http://www.mail.com/people/27778-hosni-mubarak.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.23/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/27778-hosni-mubarak.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861522-palace-egypt-protesters-police-clash.html CAIRO (AP) — Protesters denouncing Egypt's Islamist president hurled stones and firebombs through the gates of his palace gates on Friday, clashing with security forces who fired tear gas and water cannons, as more than a week of political violence came to Mohammed Morsi's symbolic doorstep for the first time. The streets outside the presidential palace w... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 22:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861522-palace-egypt-protesters-police-clash.html 2013-02-01T22:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1860082-egypts-police-regain-mubarak-era-notoriety.html CAIRO (AP) — With near impunity and the backing of the Islamist president, Egyptian police have been accused of firing wildly at protesters, beating them and lashing out with deadly force in clashes across much of the country the past week, regaining their Hosni Mubarak-era notoriety as a tool of repression. In the process, nearly 60 people have been kill... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1860082-egypts-police-regain-mubarak-era-notoriety.html 2013-01-31T19:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1859142-egypts-political-factions-denounce-violence.html CAIRO (AP) — Representatives from across Egypt's political spectrum held a rare meeting Thursday to denounce violence, hours before a fresh call for a new wave of mass protests across the country aimed at pressuring Islamist President Mohammed Morsi to accept opposition demands to form a national government and amend the constitution. Hosted by Egypt's pr... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1859142-egypts-political-factions-denounce-violence.html 2013-01-31T19:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1855836-egypt-liberals-islamists-add-pressure-morsi.html CAIRO (AP) — A hardline Islamist party normally allied to Egypt's president joined the liberal opposition on Wednesday in calling for a national unity government as part of a plan aimed at ending the eruption of political violence that has shaken the country and left more than 60 dead the past week. The unusual joint call puts further pressure on Islamist... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1855836-egypt-liberals-islamists-add-pressure-morsi.html 2013-01-30T18:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1853334-senate-confirms-kerry-nomination-dept.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate overwhelmingly confirmed President Barack Obama's choice of five-term Sen. John Kerry to be secretary of state, with Republicans and Democrats praising him as the ideal successor to Hillary Rodham Clinton. The vote Tuesday was 94-3. One senator — Kerry — voted present and accepted congratulations from colleagues on the Senate ... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1853334-senate-confirms-kerry-nomination-dept.html 2013-01-29T23:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1850354-egypt-army-chief-warns-collapse.html PORT SAID, Egypt (AP) — Residents of this Mediterranean coastal city burying their dead from Egypt's wave of political violence vented their fury at Egypt's Islamist president and the Muslim Brotherhood on Tuesday, demanding his ouster and virtually declaring a revolt against his rule, as the head of the military warned Egypt may collapse under the weight of its turmoil. ... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1850354-egypt-army-chief-warns-collapse.html 2013-01-29T23:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1854476-whos-who-egypts-latest-political-crisis.html CAIRO (AP) — Following are the main players in Egypt's latest political crisis, which began around the time of the second anniversary of the start of the uprising against Hosni Mubarak's rule. At least 60 people have died so far in political violence. — President Mohammed Morsi, the longtime Muslim Brotherhood figure who became Egypt's first freely electe... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1854476-whos-who-egypts-latest-political-crisis.html 2013-01-29T20:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1854364-egypt-clashes-spill-landmark-cairo-hotel.html CAIRO (AP) — Looters broke into a Nile-side luxury hotel in the Egyptian capital early Tuesday, taking advantage of clashes in the streets outside to trash shops and the lobby before police and demonstrators alerted via social media drove them out, a hotel spokeswoman said. The break in, which happened despite the presence of hundreds of riot police nearb... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1854364-egypt-clashes-spill-landmark-cairo-hotel.html 2013-01-29T18:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1851824-masked-black-bloc-mystery-egypt-unrest.html CAIRO (AP) — An unpredictable new element has entered Egypt's wave of political unrest: a mysterious group of masked young men called the Black Bloc who present themselves as the defenders of protesters opposed to the Islamist president's rule. They boast that they're willing to use force to fight back against Islamists who have attacked protesters in the... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 20:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1851824-masked-black-bloc-mystery-egypt-unrest.html 2013-01-28T20:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1850402-white-house-egypts-democracy-difficult-path.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Egypt is on a "difficult path" to a peaceful democracy, the White House said Monday as months of lukewarm political support for the conservative Islamic government was in danger of backfiring after deadly weekend riots pushed Cairo to crack down on civil rights. It was the latest strain on the stretched-thin detente between the Obama adm... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 20:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1850402-white-house-egypts-democracy-difficult-path.html 2013-01-28T20:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1851528-uk-reports-threat-tripoli-embassy.html LONDON (AP) — Britain's Foreign Office says reports have emerged about a potential threat against the U.K. embassy in Tripoli, the capital of Libya. The agency said Monday it was working closely with the Libyan government in response to the reports. It would not elaborate, but its statement came at a time of heightened tensions in North Africa. Last week ... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1851528-uk-reports-threat-tripoli-embassy.html 2013-01-28T18:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1849162-uk-specific-threat-to-westerners-somaliland.html LONDON (AP) — British citizens should immediately leave the breakaway Somaliland region of Somalia because of a specific threat to Westerners, British diplomats said Sunday. It was the second such warning issued for an African region in just days and comes amid growing turbulence across the continent's north. In a statement emailed to reporters, Britain's... Sun, 27 Jan 2013 20:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1849162-uk-specific-threat-to-westerners-somaliland.html 2013-01-27T20:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1847468-egyptians-riot-soccer-fans-sentenced-to-die.html CAIRO (AP) — Relatives and angry young men rampaged through the Egyptian city of Port Said on Saturday in assaults that killed at least 27 people following death sentences for local fans involved in the country's worst bout of soccer violence. Unrest surrounding the second anniversary of Egypt's revolution also broke out in Cairo and other cities for a th... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 20:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1847468-egyptians-riot-soccer-fans-sentenced-to-die.html 2013-01-26T20:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1847140-angry-protests-leave-7-dead-egypt-anniversary.html CAIRO (AP) — Violence erupted across Egypt on Friday as tens of thousands took to the streets to deliver an angry backlash against President Mohammed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood, demanding regime change on the second anniversary of the revolution that toppled Hosni Mubarak. At least seven people were killed. Two years to the day after protesters firs... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 01:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1847140-angry-protests-leave-7-dead-egypt-anniversary.html 2013-01-26T01:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1845386-angry-protests-clashes-egypt-anniversary.html CAIRO (AP) — Egyptians delivered an angry backlash against President Mohammed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood on Friday, marking the second anniversary of the start of the country's revolution with tens of thousands filling major squares and streets around the country to call for a new regime change. Two years to the day that protesters first rose up aga... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1845386-angry-protests-clashes-egypt-anniversary.html 2013-01-25T21:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1842846-clashes-egypt-eve-uprising-anniversary.html CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian security forces fired tear gas and protesters hurled stones and Molotov cocktails in a day-long demonstration on Thursday, raising fears of a violent anniversary of the 2011 uprising that toppled long-time authoritarian President Hosni Mubarak. Youth activists and opposition groups have called for large rallies on the anniversary Fri... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1842846-clashes-egypt-eve-uprising-anniversary.html 2013-01-24T20:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1843908-davos-examining-arab-springs-mixed-bag.html DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The convulsions of the Arab world are taking center stage at this year's World Economic Forum gathering in Davos, where leaders and experts are much preoccupied with the region's bewildering combination of high hopes, deep disappointments and grave dangers that threaten to spill over borders. Along the way, a divide seems to be e... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1843908-davos-examining-arab-springs-mixed-bag.html 2013-01-24T18:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1839864-eu-chides-iran-nuclear-talks-venue-proposals.html BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union rebuked Iran on Wednesday in unusually direct language, suggesting it was willfully delaying new nuclear talks with six world powers by changing venues and setting preconditions on how the negotiations should be conducted. The criticism appeared provoked by an announcement by Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi tha... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1839864-eu-chides-iran-nuclear-talks-venue-proposals.html 2013-01-23T20:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1841318-al-qaida-leaders-brother-condemns-mali-operation.html CAIRO (AP) — The brother of al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri on Wednesday sanctioned violence against the West in retaliation for the French-led campaign against militants in Mali, saying the U.S. and Europe are "making jihadists." Mohammed al-Zawahri, one of Egypt's most influential jihadi leaders, made his comments in an interview with The Associated Pr... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1841318-al-qaida-leaders-brother-condemns-mali-operation.html 2013-01-23T20:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1837908-rights-group-egypt-police-behaves-gang.html CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian rights group on Tuesday accused the country's police of "acting like a gang," torturing detainees and continuing to use violence to impose control while the country's president flounders at efforts to reform the powerful security apparatus. The report released by The Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights documented 16 cases of p... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1837908-rights-group-egypt-police-behaves-gang.html 2013-01-22T19:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1835712-egypts-morsi-opposes-french-intervention-mali.html RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Egypt's Islamist president on Monday stated his opposition to France's military intervention in Mali, saying its actions there would create a "new conflict hotspot" that separates the Arab north from its African neighbors to the south. Addressing the opening session of an Arab economic summit in Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Morsi als... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1835712-egypts-morsi-opposes-french-intervention-mali.html 2013-01-21T19:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1834628-car-crash-kills-14-southern-egypt.html ASSUIT, Egypt (AP) — An Egyptian security official says a speeding truck collided with a minibus on a highway in the country's south, killing 14 people and injuring 13 others. The official says the accident took place on Monday morning on the Assiut desert road, 320 kilometers (200 miles) south of Cairo. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was n... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1834628-car-crash-kills-14-southern-egypt.html 2013-01-21T09:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1832946-courthouse-burnt-egypt-clashes.html CAIRO (AP) — A courthouse went up in flames in Egypt's northern Mediterranean city of Alexandria during clashes between protesters and riot police Sunday, according to witnesses. The blaze destroyed part of the building, burning some files. A security official said unidentified assailants were responsible. This was the second straight day of clashes there... Sun, 20 Jan 2013 20:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1832946-courthouse-burnt-egypt-clashes.html 2013-01-20T20:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1833194-egypt-ton-explosives-seized-way-to-sinai.html CAIRO (AP) — A senior Egyptian security official says police have seized a ton of explosives headed to the Sinai Peninsula, which borders Israel and the Gaza Strip. Adel Rifaat, security chief of Suez city at the southern end of the Suez Canal, said Sunday the explosives were discovered in a truck crossing into Sinai from mainland Egypt through a traffic ... Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1833194-egypt-ton-explosives-seized-way-to-sinai.html 2013-01-20T14:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1831700-egypt-clashes-trial-security-officers.html CAIRO (AP) — Riot police fired tear gas Saturday to disperse dozens of demonstrators throwing rocks outside an Alexandria courthouse where the city's ex-security director and other officers are on trial for the killing of protesters during Egypt's 2011 uprising. The confrontation comes a week before the country marks the second anniversary of the revolt t... Sat, 19 Jan 2013 16:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1831700-egypt-clashes-trial-security-officers.html 2013-01-19T16:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1829542-sectarian-unrest-flares-anew-southern-egypt.html LUXOR, Egypt (AP) — Police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of Muslim protesters trying to storm a Coptic Christian church in southern Egypt Friday, after a word spread that a Christian man sexually assaulted a 6-year-old girl. Witnesses in Marashda village in the province of Qena said several shops and cars owned by Coptic Christians were torched over... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1829542-sectarian-unrest-flares-anew-southern-egypt.html 2013-01-18T15:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1824654-egypts-morsi-tries-to-defuse-flap-jews-slur.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Islamist president sought Wednesday to defuse Washington's anger over his past remarks urging hatred of Jews and calling Zionists "pigs" and "bloodsuckers," telling visiting U.S. senators that his comments were a denunciation of Israeli policies. Both sides appear to want to get beyond the flap: Mohammed Morsi needs America's help in ... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1824654-egypts-morsi-tries-to-defuse-flap-jews-slur.html 2013-01-16T21:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1823770-collapse-apartment-building-egypt-kills-25.html CAIRO (AP) — An eight-story apartment building collapsed Wednesday in the port city of Alexandria, killing at least 25 people in the second deadly accident to hit the country in as many days, according to police and health officials. Mohammed el-Sharqawy, a senior official at the Health Ministry, said at least 12 people also were injured and that rescue t... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1823770-collapse-apartment-building-egypt-kills-25.html 2013-01-16T19:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1824572-egypts-mubarak-pays-3-gifts.html CAIRO (AP) — Ousted president Hosni Mubarak and his family will pay back around $3 million for gifts they received from a state newspaper while he was still in office, after a settlement agreement announced by prosecutors Wednesday. The settlement resolves a side case that opened against the 84-year-old Mubarak just as he was granted a retrial last week o... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1824572-egypts-mubarak-pays-3-gifts.html 2013-01-16T19:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1820302-correction-egypt-encroaching-antiquities-story.html DAHSHOUR, Egypt (AP) — In a story Jan. 14 about illegal construction near a pharaonic temple and pyramids in Egypt, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of the head of antiquities at Dahshour. His name is Mohammed Youssef, not Mohammed Younes. A corrected version of the story is below: New cemetery endangers Egypt's ancient necropolis New co... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1820302-correction-egypt-encroaching-antiquities-story.html 2013-01-16T09:41:00Z