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Egyptians Defiant as Military Does Little to Quash Protests

Sunday is usually the start of the working week here but, news reports said, banks schools and the stock market remained closed in a city paralyzed by the uprising, scarred by looting and braced for further protests. Some Cairenes said gas stations were running out of fuel and many automated cash machines [...]

U.S. to Egypt: Don’t ‘stand pat’ need ‘real reform’

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama issued a plea for restraint in Egypt after meeting with national security aides Saturday to assess the Cairo government’s response to widespread protests threatening the stability of the country. A White House statement said Obama “reiterated our [...]

Egypt army secures museum with pharaonic treasures: report

CAIRO | Fri Jan 28, 2011 3:25pm EST CAIRO (Reuters) – Army units secured the Egyptian Museum in central Cairo against possible looting on Friday, protecting a building with spectacular pharaonic treasures such as the death mask of the boy king Tutankhamun, state TV [...]

More Egyptian protesters demand that White House condemn Mubarak

“You see,” the 50-year-old lawyer said, displaying the items. On the bottom of each were the words “Made in the USA.” “They are attacking us with American weapons,” he yelled as men gathered around him. To many protesters in the streets of Cairo, the Obama administration [...]

And Now, the Cheerleader in Chief

Gone was the president who told the nation in his inaugural speech that it was time to set aside childish things, and who spent much of his first two years bemoaning the mess his predecessor had left. medical marijuana physicians . In his place was an upbeat and forward-looking Mr. Obama, serving up [...]

Israel Fears Unrest in Egypt Could Jeopardize Peace Treaty

Israel Fears Unrest in Egypt Could Jeopardize Peace Treaty Robert BergerJerusalemJanuary 29, 2011 Photo: AP An Egyptian anti-government protester holds a defaced poster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, with the words “Mubarak, get out,” during a demonstration in Cairo, Egypt, Jan [...]

Egypt crisis puts Obama to the test

When he came to power, Barack Obama inherited wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but the sudden upheaval in Egypt [...]

Nepal’s Hindus ready for new battle over Pashupatinath

Kathmandu, Jan 29 (IANS) A staunch Hindu activist who fought three legal battles to safeguard the rights of Pashupatinath, Nepal’s holiest Hindu shrine, has struck a new legal blow, opposing the government’s decision to open the main treasury of the temple, which Hindus believe was padlocked [...]

Nepal President pays homage to Tagore

Santiniketan (WB) Jan 29 (PTI) Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav today underlined the similarity in cultures between his country and India during a visit here to pay homage to Rabindranath Tagore. An admirer of the Nobel laureate, Yadav reached the Visva Bharati University complex founded by Tagore, in [...]

Kidnapper’s car found in canal

Divers searching the Delta-Mendota [...]

Pentagon chief could stay awhile after all, some say

WASHINGTON — What Robert Gates once called “inconceivable to me” — his remaining defense secretary beyond Inauguration Day — is looking a bit more conceivable to the rest of Washington. The 65-year-old former spymaster has turned publicly mum on the circumstances under which [...]

Egypt Protests Continue as Military Stands By

While some protesters clashed with police, army tanks expected to disperse the crowds in central Cairo and in the northern city of Alexandria instead became rest points and even, on occasion, part of the protests as anti-Mubarak graffiti were scrawled on them without interference from soldiers. [...]

Nepal imbibed inspiration for struggle from Kolkata:President

”Nepal’s democratic struggle has drawn inspiration from India, particularly from Kolkata. The first conclave of Nepali Congress was held in this city. We have drawn inspiration from India, where the seeds were sown,” Dr Yadav said while addressing the 177th foundation day of the Calcutta [...]

Jerry Brown orders reduction in state vehicle use

(01-29) 04:00 PST Sacramento - – Gov. Jerry Brown extended his cost-cutting crusade Friday, ordering state agencies and departments to reduce the number of taxpayer-funded vehicles they use and barring the purchase of new nonemergency cars. Brown seeks to cut the state fleet by half, and his executive [...]

Car of alleged kidnapper pulled from canal — with no one inside

(CNN) — Authorities on Friday night extracted a car that they believe was driven into a California canal by an alleged kidnapper — but didn’t find either the suspect or the 4-year-old boy he allegedly abducted inside. A 2003 silver Toyota Corrolla yanked late Friday out of the [...]

‘Police open fire as protesters re-gather in Cairo’

Protesters also gathered in Alexandria in the area surrounding the al-Qaed mosque, al-Jazeera reported. Earlier on Saturday, Mubarak fired his Cabinet and promised reforms in his first response to protesters who have mounted the biggest challenge ever to his 30-year rule. But many protesters were outraged [...]

Divers begin daring recovery of CA suspect’s car

Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson says the badly damaged Toyota Corolla pulled from the canal just before 6 p.m. Friday was empty. Divers have been combing the canal since last week after receiving a tip that a car matching the one in which the suspect allegedly fled was seen heading into [...]