Egypt Protesters Still Demonstrating – Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, head of the ruling army council, said he gave el-Ganzouri “full prerogatives,” state-run television reported yesterday. Hundreds spilled over from Tahrir Square and started a sit-in in front of the nearby Cabinet building to protest el-Ganzouri’s appointment. One person died in clashes with police today [...]
Arab League Sanctions Against Syria – On Saturday, Arab League finance ministers recommended that economic sanctions be levied against the Syrian government. State-run Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) called the move an “unprecedented procedure (that) contradicts the rules of the economic and trade cooperation among the Arab countries and targets the Syrian people.” Damascus had [...]
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Arab League Issues Warning to Syria – Syria has been told it will be suspended from the Arab League – and faces the threat of sanctions in the Arab world – if it does not agree to end its bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters. The vote in Cairo took place after Syria had failed to [...]
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Italian Prime Minister Resigns – A chorus of Handel’s Alleluia, performed by a few dozen singers and classical musicians, rang out in front of the president’s palace as thousands of Italians poured into downtown Rome on Saturday to rejoice at the end of Berlusconi’s scandal-marred reign. Hecklers shouted “Buffoon, Buffoon!” as Berlusconi’s motorcade entered and [...]
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Huge Blast Near Tehran – A spokesman for the Revolutionary Guards said the blast happened as troops were moving munitions at a base in Bidganeh, near the town of Shahriar. “My dear colleagues in the Revolutionary Guards were moving munitions in one of the arsenals at that base when, due to an incident, an explosion [...]
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