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UN Chief Blames al-Qaida for Syria Attack

in International - Fri May 18, 2012

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he believes al-Qaida is behind twin bombings in Damascus, last week, that killed 55 people.

He said Thursday the terror

Egyptians abroad vote in presidential elections

in International - Sat May 12, 2012

Cairo: Egyptian expatriates headed to the polls on Friday, casting the first votes to name a successor to ousted leader Hosni Mubarak in what are hoped to be the first ge

Egyptian candidates face unprecedented scrutiny

in International - Sat May 12, 2012

CAIRO, Egypt  Egyptians are for the first time getting a taste of how it is to choose a president  with groundbreaking presidential debates, face-to-face encoun

Adam Yauch Radio Veteran Matt Pinfield Pays Tribute

in International - Thu May 10, 2012

The last time I saw Adam Yauch was in late spring 2008. I was walking in the West Village, heard my name, turned around, and there he was with his then-10-year-old daught

Egypt violence

in International - Mon May 07, 2012

THE post-Hosni Mubarak period has been messy for Egypt as the Arab country attempts to carve out a new, democratic destiny for itself after decades of dictatorship posing as

Calm returns to Cairo after day of deadly clashes

in International - Sat May 05, 2012

CAIRO Calm returned to Cairo on Saturday after Egypt\'s military rulers imposed an overnight curfew around the defence ministry following fierce clashes between troops a

Egypt protest ends violently

in International - Sat May 05, 2012

CAIRO - Egyptian troops blasted protesters with water cannons, tear gas, and live ammunition Friday, trying to prevent them from marching on the Defense Ministry in clash

Overnight curfew imposed after troops, protesters clash in

in International - Sat May 05, 2012

CAIRO: Egyptian troops have blasted protesters with water cannons, tear gas and live ammunition, trying to prevent them from marching on the Defense Ministry in clashes t

Clashes erupt at mass rally in Cairo

in International - Sat May 05, 2012

Egyptian armed forces and protesters have clashed in Cairo, with troops using water cannon and rocks to disperse demonstrators trying to reach the defence ministry.

Ghost of Mubarak haunts Egypts electioneering

in International - Thu May 03, 2012

It\'s only the third day of campaigning in Egypt, and already 20 people are dead. But death tolls have a horrible habit of rising, as Egypt well knows after over a year o

Egypt military renews pledge to step down

in International - Thu May 03, 2012

A senior member of Egypt\'s ruling military council says it remains committed to handing over power to a civilian administration by July 1. The announcement was made a day a

Islamists Fortunes Fade Before Egypt Vote

in International - Fri April 27, 2012

CAIROThe runaway victory that Egyptian voters handed to Islamist parties in recent parliamentary elections is looking increasingly Pyrrhic.

The Muslim

Egypt is on a collision course

in International - Sat April 21, 2012

A range of Egypt"s political forces has joined the large-scale protests against the ruling military on Tahrir Square. With the SCAF reluctant to give up power and the people

Three top candidates banned in Egypt polls

in International - Wed April 18, 2012

Egypt\'s election commission has rejected the appeals of three main contenders for president, definitively removing the most polarising candidates from the race to become th

Egypt Islamists denounce Mubarak-era "leftovers\'

in International - Sat April 14, 2012

CAIRO - Islamists were out on the streets of Cairo in a show of force Friday to demand members of ousted president Hosni Mubarak\'s regime be barred from politics, in a s

Thousands in Cairo Protest Mubarak Aide"s Presidential Bid

in International - Sat April 14, 2012

CAIRO Egypt"s rival Islamist groups flexed their political muscle on Friday, drawing thousands of supporters from across the country to Tahrir Square to protest the pres

Election Is a New Start for an Aide to Mubarak

in International - Fri April 13, 2012

CAIRO Omar Suleiman, Egypt"s former spy chief and briefly its vice president, had all but vanished from the scene. Since surrendering power to a council of gene

Egypt MPs bar ex-Mubarak presidential candidates

in International - Fri April 13, 2012

Egypt - The parliament in Egypt has passed a law banning senior officials who served under ex-President Hosni Mubarak from running in May\'s presidential election. I

Islamists rally in Cairo against Mubarak old guard

in International - Fri April 13, 2012

CAIRO (Reuters) - Thousands of Egyptians packed into Cairo\'s Tahrir Square on Friday to protest against a run for the presidency by former intelligence chief Omar Suleim

Egypt\'s presidential race: An unexpected lineup

in International - Tue April 10, 2012

CAIROThe race for Egypt\'s first president after ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak was not supposed to look like this.

A year ago, anyone from the old regime see

Campaigning builds in Eygpt election

in International - Mon April 09, 2012

Hosni Mubarak\'s former spy chief, Omar Suleiman, has formally entered the race to become Egypt\'s next president.

It has prompted speculation that he will ha

Easter celebrated with religious fervor

in National - Mon April 09, 2012

ISLAMABAD (APP): Easter, the religious festival of Christians was celebrated on Sunday by Christian minorities living across the country with religious fervor and zeal.

Lok Mela portrays creativity of rural folk

in National - Sat April 07, 2012

IslamabadThe 10-day folk festival, popularly known as "Lok Mela" opened on Friday at Shakarparian, disseminating the dynamic creativity of countryside and giving rura

Egypt presidential candidate is shrewd strategist

in International - Fri April 06, 2012

Analysis: Muslim Brotherhood"s Khairat al-Shater is staunch Islamist as well as pragmatist.

Khairat al-Shater, the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood"s presidential ca

In Hard-Liner"s Surge, New Worries for Brotherhood

in International - Mon April 02, 2012

CAIRO Hazem Salah Abu Ismail is an old-school Islamist.

He wants to move toward abolishing Egypt"s peace treaty with Israel and cites Iran as