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Iranian protesters clash with police
TEHRAN (AFP) ― Iranian riot police fired tear gas and paintballs at anti-government protesters in Tehran, websites and witnesses said Monday, while an Iranian news agency said a bystander had been shot dead.Fars news agency said a number of other people had been wounded by the gunfire and blamed the outlawed former rebel group, the People’s Mujahedeen of Iran.Some opposition websites said that men
World News Feb. 15, 2011
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Arab regimes must change or face revolt
DUBAI (AFP) ― Within less than a month, popular uprisings toppled the long-time presidents of Egypt and Tunisia, and revolts could spread to other Arab countries if they do not implement reforms quickly, analysts say.“The Arab leaders are in a race against time: Either they quickly adopt liberal changes, or they suffer the same fate as (the leaders) of Tunisia and Egypt,” said Anwar Eshki, the dir
World News Feb. 14, 2011
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Mubarak: A survivor comes undone
CAIRO (AP) ― He survived assassination attempts and wave after wave of Mideast crises, a solid ally of the West whose stable image reassured many Egyptians. Hosni Mubarak ended his presidency as a symbol of what was wrong with Egypt: the repression, the corruption, the lost hopes of a swelling, impoverished class.Mubarak, in power for nearly three decades, was such a fixture that his exit from pow
World News Feb. 13, 2011
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Fallout from Egypt being felt in region
DUBAI (AP) ― Less than a month after the world watched Tunisia celebrate the collapse of the country’s strong-arm ruler, the scenes in central Cairo on Friday offered an even more potent display of the newfound power of the Arab street: fist-pumping crowds cheering the end of President Hosni Mubarak.The downfall of Mubarak ― one of the mainstays of Middle East politics and Western policies in the
World News Feb. 13, 2011
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U.S. presses but Egypt rejects ‘hasty’ reforms
CAIRO (AFP) ― The United States urged Egypt to immediately lift an emergency law and launch democratic reforms as protestors staged the biggest show of defiance against President Hosni Mubarak in a three-week-old revolt.But Mubarak’s newly appointed deputy, Vice President Omar Suleiman, warned that hasty reforms could spell “chaos” in the Arab world’s most populous nation.In Cairo, hundreds of tho
World News Feb. 9, 2011
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Egypt transition talks strained by pressure
CAIRO (AFP) ― Its wings clipped by a popular revolt, Egypt’s regime is seeking a way out of crisis through national dialogue, but pressure from the street and division among key players could discredit the process.On Sunday, Vice President Omar Suleiman began talks with members of the opposition and announced measures aimed at placating the protesters staging massive protests demanding the end of
World News Feb. 9, 2011
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Egypt vice president meets opposition groups, offers huge concessions
CAIRO (AP) ― Egypt’s vice president has met with the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and other opposition groups for the first time and offered sweeping concessions, including granting press freedom and rolling back police powers in the government’s latest attempt to try to end nearly two weeks of upheaval.But the opposition leaders held firm to a demand the government rejects: that President Hosni Mu
World Feb. 7, 2011
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Mideast reform momentum hinges on Egypt
DUBAI (AFP) ― The dramatic events in Tunisia and Egypt have pushed Arab leaders to promise political and economic reforms but the momentum for change now hinges on the outcome of the Egyptian uprising, analysts say.“In one month, the Arab world has changed more than it had done in years,” said Ziad Majed, a lecturer on the modern Middle East at the American University of Paris.“Today, fear has cha
World Feb. 6, 2011
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Egypt’s army rules out using force
CAIRO (AP) ― Egypt’s military pledged not to fire on protesters in a sign that army support for President Hosni Mubarak may be unraveling on the eve a major escalation ― a push for a million people to take to the streets Tuesday to demand the authoritarian leader’s ouster.More than 10,000 people beat drums, played music and chanted slogans in Tahrir Square, which has become ground zero of a week o
World Feb. 1, 2011
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Foreigners advised to leave Egypt amid chaos
CAIRO (AP) ― Foreign governments stepped up their warnings Sunday about travel to Egypt, with several urging their citizens to evacuate as soon as possible amid uncertainty over where the Arab nation is headed after nearly a week of mass protests.The fears of foreign tourists mirrored those of many Egyptians.Dozens with the means to do so rented jets or hopped aboard their own planes in a mad dash
World Jan. 31, 2011
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The U.S. moral conundrum in Egypt
WASHINGTON (AP) ― As with Iran 30 years ago, American leaders again are wrestling with the moral conflict between Washington’s demands for democracy among its friends and strategic coziness with dictatorial regimes seen as key to stability in an increasingly complex world, particularly the Middle East.The turmoil in Egypt ― and it’s potential for grave consequences for U.S. policy throughout the r
World Jan. 31, 2011
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Looters rip heads off two Egyptian Museum mummies
CAIRO (AP) ― 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 the vandals did not manage to steal any of the museum’s antiquities, and that the prized collection was now safe and under military guard.With mass
World Jan. 31, 2011
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Foot-and-mouth risk looms for Asia, FAO says
The worst outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Asia for at least 50 years may get more severe as Lunar New Year holidays spark a surge in travel, threatening to spread the virus that has decimated South Korea’s livestock. The magnitude of the outbreak is “unlike anything that we’ve seen for at least half a century,” Juan Lubroth, chief veterinary officer at the United Nations’ Food and Agricultur
World Jan. 28, 2011
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Obama tells Congress: Pass Korea FTA
State of the Union address demands N.K. abandon nukesWASHINGTON (AP) ― U.S. President Barack Obama highlighted America’s close ties with South Korea in his annual State of the Union policy speech Tuesday, praising South Korean progress and development and calling on Congress to ratify a newly negotiated trade agreement with Seoul.“To help businesses sell more products abroad, we set a goal of doub
World Jan. 26, 2011
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Obama says S. Korea’s education, Internet outperforming U.S.
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday called for reform in U.S. education and stressed the need to rebuild infrastructure to catch up with South Korea and other strong performing countries.“Our infrastructure used to be the best, but our lead has slipped,” Obama said in the nationally-televised State of the Union address. “South Korean homes now have greater Internet ac
World Jan. 26, 2011
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