Egypt detains top Brotherhood members - Middle East Online
New clamp down on Egypt's biggest opposition movement includes group's deputy chief. CAIRO - Egyptian authorities swooped on the country's biggest and most powerful opposition movement, the Muslim Brotherhood, before dawn on Monday, arresting 13 ...
Driver faced a bumpy road in Egypt - Sacramento Bee
Troy Castaneda didn't know if he would be arrested or shot, or both. The Sacramento resident was sprinting through downtown Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, trying to find an automatic teller machine. He needed fast cash to buy a new radiator for his racing ...
Egypt arrests top 3 opposition leaders - MSNBC
CAIRO - The No. 2 leader of Egypt's opposition Muslim Brotherhood and two other top figures were arrested by police Monday in a dawn sweep targeting members of the nation's most powerful opposition group. The arrests, part of an ongoing crackdown ...
Egypt announces Facebook Fatwa - Tech Watch
Some of Egypt’s Islamic leaders have issued a religious Fatwa against social networking site Facebook. BBC Monitoring is quoting Arab-language newspaper Al-Quds al-Arabi saying that some Egyptian religious clerics are calling for Facebook to be a ...
UN urges Egypt, AL to press Israel on Gaza - Nation
CAIRO (AFP) - The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Filippo Grandi, on Monday urged Egypt and the Arab League to press Israel to allow reconstruction equipment into the blockaded Gaza Strip. “I am in Cairo to discuss the situation in ...
Egypt reports two more H5N1 cases - Centre For Infectious Disease Research and Policy
Feb 8, 2010 (CIDRAP News) – Egypt's health ministry has announced two new human cases of H5N1 avian influenza, both in women who had exposure to sick birds, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported today. One of the patients is a 40-year-old ...
Egypt arrests 3 top leaders, other senior members of the Muslim ... - Washington Examiner
CAIRO — The No. 2 leader of Egypt's opposition Muslim Brotherhood and two other top figures were arrested by police Monday in a dawn sweep targeting members of the nation's most powerful opposition group. The arrests, part of an ongoing crackdown ...
Egypt arrests Muslim Brotherhood leaders in raid - YAHOO!
CAIRO (AFP) – Egyptian security forces arrested several leaders of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood in a pre-dawn swoop on Monday, ratcheting up pressure on the Islamists ahead of elections this year. In a series of raids carried out across the ...
Egypt Arrests Opposition Leaders - Wall Street Journal
CAIRO—Egyptian authorities arrested three senior leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood organization early Monday in the latest government crackdown on the country's most powerful opposition force. In a series of dawn raids, police detained Mahmoud ...
Background: Fighting the new plague in the land of Egypt - Jerusalem Post
On Monday morning, Egyptian security forces pounced on the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood in a nationwide sweep, arresting 14 people including the movement’s No. 2, Mahmoud Ezzat, and Essam el-Erian and Abdul-Rahman el-Bir, members of the group ...
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Tel Aviv man accused of enslaving women
 An Israeli man has been jailed, suspected by police of enslaving a cult-like harem of at least 17 women and 37 children.
Chinese police shut down hacker training op
Police in central China have shut down a hacker training operation that openly recruited thousands of members online and provided them with cyberattack lessons and malicious software, state media said Monday.
Mexico troops find 12 tons of pot in truck
Mexican soldiers seize more than 12 tons of marijuana found beneath a false floor of a tractor trailer.
Political ally: Sri Lankan presidential candidate arrested on sedition charges
A political ally says Sri Lanka's former army chief and presidential candidate has been arrested on sedition charges.
Alligator kills 11-year-old girl in Brazil
Authorities say an alligator killed an 11-year-old girl as she swam with friends in a river in northeastern Brazil.
Haiti awash in Christian aid, evangelism
 The drama on the sidelines of Haiti's earthquake, in which 10 American missionaries were arrested trying to take children out of the country, was a fiasco waiting to happen. By Kari Huus.
Bad malaria pills raise drug resistance fears
High rates of the most effective type of malaria-fighting drugs sold in three African countries are poor quality raising fears of increased drug resistance to a killer disease.
Body found in landing gear of N.Y.-Tokyo flight
 A body was found inside a wheel well of a Delta Air Lines plane after it landed in Tokyo from New York, and Japanese authorities Monday were trying to identify the man.
Taliban: We won’t fight GIs ‘face-to-face’
 Taliban fighters plan to disguise themselves as civilians during a looming NATO offensive in southern Afghanistan, a militant commander told NBC News.
17 soldiers dead, 53 rescued in Kashmir avalanche
 A massive avalanche plowed into an Indian army training center at a ski resort town in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday, killing 17 soldiers and critically injuring 17 others.
Yanukovych apparent victor in Ukrainian vote
Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych emerges as the apparent winner in Ukraine's presidential contest, with a lead of almost three percentage points with about 99 percent of ballots counted.
World Blog: Did 'pandering' cost U.S. lives at Afghan base?
Why did eight American soldiers die defending an remote outpost the U.S. military no longer wanted to hold? NBC News' Richard Engel reports from Kabul.
Heavy snow paralyzes parts of Bulgaria, Romania
Heavy snowfall has seriously disrupted transport in Bulgaria and neighboring Romania, blocking highways and leaving cars stranded in snow.
Wild West motif lightens mood at Afghan base
 The lore of the Wild West and the hard reality of southern Afghanistan share a few things in common: danger, men with guns and desert wilderness
Magnitude 5.7 quake rattles southern Mexico
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Oaxaca, Mexico, Monday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Observation deck of world’s tallest tower closed
 Tourists headed for the observation deck of the world's tallest tower were left disappointed and confused Monday after the owner of Dubai's Burj Khalifa unexpectedly cut off public access to the building because of electrical problems.
Gulp! Sword artist’s record is hard to swallow
 Chayne Hultgren, an Australian performance artist, set a new Guinness World Record Monday by simultaneously swallowing 18 swords, each nearly as long as two and a half rulers.
Spring rains threaten Haitian survivors
 In Haiti's devastated capital city, early spring rains threaten to cause landslides and bring about health problems in the makeshift camps where more than 500,000 people are living.
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