The party of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood won a sweeping victory in the country’s parliamentary election, taking 47 percent of the seats in the new assembly. Egypt’s election commission announced the final results on Saturday. Head of the commission Abdel Moez Ibrahim said the Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party won 235 seats in the 498-seat People’s […]
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Party Wins Sweeping Victory in Parliamentary Election
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 9:30 am (UTC-5)
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Ousted Exiled Madagascar President’s Flight Home Diverted
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 8:15 am (UTC-5)
The flight of Madagascar’s ousted president to his island homeland Saturday has been diverted back to South Africa, where he has spent three years in exile. A spokesman for former president Marc Ravalomanana says officials in Madagascar closed the airspace to prevent him from returning home. He had vowed to return, despite a threat that […]
Syria Blast Kills 11
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 7:40 am (UTC-5)
Reports say at least 11 people have been killed in a roadside bomb blast in Syria. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors events in Syria, reports that the explosion hit a prison truck carrying detainees in Idlib province in the country’s northwest. Syria rarely allows foreign reporters within its borders, so no […]
Hamas Leader Says He Will Not Seek Reelection
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 7:35 am (UTC-5)
Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal has said he will not seek re-election, despite a call for him to reconsider from the Palestinian militant group’s senior leadership. A statement from the group Saturday announced Mashaal’s intentions to step down and said senior leaders are urging him to reconsider. The statement said no one person should decide who […]
Ousted Exiled Madagascar President’s Flight Home Diverted
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 7:30 am (UTC-5)
The flight of Madagascar’s ousted to his island homeland Saturday has been diverted back to South Africa, where he has spent three years in exile. A spokesman for Marc Ravalomanana says officials in Madagascar closed the airspace to prevent him from returning home. He had vowed to return, despite a threat that he would be […]
12 Killed in Maoist Attack in India
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 6:50 am (UTC-5)
Police in eastern India say suspected Maoist rebels have triggered a landmine blast, killing at least 12 police officers and wounding at least two. Authorities say the Maoists targeted a police vehicle in a densely forested region in Jharkhand state Saturday. National leaders say the 40-year-long Maoist insurgency in India is the country’s biggest internal […]
Ousted Exiled Madagascar President Heads Home
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 6:25 am (UTC-5)
Madagascar’s ousted president has left South Africa for his island homeland, ending three years in exile, despite a threat that he will be arrested. Marc Ravalomanana, accompanied by his wife, left Johannesburg airport Saturday for the trip to Madagascar. Before leaving, Ravalomanana said that he was certain he would not be turned away like last […]
Search Resumes on Wrecked Cruise Ship
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 6:10 am (UTC-5)
Italian rescuers have resumed their search Saturday for at least 21 people still missing one week after their cruise ship ran aground. Rescue teams used small explosions to blow new holes in the ship on Saturday morning as they sought new routes into the stricken Costa Concordia cruise liner, which lies wrecked off the Italian […]
Banned Rushdie Book Read At Indian Festival
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 6:00 am (UTC-5)
Writers read passages of Salman Rushdie’s banned book, The Satanic Verses, at a literary festival Friday in India. Rushdie canceled his plans to attend the Jaipur Literary Festival after protests from Muslim clerics and warnings that he could be targeted for assassination. Hari Kunzru and Amitava Kumar were among the authors who read from the […]
Yemen Approves Immunity for Saleh
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 5:45 am (UTC-5)
Yemen’s parliament has formally approved a law giving President Ali Abdullah Saleh immunity from prosecution, in return for leaving the office he has held since 1978. The law, brokered by neighboring Gulf nations, grants Mr. Saleh complete immunity from legal and judicial prosecution for any alleged crimes committed during his 33-year rule. It is part […]
