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Egypt vice president meets opposition groups, offers huge concessions

WorldFeb 7, 2011

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 ...
Mideast reform momentum hinges on Egypt

WorldFeb 6, 2011

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 uprisin...
Obama challenges Mubarak

WorldFeb 5, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Embracing an Egyptian future without Hosni Mubarak, President Barack Obama on Friday pressed the embattled leader to consider his legacy and leave his office in a way that would gi...
WikiLeaks nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

WorldFeb 3, 2011

OSLO, Norway (AP) -- A Norwegian lawmaker has nominated WikiLeaks for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, saying that its disclosures of classified documents promote world peace by holding governments accoun...
Egypt’s army rules out using force

WorldFeb 1, 2011

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 t...
Foreigners advised to leave Egypt amid chaos

WorldJan 31, 2011

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...
The U.S. moral conundrum in Egypt

WorldJan 31, 2011

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 dict...
Looters rip heads off two Egyptian Museum mummies

WorldJan 31, 2011

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, Egyp...
[Tidbit] L-cup bra/World's smallest shoes

Jan 31, 2011

(captured from the Daily Mail) An incredibly large jumbo bra has been introduced by a British female underwear manufacturer. According to the British tabloid the Daily Mail, Bravissimo, which speci...
Foot-and-mouth risk looms for Asia, FAO says

WorldJan 28, 2011

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 S...
Court: Emanuel can run for Chicago mayor

WorldJan 28, 2011

CHICAGO (AP) ― Illinois’ highest court put President Barack Obama’s former White House chief of staff back in the race for Chicago mayor Thursday, three days after a lower court threw the name off th...
Obama tells Congress: Pass Korea FTA

WorldJan 26, 2011

State of the Union address demands N.K. abandon nukes WASHINGTON (AP) ― U.S. President Barack Obama highlighted America’s close ties with South Korea in his annual State of the Union policy speech T...
Obama says S. Korea’s education, Internet outperforming U.S.

WorldJan 26, 2011

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 per...
‘We are alone’ in the universe: astronomer

WorldJan 26, 2011

(MCT) A leading astronomer has said that we are utterly alone in the universe. The claim that there is no other form of life in the universe is likely to upset pro-alien theorists and those who dre...
Moscow bombing called terrorist act

WorldJan 25, 2011

At least 35killed, 180 wounded by suicide bomber MOSCOW (AP) ― Terrorists struck again in the heart of Russia, with a suicide bomber blowing himself up in Moscow’s busiest airport and turning its in...