Egyptian demonstrators vow to keep up protests
Demonstrators have been out in the streets all day in cities across Egypt. They say that after 30 years of emergency rule, of opposition voices being…
View ArticleNew PM and Vice President, but Egypt revolt goes on
In Egypt, a fifth day of widespread protests is continuing into the night. The army is on the streets but the soldiers do not seem in the mood for…
View ArticleVideos show force of Egypt's 'people power'
The dramatic images coming out of Egypt show the sheer force of unarmed people against the police. One example of this was in Alexandria where the…
View ArticleMousavi likens unrest to Iran's 2009 uprising
Iran's main opposition leader has likened the unrest in the Arab world to his country's popular revolt against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2009.…
View ArticleStuttgart 21 protests start up again
Opponents of the multi-billion-euro Stuttgart 21 project have been back on the streets of the German city. They say plans to modernise the city's…
View ArticleEgyptians abroad join anti-Mubarak protests
Egyptians across the world on Saturday joined their fellow countrymen in protesting against the rule of President Hosni Mubarak. In France, some…
View ArticleSoldiers protect Egypt's Pharaonic treasures
Soldiers are patrolling the Cairo antiquities museum - home to the world's greatest collection of Pharaonic treasures - after looters broke in and…
View ArticleTravellers flee Egyptian unrest
Foreign nationals flocked to Cairo's main airport on Saturday, desperate to get out of the country. The number of airlines cancelling flights is…
View ArticleGerman train crash kills 10 people
At least 10 people have been killed after a head-on collision between a passenger train and a freight train in Germany. More than 40 people were…
View ArticlePressure mounts on Mubarak to quit
The pressure is mounting on Egypt's Hosni Mubarak to resign as thousands continue to defy a curfew at home and world leaders distance themselves from…
View ArticleTen dead in German train crash
A head-on collision on Saturday between a passenger and a cargo train in eastern Germany has killed ten people and left at least 33 others injured,…
View ArticleEgypt shaken by sixth 'Day of Rage'
Egyptians took to the streets on Sunday for a sixth day of protests against President Hosni Mubarak. At least 100 people have been killed and…
View ArticleUS set to evacuate citizens from Egypt
The United States on Sunday said it will evacuate any of its citizens who want to leave Egypt. In a statement on its website, the US embassy in…
View ArticleIsrael closely watches Egyptian unrest
In Israel, the authorities are keeping a close eye on events in neighbouring Egypt. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today said that Israel…
View ArticleMubarak meets military men
Egypt's embattled president Hosni Mubarak has visited a military headquarters this morning. State television has broadcast pictures of him meeting…
View ArticleHuman error blamed for deadly German train crash
Investigators probing a deadly train crash in Germany say human error seems to have been the cause. Ten people were killed and more than 40…
View ArticleSouth Sudan backs independence: initial results
South Sudan has voted to split from from the north, according to official preliminary results of an independence referendum released on Sunday. The…
View ArticleSouth Sudan backs independence: initial resultsSouth Sudan has voted to split...
The intial figures said 99.5 percent of voters backed the split. The referendum was agreed under a 2005 peace deal that ended decades of civil…
View ArticleBerlusconi falls further in opinion polls
The troubles keep on coming for Silvio Berlusconi. A new opinion poll in Italy shows public support for the prime minister has dropped to just…
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