Bombers have targeted
staff at Israeli embassies in India and Georgia, officials say, with
Israel accusing Iran of masterminding the attacks.
Witnesses said a motorcyclist placed a device on an embassy
car in Delhi, causing a blast that hurt four people - one seriously. A
bomb underneath a diplomat's car in Tbilisi was defused.
Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran was behind...
Egypt to announce final results of parliamentary elections
EU s toughest sanctions yet put Iran on final warning
Robert Fisk: In the line of fire: Tom Hurndall
Final results: Muslim Brotherhood wins sweeping
Egypt to announce final results of parliamentary elections
Elections officials are expected to announce on Saturday the final results of...More
EU s toughest sanctions yet put Iran on final warning over nuclear programme
The toughest sanctions yet imposed on Iran will be unveiled by the...More
Robert Fisk: In the line of fire: Tom Hurndall
I don't know if I met Tom Hurndall. He was one of a bunch of...More
Final results: Muslim Brotherhood wins sweeping victory in Egyptian elections
The Muslim Brotherhood's electoral coalition has won 38 percent of...More
الاثنين، 13 فبراير 2012
Mossad chief travelled to Washington to gauge US reaction to Iran strike
The head of the Mossad, Tamir Pardo, made a secret trip to Washington
earlier this month to gauge the likely US reaction to an independent
Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities.
The highly sensitive content of Mr Pardo's discussion with his
American counterparts has been revealed in a Newsweek article entitled
'Obama's Dangerous Game With Iran'. Unnamed US officials claim
the...
السبت، 11 فبراير 2012
The Washington Post: Threats of war cloud hopes for Middle East
Fears of an as-yet-undefined Middle Eastern war are darkening the
horizons of a Middle East that only a year ago was celebrating the fall
of dictators, the ascent of people power and the promise of a new era of
democracy.
Iranian threats to mine the Strait of Hormuz raise the specter of
conflict between the United States and Iran in the Persian Gulf.
Warnings from Israel...
Independent: Aleppo bears the brunt in another day of carnage and defiance
At least 28 people were killed when two
explosions ripped through state security buildings in Aleppo yesterday,
widening Syria's conflict to a regime stronghold which has so far
escaped major unrest.
One of the blasts tore through a street
outside the city's Military Intelligence Directorate. Footage broadcast
by state television showed rubble strewn over the road and five corpses
lying...
Telegraph: Protests planned for anniversary of Mubarak's downfall
Strikes and demonstrations are planned to
protest against the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, a committee of
generals which took over the reins of power when Mr Mubarak was forced
to resign on
11 Feb last year.
Chaired by Field Marshal Mohammed Hussein
Tantawi - an old ally of the former president - the council has been
accused of being as repressive as the regime it replaced.
Hundreds...
Guardian: Egypt's politicians are still under the spell of the military
The protests over Egypt's recent football tragedy are symptomatic of daily life in the ongoing Egyptian revolution. Even now, hardly a month, week or day goes by without someone else losing their life for freedom, or being wounded in the struggle. In essence the revolution is a struggle for legitimacy between the Egyptian parliament, the army and the establishment, and the people in Tahrir S...
الثلاثاء، 24 يناير 2012
FINANCIAL TIMES : Raucous start for Egypt first free parliament
Egypt’s first freely elected parliament got off to a raucous start at
its inaugural session in Cairo on Monday, held just two days ahead of
the anniversary of the January 25 revolution which toppled Hosni
Mubarak, the former leader.
The previous parliament did little more than rubber stamp legislation
presented by Mr Mubarak’s ministers. The...
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