Leaked U.S. State Department cables show that a British government minister advised Libya in 2008 on how to win the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset Ali al-Megrahi on compassionate grounds. The cables were released by the WikiLeaks website and obtained by Britain’s Telegraph newspaper. The leaked cables say then Labor Party Foreign Office minister…
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I don’t see the Muslim Brotherhood taking over Egypt “We are anxiously monitoring what is happening in Egypt and in our region,” said Netanyahu at the opening of the weekly Cabinet meeting on Sunday. “Peace between Israel and Egypt has endured for over three decades, and our goal is to ensure these relations continue.” Netanyahu…
Nervous eyes on the Suez Canal as Egyptian unrest hits world economy Egypt’s political turmoil has left traders nervous, pushing oil and gold prices up and sending Asian stock markets down as concerns mount that the unrest will affect trade through the Suez Canal, a vital shipping route. AP – Oil prices closed in on…
Perilous choices for Egypt’s military By Jon Alterman, Special to CNN January 30, 2011 1:40 p.m. EST Egyptian soldiers drive an armored personel carrier slowly through a crowd of protesters in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Sunday. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Jon Alterman says Egypt’s government is a military government He says military enjoys a privileged role in…
JERUSALEM – Israel expects that the regime of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will survive pro-democracy protests that have shaken the country over the past three days, government officials and analysts said. The wave of demonstrations throughout Israel’s southern neighbour have raised speculation about whether Mubarak will be forced from office, and how the protest movement…
Decisions to buy gold, silver and oil against terrifyingly inflationary floods of money
Unprecedented anti-government protests have rocked Egypt as thousands stage mass rallies for a second day.
The upper house of Russia’s Parliament today approved the START nuclear arms control treaty at the heart of a new thaw in post-Cold-War relations between Moscow and Washington. The treaty, signed by U.S. President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev back in April, requires both countries to cut their arsenals of nuclear warheads…