More Than One Hundred Injured in Tahrir Square Protests
AFP/GettyImages(CAIRO) — More than 100 people were injured during protests on the streets of Cairo, as thousands of demonstrators congregated in Tahrir Square. Supporters of Egypt’s new Islamist president Mohammed Morsi have clashed with liberal prote…
Egypt’s President-Elect to Be ‘Judged by Actions, Not Religious Affiliation’
AFP/GettyImages(WASHINGTON) — White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters that he’d heard the criticism that Egypt’s choice to elect a Muslim Brotherhood candidate to the presidency showed that the Arab Spring was a debacle, but …
Deadliest Attack in Syrian Uprising
Stockbyte/Thinkstock(HAOULA, Syria) — More than 90 people have been reported dead in what is being called one of the bloodiest events in the Syrian uprising.The UN chief monitor, Major General Robert Mood, confirmed the reports of a deadly government …
Gadhafi’s Mercenaries Spread Guns and Fighting in Africa
Salah Malkawi/ Getty Images(PRETORIA, South Africa) — When Libya’s dictator for more than four decades fell victim to the Arab Spring, Col. Moammar Gadhafi’s influence didn’t end. It is now contributing to increased attacks by …
US to Give Tunisia $100 Million in Financial Assistance
Stockbyte/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced on Thursday that the United States will provide Tunisia with financial assistance to pay their debts.The U.S. will fund Tunisia $100 million because it owes t…
Moroccan Protesters the Latest to Set Themselves on Fire
iStockPhoto/Thinkstock(RABAT, Morocco) – The five Moroccan men who set themselves afire this week in the capital of Rabat marked the latest incident of self-immolation that has spread across the Middle East and North Africa in the past year and a…
Bloody 48 Hours in Syria
KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images(DAMASCUS) –- Death tolls are wide-ranging, but several reports say more than 200 people have been killed in Syria in the past two days, with the opposition Syrian National Council saying in a statement that there have…
Syria Uprising: More than 100 Killed Monday?
Hemera/Thinkstock(DAMASCUS) — On the same day that Syria signed a deal to allow Arab League observers into the country, activist groups are reporting that more than 100 people were killed. If their estimate proves to be accurate, Monday would be one …