Month: December 2011

AP Photo/Amr Nabil By DAN PERRY and JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — For Israelis, the Islamist election surge in Egypt is depressing confirmation of a deeply primal fear: An inhospitable region is becoming...

AP Photo/Christophe Ena By ANGELA CHARLTON PARIS (AP) — U.S. Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano said Friday that the risk of “lone wolf” attackers, with no ties to known extremist networks or grand...

By Mariam Fam and Abdel Latif Wahba Egyptians in Cairo, Alexandria and seven other provinces began voting today in run-offs for the first stage of an election that may give Islamist groups the dominant role in parliament....

By Tom Pfeiffer and Tamim Elyan CAIRO (Reuters) – The Muslim Brotherhood’s party will seek to extend a lead over hardline Islamists in run-offs in Egypt’s parliamentary vote Monday, with liberal parties...

By OBSERVER News ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Another two men are attempting to row to Antigua across the Atlantic Ocean. Oxford, UK resident Lloyd Figgins has flown to Morocco for the start of a 3,000 nautical mile journey across the...