Reports

In all, 31 parties are vying for the 395 seats in the lower house of parliament -- 70 more than during the last election in 2007.

The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s biggest Islamic group, won’t participate in mass rallies planned on Friday, the state television reported.

Egypt denies police shot live fire at protesters and nerve gas despite videos of rifle fire and doctors reports of severe skin disorders.

Meanwhile, the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) since 1986 was used in Islamic contracts as price reference, but has been widely criticized for still using interest-rates.

U.S. officials said that Zawahiri is a more pragmatic leader than his predecessor, with a firmer grasp of the ground-level difficulties faced by the organization’s estimated few hundred remaining followers in Pakistan.

It's Game Over for Ali Abdullah Saleh after 10 months of rioting. He will negotiate power transfer with opposition in return for immunity.

An exercise dubbed ‘Orange Flame 6” will be staged in the north next week and simulate an “unconventional terrorist” attack.

Aliaa el-Mahdy apparently thought she was striking a blow for sexual equality and free expression in Egypt when she posted nude photographs of herself on a blog. Instead Ms. el-Mahdy set off a wave of outrage here, stoking radical Islamist sentiment.

At the end of the rally, a few thousand activists decided to camp at Tahrir Square until their demands were met

One Western diplomat said the military had three core interests to protect: ensuring its leaders would not end up in court like Mubarak, shielding army economic interests that range from arms factories to plants making household goods, and guaranteeing the military’s privileges and status.