Solar Energy: Italian banks join Desertec project
MILAN (Italy) - The two largest Italian banks UniCredit and Intesa Sanpaolo said on Friday they joined the project Desertec of giant solar power plants in North Africa and the Middle East.
View ArticlePolice reinforcements deployed in Algiers before a march of the opposition
ALGIERS - Significant police reinforcements were deployed Friday in central Algiers, less than 24 hours before a march from the National Coordination for Democracy and Change (CNDC), which claims the...
View ArticleEgypt: Tens of thousands call for the resignation of Mubarak near the...
CAIRO – Tens of thousands of protesters on Friday afternoon headed towards the presidential palace in the outskirts of Cairo, and the headquarters of state television, demanding the resignation of...
View ArticleClashes between demonstrators and police in the Sinai, many wounded
Ismailiya (Egypt) - A shootout occurred Friday in Al-Arish in the Sinai between demonstrators and Egyptian police, injuring several people according to witnesses, along with protests against President...
View ArticleFourth self-immolation death in Algeria since mid-January
ALGIERS - An unemployed man of 36 who had set himself on fire in the town of El Oued, in the far east of Algeria, near the border with Tunisia, died Friday from his burns, we learned from his family.
View ArticleURGENT Egypt: the secretary general of the ruling party will resign
CAIRO - The secretary general of the ruling party in Egypt, Hossam Badrawi, appointed a few days ago, will resign, told AFP one of his relatives in the aftermath of the announcement by President Hosni...
View ArticleURGENT: Mubarak hands over power to the army, Egypt jubilant
CAIRO-Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has stepped down and handed power to the military announced Friday the vice-president Omar Suleiman.
View ArticleExplosion of joy in Cairo after Mubarak's announcement of departure
CAIRO (Egypt) - Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators gathered in Tahrir Square in Cairo exploded with joy on Friday at the announcement of the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak after thirty...
View ArticleOuld Kablia: "We have not authorized the march. We shall see who will win and...
Algiers- tens of thousands of policemen whose number could be increased to millions to block the road to the march today. Minister of Interior and Local Government, Dahou Ould Kablia warned civil...
View ArticleAmon has finally fallen!
Vice President of the Republic of Egypt, Omar Suleiman, announced yesterday the decision of Hosni Mubarak to step down as president of the republic.
View ArticleURGENT Iranian warships in the Mediterranean
CAIRO - Two Iranian warships entered Tuesday afternoon in the waters of the Mediterranean after taking the Suez Canal, according to a source fom the Canal Authority.
View ArticleMorocco: a crisis unit for Moroccans residing in Libya
RABAT - Morocco has set up a crisis team to "follow the development" of the situation of its nationals in Libya, and an air bridge has been established for their "gradual return to the kingdom," said...
View ArticleURGENT OPEC will increase production in case of shortage
RIYADH - The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will increase its production if a shortage intervenes in the market because of protests in the Middle East, said Tuesday the Saudi Oil...
View ArticleLibya: Egypt unable to repatriate its nationals
CAIRO, Egypt encounter difficulties in repatriating its nationals, about 1.5 million, located in Libya shaken by a revolt against the regime, said Tuesday the Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit.
View ArticleCHAN 2011: Tunisia qualifies to the finals
KHARTOUM- Tunisia qualified for the finals of the African Nations Championship 2011 (CHAN-2011) by eliminating Algeria on penalties (5-3), the two countries were unable to tie in overtime (1-1) Tuesday...
View ArticleAlgeria: "imminent" lifting of the state of emergency
ALGIERS - The state of emergency declared in Algeria in February 1992 to fight against Islamist guerrillas will be lifted by an order which entry into force is imminent, announced Tuesday a statement...
View ArticleGaddafi says no surrender, protesters deserve death
(Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said Tuesday he would not step down despite a nationwide revolt against his rule, vowing to die in Libya as a martyr and threatening tougher action against...
View ArticleGaddafi vows to die as martyr
(Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi vowed to die in Libya as a martyr in an angry television address on Tuesday, as rebel troops said eastern regions had broken free from his rule in a burgeoning revolt.
View ArticleLibya's U.S. ambassador resigns
Libya's ambassador to the United States on Tuesday called on Washington to speak up strongly in defence of the Libyan people, saying it is time to get rid of the government of Muammar Gaddafi.
View ArticleSaâdi intends to sue the daily Ennahar
the president of the Rally for Culture and Democracy (RCD, opposition) had announced, the day before yesterday his intention to sue the daily "Ennahar" in court, following the content of an article...
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