Sunday, 2 October 2011

Egypt parties retract boycott threat after army concessions (Reuters)

Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, head of Egypt's ruling military council, meets with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi in Cairo in this May 3, 2011 file photo. REUTERS/Pool/Xinhua/Cai Yang/FilesReuters - Egyptian political parties accepted on Sunday concessions on election rules offered by the military, pulling back from threats to boycott Egypt's first multi-candidate vote since President Hosni Mubarak was ousted.



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Palestinians unhappy with envoy Tony Blair (Reuters)

Reuters - Palestinian officials are going public with long-whispered complaints that international Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair, the former British prime minister, is biased toward Israel.


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U.S. met with Egypt Islamists: U.S. diplomat (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. officials met members of the Muslim Brotherhood's political party, a U.S. diplomat said, after Washington announced it would have direct contacts with Egypt's biggest Islamist group whose role has grown since U.S. ally Hosni Mubarak was ousted.


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Saturday, 1 October 2011

Red Cross gets medicine into Libya's besieged Sirte (Reuters)

FILE - In this March 24, 2011, file photo U.S. Army Gen. Carter Ham, the top U.S. Commander for Africa, arrives for a press conference at the the Sigonella airbase in Sicily, Italy.  Ham told The Associated Press the military mission in Libya is largely complete and NATO's involvement could begin to wrap up as soon as next week, when allied leaders meet in Brussels. He said U.S. intelligence and surveillance assets, such as drones, will likely stay in the region for some time once the NATO mission ends. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)Reuters - Aid workers from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) brought medical supplies into ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's besieged hometown of Sirte on Saturday as fears grew that a humanitarian disaster was unfolding there.



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Witness: Nigeria sect kills 2 at wedding with bomb (AP)

AP - A witness says suspected members of a radical Muslim sect threw a bomb at soldiers in Nigeria's restive northeast, killing two bystanders at a nearby wedding.


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Egypt police clear Tahrir Square of protesters (Reuters)

Reuters - Egyptian riot police on Saturday cleared Cairo's Tahrir Square of protesters who had wanted to stage a sit-in following a demonstration demanding an end to emergency laws and a speedy transfer of power to civilians from military rulers.


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Bulgaria security council discusses ethnic tension (AP)

Riot policemen stand guard in front of the damaged houses of  notorious Roma leader Kiril Rashkov, dubbed as 'Tsar Kiro' in village of Katunitsa, some 160 km east of Sofia on Sunday, Sept.  25, 2011.  A bus driven by relatives of Rashkov, ran over a 19-year old ethnic Bulgarian on Friday night, which has provoked clashes between the ethnic groups. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)AP - The Bulgarian president says the National Security Council is holding an emergency meeting to discuss rising ethnic tensions as nationalist groups stage anti-Roma rallies across the country.



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