Iran protests push oil above $85
Oil was selling above $85 a barrel Tuesday in Asia due to violent street protests in Iran, which have raised fears crude supplies could be missed from one of world’s biggest supplier. March delivery was up 26 cents at $85.07 for a barrel Benchmark crude, at Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York […]
Los Angeles Times criticized Anderson Cooper’s tough talk
“Anderson Cooper’s tough talk about the Egyptian government’s “lies” was criticized by Los Angeles Times columnist James Rainey on Saturday. Cooper, Rainey wrote, should not have called the government “liars” as much as he has. “It’s not often that American television news figures accuse government officials, foreign or domestic, of lying,” Rainey wrote in a […]
Anti-Berlusconi demonstrations held by Italian women
Italian women have held protests nationwide and abroad against embattled Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Thousands of protesters marched in more than 60 towns and cities nationwide. Some women carried banners reading “Italy is not a brothel”, and said Mr Berlusconi had demeaned women with his recent sex scandals. The premier denies attending sex parties and […]
Protests in Yemen
Yemeni police have clashed with anti-government protesters demanding political reform and the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the third straight day of anti-government protests. Several thousand protesters, many of them university students, tried to reach the central square in the capital of Sanaa on Sunday, but were pushed back by police using clubs. […]
BREAKING NEWS: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigned
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has resigned and handed over power to the military, ousted by a historic 18-day wave of pro-democracy demonstrations by hundreds of thousands of Egyptians who demanded his removal. The terse announcement was made live on state TV by a grim Vice-President Omar Suleiman at about 6 p.m. local time Friday. “In […]
Latest news: in Egypt protesters’ demands to be met
A senior Egyptian army commander has told anti-government demonstrators that all their demands will be met, The Associated Press reports. The news agency said Egyptian military officials say the army will issue a release shortly that will meet protesters’ demands. Earlier Thursday, Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq told BBC Arabic that the possibility of President […]
Mubarak refuses to quit – Protesters keep up
Momentum kept up on the 16th day of protests in Egypt as massive crowds once again jammed Cairo’s Tahrir Square Wednesday and spilled over into a nearby compound housing government buildings. Fueled by anger at the regime’s incremental concessions and a denunciation of demands for President Hosni Mubarak’s immediate exit, the rowdy demonstrations again drew […]