Featured Blog Posts – December 2011 Archive (18)

Sudan's army killed a key rebel leader from the Darfur region Sunday, state media reported, three days after

Ibrahim was key player in early days of conflict

State media report killing of Khalil Ibrahim, head of Justice and Equality Movement, in fighting in west Wadbanda, North Kordofan.

By Abdelmoneim Abu Edris Ali – KHARTOUM

anti-government forces said they had begun advancing on the…

LONDON - A Libyan commander who fought Moamer Gathafi's forces is taking legal action against Britain, alleging it

Belhaj is head of military council in Tripoli

Libyan commander is suing Britain, alleging it was complicit in ill-treatment, illegal rendition to Libya in 2004.

was complicit in his ill-treatment and illegal rendition to Libya in 2004, his lawyers said Monday.…

CAIRO - Egypt's Islamists said on Sunday they would not accept any interference from the ruling military council over

The army's role in the process of forming the constitution remains unclear

Muslim Brotherhood number two stresses no one except elected parliament has right to draft legislation.

the future constitution amid uncertainty about the army's role in the process.

"No…

GENEVA - The Red Cross on Sunday denounced an air attack on a food supply outlet in the southern Somali town of

Situation, in Bardera, is alarming

Red Cross denounces air attack on food supply outlet in Somalia, stressing mounting food shortages.

Bardera, stressing it came at a time of mounting food shortages.

"We are alarmed about the situation in Bardera," said…

From Spain's "indignados" protests to Occupy Wall Street, 2011 was the year when people power, fueled by

Growing divide between people, leaders

Popular anger grips world, starting with Tunisians ousting their president-for-life, then sweeping unstoppably through Egypt, Libya, Syria, Yemen.

By Sebastian Smith - NEW YORK

frustration at the deepening financial crisis,…

For decades, Egypt's Westernised elite kept the country's growing religosity at arm's length, but a projected Islamist

Speedy poor taking over soon

Rich, westernised Egyptians weigh emigration as Islamists Brothers and Salafis surge.

By Hania El Malawani - CAIRO

surge in the first post-revolution polls has driven many to think of moving abroad.

Sporting the latest…

BEIRUT - Lebanon's Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said Thursday his militant party would not cause "trouble" over

New realities in MidEast: financing your own demise

Hezbollah rhetoric continues, but Nasrallah has no alternative but to accept financing tribunal.

the premier's decision to fund a controversial UN court, in order to preserve the national interest.

"Even though…