradei

ElBaradei to Obama: 'root with the people' of Egypt

ElBaradei says US 'losing credibility by the day' on Egypt, must'stop the life support to the…

CAIRO - Thirty-four Muslim Brothers, including leaders of the banned Islamist group, left a Cairo prison unhindered

Exact details were not immediately available

Egyptian Islamists - arrested during anti-regime protests – freed but dozens of bodies seen on road near…

The upheaval in Egypt and other parts of the Middle East and North Africa, driven by forces largely beyond US control,

In Yemen

In just few weeks, groundswell of popular anger takes on autocratic regimes which are allied to US

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Egypt's embattled President Hosni Mubarak on Saturday addressed the nation for the first time since deadly protests

Government's dismissal is not enough for protesters

Egyptian leader vows reforms, shows no sign of standing down as least 27 people killed in subsequent…

US President Barack Obama called Friday on Egyptian authorities not to use violence against raging political protests,

The White House was readying for any possible political scenarios in Egypt

White House warns US will review billions of dollars in aid to Egypt based…

WASHINGTON - The world's Muslim population will grow twice as fast as the non-Muslim population in the next 20

More than ever

Muslim population growth outpaces non-Muslims' with Pakistan to overtake Indonesia as most populous.

 years, when…

Egyptian police arrested at least 1,000 people in two days of running street battles, an official said Thursday, as

Cairo burning

Egypt poised for more protests against the rule of Mubarak, Friday after-pray demos very decisive.

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Egyptian police and protesters clashed in the centre of the capital and in the port city of Suez on Wednesday, the

Defiant and adamant to oust Mubarak regime

Protesters defy massive security crackdown to demand Mubarak’s ouster on second day of protests in Cairo,…

TUNIS - Libyan leader Moamer Gathafi voiced support for Tunisia's revolution Tuesday but denounced foreign interference

Change of opinion

Libyan leader now backs Tunisia revolution ten days after saying There is none better than Ben Ali to govern…