US official apologizes for insulting Libya leader (AP via Yahoo! News)
A senior State Department official apologized Tuesday for a joking remark he made about Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi that prompted Libya to threaten diplomatic retaliation.
Envoy apologises for Gaddafi ‘slur’
The US State Department has apologised for the dismissive comments its spokesperson made about Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Al-Qaida growing in strength and numbers in Africa (3news)
Al-Qaida’s terror network in North Africa is growing more active and attracting new recruits.
Head of Egypt’s al-Azhar dies in Saudi Arabia: report (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Egyptian religious leader Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, the head of al Azhar, has died on a visit to Saudi Arabia, Al Jazeera television reported on Wednesday, quoting its correspondent. Al-Azhar, one of the most prominent seats of Sunni Islamic learning in the Muslim world, has schools, universities and other educational institutions across Egypt.
Libya accepts US apology (AP via Yahoo! News)
Libya has accepted an apology from senior U.S. State Department official for a joking remark he made about Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s call for holy war, against Switzerland.
French hostage freed after abduction by North Africa’s al-Qaida offshoot (Sun-Sentinel)
PARIS (AP) The office of France’s president says a French hostage who was held captive in Mali for three months by Al-Qaida’s North Africa offshoot has been freed.
State Department Official Apologizes for Libya Remark (Update1) (Bloomberg)
March 9 (Bloomberg) — U.S. State Department spokesman Philip J. Crowley apologized for comments he made last month about Muammar Qaddafi when asked about the Libyan leader s call for a jihad on Switzerland.
Egypt’s top cleric dies aged 81 (BBC News)
Egypt’s top Muslim cleric has died suddenly in Saudi Arabia at the age of 81.
Egyptian blogger on military trial to be free
An Egyptian blogger on trial before a military tribunal for slandering the nation’s premier army academy will be released and proceedings suspended after he agreed to apologise, his lawyer said.
