North Africa – Egypt’s media stoked soccer fan anger with Algeria (AP via Yahoo! Sports)
Egypt’s media stoked soccer fan anger with Algeria (AP via Yahoo! Sports)
Angry soccer fans rampaged through a posh diplomatic neighborhood in Cairo over the weekend, smashing shop windows and shouting obscenities in a frenzy fed by venomous headlines that portrayed Algerians as barbaric terrorists with a history of violence. Egyptians were infuriated by media reports alleging their fans were brutalized by their Algerian rivals after Algeria won a playoff match…
Egypt Muslims burn Christian shops: police
Hundreds of Muslim protesters burnt Christian-owned shops in southern Egypt, a police official said.
Press Releases: Interview With Fouad Arif of Al-Aoula Television (U.S. Department of State)
Interview With Fouad Arif of Al-Aoula Television Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Marakech, Morocco November 3, 2009 QUESTION: First of all, on behalf of the Moroccan viewers, Madame Secretary of State, I would like to thank you very much, despite a busy week and a very heavy schedule. My first question is during the past 10 years, His Majesty the King Mohammed VI has initiated reforms …
Spanish tourists lost at sea
Two Spanish tourists have reportedly gone missing at sea after a dive boat capsized off the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.
Suspect physicist discussed attacks on French army (AP via Yahoo! News)
A French nuclear physicist discussed possible terrorist attacks targeting France’s army in e-mail exchanges with North Africa’s al-Qaida branch before his arrest last month, the Paris prosecutor’s office said Tuesday.
Suspect physicist discussed attacks on French army (Boston Herald)
PARIS – A French nuclear physicist discussed possible terrorist attacks targeting France’s army in e-mail exchanges with North Africa’s al-Qaida branch before his…
Libya to make four IPOS in 2010, sell state firms (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)
* Libya to make IPOs in four state firms in 2010
Algerian court clears Guantanamo detainees (AFP via Yahoo! News)
An Algiers court on Sunday cleared two men held at Guantanamo Bay for seven years, according to a legal source.
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