CAIRO – As they gathered in force for an 11th straight day, anti-government demonstrators spotted an unexpected face in their midst in Tahrir Square: Field Marshal Mohammed Hussein Tantawi, the Egyptian defense minister.
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Where Egypt military’s loyalties lie remains unclear
An Egyptian journalist died Friday afternoon from gunshot wounds he sustained last week during protests, becoming the first reported journalist to die in that conflict. Ahmed Mohammed Mahmoud, 36, was reportedly photographing the protests on Jan. 28…
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Egyptian Journalist Dies From Gunshot
Tunisian PM Mohammed Ghannouchi announces a reshuffle of the interim government in which he stays but many allies of the ousted president leave.
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Tunisia in big cabinet reshuffle
Tunisia’s PM Mohammed Ghannouchi defends the inclusion of members of the old government in his new unity administration, amid lingering tensions following weeks of street protests.
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Tunisia’s PM defends new regime
Officials said that an attack against a Danish newspaper that published cartoons of Mohammed was “imminent.”
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Police Arrest 5 in Danish Terror Plot
A voice message left by the man believed to be behind a bombing in Stockholm has been released. In the under-a-minute message, a man says “the Islamic state has been created” and condemns the 2007 cartoons of Mohammed drawn be a Swedish artist. Taimur…
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Stockholm Bomber’s Released Tape
IN MOGADISHU, SOMALIA Abdul Qadir Mohammed remembers the imam’s powerful voice bouncing off the mosque’s white walls. It was 2001, a few weeks after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, a decade into Somalia’s anarchy. “Our religion must dominate until we die,” the preacher declared.
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A Somali teen, lured into ‘holy war’
It has been nearly a decade since he allegedly orchestrated the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the U.S., but Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is no closer to a trial. Because of opposition in Congress and in New York, the Obama administration has decided it cannot…
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Still No Plans to Try 9/11 Mastermind
British officials said that waterboarding terrorist suspects did not save lives in their country, despite the claims made by President George W. Bush in his just-recent memoir, Decision Points. One suspect, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, was waterboarded 183…
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Britain: Torture Did Not Save Lives
The most popular boy’s name in England last year was Mohammed. After counting different ways of spelling the name, CNN found that the most popular baby’s name was not Oliver, which appeared to top the list, but Mohammed, followed by Oliver, Jack,…
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Mohammed Top Boy’s Name in England
Egyptian opposition figure Mohammed ElBaradei calls for a boycott of November’s parliamentary election, saying it is certain to be rigged.
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ElBaradei eyes Egypt poll boycott
Afghan President Hamid Karzai confirmed Sunday that he engineered the release of Mohammed Zia Saleh, a top security official arrested earlier this year on suspicion of corruption.
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Karzai confirms role in official’s release
