Monthly Archives: February 2011

Assassin says did not consider his action illegal

Authorities arrest around 100 Muslim Malaysians

Including part of a 3,000-year-old coffin

With Egypt's “Days of Wrath” having such a successful outcome, the spirit of revolt is spreading ever more quickly around the Middle East.

Forty three senior members of the administration of former President Hosni Mubarak were notified that they will be prevented from leaving the country without a special permit.

Hamas chief Mahmoud al-Zahar said on Monday that while no one will ask Egypt to annul any agreements that were signed prior to the recent uprising and are “in the interest of the nation,” he believes that there are issues that should be looked at again right now, including Egypt’s military presence in the Sinai Peninsula as well as the sale of natural gas to Israel.

Protests in both Algeria and Yemen threaten to bring down the ruling governments as occurred in Egypt and Tunisia.

US secretary of state expresses support for tens of thousands of opposition protesters who fill Tehran's streets; "needs to be commitment to open up political system, to hear voices of opposition, civil society."

Security forces fire tear gas to scatter protesters